Introduction:-[/b]
Like a chameleon, a translator must be able to quickly adapt to his new environment and to slide into any text. He must have a perfect aim for precision and a ferocious appetite for accuracy. He must look in different directions at the same time and must always be on the lookout for the best way to say things.

The translator's job is to make sure that his work reflects the idea behind the original text with almost perfect accuracy. That's the goal.

Unfortunately, each language has its own vagaries which the translator must learn to deal with. That is why it is important to leave your text in the care of professional translators to make sure that the job is done diligently, confidentially, and in due time.

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By Google:


"XOOPS in Your Language - translation style guide


Introduction


This document is a guideline for translating according to the XOOPS style.

Overall Translation Guidelines

Tone

It is very important to us that all translations maintain the appropriate XOOPS tone. Our main site in English is written in a tech- and web-savvy, upbeat and friendly style. We want all our non-English content to reflect this style; however, we recognize that what is considered polite and appropriate varies by culture. Therefore, we want the translator to understand the English content and style first, and then rewrite it such that the tone is maintained within the framework of the particular language/culture.

General rules:

1. Don't use a heavy, staid, or arrogant tone; translations should be upbeat and friendly
2. Avoid awkward or unprofessional wording
3. Try to capture the essence of the message. Don't translate literally or word-for-word.



Specific Guidelines:

1. Do not translate proper names or product names. Examples of these include "NewBB" and "Smarty".

2. If you can't come up with a way to translate this phrase while preserving its tone just leave it in English.


Please look at and use the XOOPS site during the course of translation -- to see how dynamic messages appear in context, to understand how given features work, and to get a sense of the tone and 'feel' of the XOOPS site.

HTML and placeholders

Some of the messages you will be translating contain HTML tags and placeholders. HTML tags are little bits of text surrounded by angle brackets that control the formatting of the text in a browser. Placeholders are pieces of text that get substituted with other text (like the list of search terms that a XOOPS user typed in) at run-time. Both tags and placeholders must be handled specially.

In order to make tags and placeholders easier to spot they are presented in green text, like so:



PLACE_HOLDER

All HTML tags and placeholders in a message must be preserved in the translation according to the following three rules:

1. All tags and placeholders in the original message must appear in the translation.

2. They must be spelled and capitalized exactly as they appear in the original.

3. They must preserve their relationship with the surrounding text.

If this presents a problem, or if you need further clarification, please contact the support.

Hi,

To Mikhail: Were did you find this document? I've searched with Google and found nothing. Can you put a link, please?

To decen: I don't think it's a good idea to start your participation here with an advertising link of a website which isn't Xoops-powered, even if it's yours.

Cheers.

Quote:

was a parody about the translation directions of google dot com; maybe useful for XOOPS translators too. I do it because "I don't think it's a good idea dont to start a participation here writing with an advertising link of a website which isn't Xoops-powered" too!


Quote:

Sure:
https://services.google.com/tc/guidelines.html
https://services.google.com/tcbin/tc.py?cmd=status
(there versions in français too)


And just a tip, take a look:
http://translate.sourceforge.net
and
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/
and
https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=30627&start=10



[]s,

mikhail