[isf-wifidog] Some stuff regarding translations
Max Horváth
max.horvath at maxspot.de
Mer 19 Oct 12:40:30 EDT 2005
Dana Spiegel wrote:
> Max Horváth wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I'm glad for the responces.
>>
>>> I'd like to throw in my $0.02 on things like this. Certain words
>>> have a "proper" spelling, and especially for public facing pages,
>>> we need to use words that the general public will understand.
>>
>> Yes, this IS important for the final 1.0 release. AS I said, I'm
>> compiling a list of words that came across while translating WiFiDog.
>>
>>> 1) Hotspot is the accepted spelling, and it should only be
>>> capitalized when used in a title or used to start a sentence.
>>
>>> 2) People don't understand "node". I'm not talking about you and
>>> me, or even our friends. I'm talking about Joe and Jane Schmoe on
>>> the street. If they come across something having to do with Wi-
>>> Fi, they will really only understand the word "hotspot" or
>>> "hotzone" since they are what the press uses and what companies
>>> use. If you say "node" to them, they'll look at you funny.
>>
>> Well, here in Germany I see hotspot spelled HotSpot all the time
>> (so to speak of commercials).
>>
>> How is it like over in North America?
>>
>
> Generally, "Hotspot". T-mobile actually has a trademark on
> "HotSpot". This seems like a great thing to localize!
Okay - that good to know ... actually in Germany we almost have T-
Mobile hotspots only ... that's why I read HotSpot everywhere. So
I'll fix that in the german translation right away.
>>> 3) Wi-Fi should be spelled "Wi-Fi". It's a proper noun and an
>>> industry trade name. "wi-fi", "wifi" WiFi" and "Wifi" (though
>>> used like this in Wifidog) are improper spellings of the term.
>>> Wifidog is ok because its a product name and can be trademarked,
>>> but when we refer to the technology of Wi-Fi, we should do so
>>> with the right spelling and capitalization.
>>
>> That's right ... it's Wi-Fi. We should also take care that we
>> spell WiFiDog with 3 capital letters (but I didn't saw it written
>> different in the source).
>>
>>
>> The best thing is that I'll be given an own branch in CVS for
>> translating WiFiDog and to clean up the spelling of some words
>> used in the english version. This is because I'll have to change
>> some code to use sprintf() due to rearranging sentences in german.
>>
>> Therefor I'd be very happy if someone from Ile Sans Fil or even
>> you, Dana, would assist me as soon as would have any questions or
>> for corrections.
>>
>> I compiled a fresh version of strings to be translated which could
>> also be analyzed regarding the english version.
>>
>
> This is great. I'm happy to help in this effort.
Thanks. I'll contact you, as soon, as I'll have access to CVS and
some stuff to discuss.
> Also, there's a plan to clean up the HTML so that it is in a set of
> (few) HTML templates. This is something that came out of WSFII a
> few weeks ago.
Yeah, I know ... I shouldn't have stayed in the mapping room ;) ...
> I believe that the best way to localize in this instance is to:
>
> 1) have all html be localized html pages (there is an apache
> standard for this)
> 2) have all strings emitted by WiFiDog be localized in a localized
> sprintf way with a localization file (I'm less sure how this works,
> but should be standard too).
I don't think it'll work this way. Right now almost every generated
page doesn't come from the Smarty template engine ... so we won't be
able to do a template with multiple languages.
The way Apache serves multi-language pages is like providing a
index.html, index.html.ca and index.html.de ... converting WiFiDog to
serve pages like that would be a needless work. I think the way
translating WiFiDog is quite okay. We just need to print a lot of
string via sprintf().
Regarding templates ... yeah - we should be using Smarty again to
provide an easy way to have custom templates.
But I think maybe that's another topic we (or I) shouldn't be
concentrating on.
So long, Max!
>
>>> Max, thanks for going through this. This is the kind of thing
>>> that will make Wifidog into a polished software!
>>
>> I think so, too. ;)
>>
>> Regards, Max!
>>
>>>
>>> Dana Spiegel
>>> Executive Director
>>> NYCwireless
>>> dana at NYCwireless.net
>>> www.NYCwireless.net
>>> +1 917 402 0422
>>>
>>> Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 19, 2005, at 2:02 AM, Max Horváth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> this is about some issues I came across while translating
>>>> WiFiDog into german.
>>>>
>>>> First I talked to Francois and Benoit about changing some code
>>>> in WiFiDog, because some sentences need to be rearranged for a
>>>> reasonable order of words.
>>>>
>>>> The next thing I came across is the spelling of some words. For
>>>> example we spell the word HotSpot in this three ways: HotSpot,
>>>> Hotspot and hotspot. We need to adjust such use of words.
>>>> Therefor I will compile a list of words and post it on the list.
>>>>
>>>> The next thing I'd like to discuss about is the use of the words
>>>> HotSpot and node. I know that a HotSpot could(!) consist of more
>>>> than one node. But I think we should decide to only use either
>>>> the word HotSpot or node. Especially in german the translation
>>>> of the word node sounds just terrible.
>>>>
>>>> I think there are going to be two types of wireless networks.
>>>> Single nodes and a mesh network. In case it is a single node
>>>> network I'd like to stick to the word HotSpot, because the
>>>> common visitor of a HotSpot knows the meaning of it. Only in
>>>> case of a mesh network the word node should be used.
>>>>
>>>> So, I hope this is going to be decided soon.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Max!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Max Horváth
>>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>>
>>>> maxspot GmbH
>>>> Seestr. 73a
>>>> 15711 Zeesen
>>>> Germany
>>>>
>>>> Tel: +49 3375 / 922 79 24
>>>> Fax: +49 3375 / 922 79 27
>>>>
>>>> E-Mail: max.horvath at maxspot.de
>>>> Homepage: http://www.maxspot.de/
>>>>
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>>
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>> Max Horváth
>> Chief Technology Officer
>>
>> maxspot GmbH
>> Seestr. 73a
>> 15711 Zeesen
>> Germany
>>
>> Tel: +49 3375 / 922 79 24
>> Fax: +49 3375 / 922 79 27
>>
>> E-Mail: max.horvath at maxspot.de
>> Homepage: http://www.maxspot.de/
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Max Horváth
Chief Technology Officer
maxspot GmbH
Seestr. 73a
15711 Zeesen
Germany
Tel: +49 3375 / 922 79 24
Fax: +49 3375 / 922 79 27
E-Mail: max.horvath at maxspot.de
Homepage: http://www.maxspot.de/
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