Question about Crowdin operation

Eiji Tanioka tanioka404 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 19 07:21:00 CEST 2020


Harsh, Jason,
Thank you for quick response!

> The second option is perfectly fine, though you'll have better luck if you
> mention me or Jason since that will ensure Crowdin does not swallow up the
> notifications.

> AFAICT, the "issue" flag sends us an email notification, which is a
> good thing if you need an answer.

I understood.
When I use comments is when I need a response, so I will try to use
the mention or issue flag.

2020年4月19日(日) 5:24 Harsh Shandilya <me at msfjarvis.dev>:
>
> April 19, 2020 1:38 AM, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason at zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 9:56 AM Eiji Tanioka <tanioka404 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm translating WireGuard apps into Japanese.
> >> I have a question about operation in Crowdin.
> >>
> >> When translate, we translators need to clarify about original string's
> >> context or meaning. In that situation, which option is preferred?
> >>
> >> - send ML about question.
> >> - in Crowdin, use comment.
> >> - in Crowdin, use comment and flag "Issue".
> >> - in Crowdin, use Discussion.
> >>
> >> # I had used second option, but never mention to anyone.
> >> # Should I had to mention to ?
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Eiji Tanioka
> >
> > Hey Eiji,
> >
> > CC'ing Harsh, Simon, and Roopesh, as they might have different
> > opinions on what they prefer.
> >
> > From my end, any form of communication is fine, whether its on Crowdin
> > or on the mailing list, because lowering the barrier for people to
> > volunteer their hours translating strings for us seems like a good
> > thing.
>
> Same goes for me, I'll take whatever's the easiest route for translators
> and work with it.
>
> > I suppose one advantage of Crowdin is that the discussions are placed
> > beside the translations, which makes it easy for future people to
> > correlate the two, and most discussions tend to be clarifications on
> > particular strings, rather than interesting technical conversation
> > that would benefit from the archiving afforded by mailing lists.
> >
> > AFAICT, the "issue" flag sends us an email notification, which is a
> > good thing if you need an answer.
> >
> > Jason
>
>
> Harsh Shandilya


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