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Re: Emacs user manual in Spanish


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Emacs user manual in Spanish
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:16:02 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams wrote:

> Presumably anyone could already work on this,
> just by creating Emacs-Wiki pages that are
> translations of manual sections. IOW, it
> wouldn't even need to be hosted by GNU.
> Dunno whether there are copyright
> considerations that get in the way in that
> case, however.
>
> Just an idea.

If you are into translating I think it is
better to put your efforts on the wiki, on
introductory or culture text, than on manuals
and reference books.

As the situation is with huge manuals, and
enthusiast-based efforts, these projects will
very seldom result in complete, trusted,
up-to-date documentation which is what you
should expect from a manual.

And: Why wouldn't Spanish-speaking programmers
and user of advanced technology acquire
English? Many, many have already done so and in
one or two generations it will be even
more widespread.

If they don't, it is a huge mistake on their
part and translating the manual won't help, I'm
afraid. No, trust the people. Every programmer
on this planet will soon know good
enough English!

As we say it, "development goes forward" :)

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573




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