[geeklog-devel] CrowdTranslation plugin

[Dirk Haun]

Benjamin Talic wrote:

> Now I face the first big design question, do we let the user add any new language they want to e.g. provide them with a text input box.
> Or are they allowed to select one of a list of previously provided options-like they do when they pick the language for the site?

Since the whole point of this project is to harness the power of the crowds, I think we should allow users to submit translations for new languages. However …


> The downside of the first option is that users could input stuff like Engslihs instead of English which would create a new 'language translation'.


This could in fact be a problem.

My first thought was to have some sort of approval process: Allow users to suggest a new language for translation, but only after it has been approved (and possibly corrected) by an admin user. But if we make this too complicated or if it takes too long, it could demotivate the potential contributor.

Thoughts, anyone? Other ideas?

bye, Dirk

P.S. We're going to use http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Crowdsourcing_Translations as the project's "home page". Anyone interested may want to keep an eye on that page.


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