Re: Translation of manuals (was: SES manual French translation)

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2024 05:40:38 +0000
>> From: Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>>
>> But now that I understand why Eli as project maintainer does not favour
>> PO, I am totally fine with the project’s position. We need to
>> investigate what are the best ways to handle TeXinfo files for
>> translation and propose guidelines to potential translators.
>
> My personal preferences only matter when I do the translation.  It is
> wrong to impose those preferences on others.  Of course, the
> motivation to be able to work on translation in Emacs is high, but
> whether what Emacs provides is good enough is up to each translator to
> decide.

Since Jean-Christophe seems willing to volunteer for this work, let's
grab that opportunity with both hands.

To be a bit more practical, here's what I'd propose:

- Continue using PO for the translations for now, in particular the
  French one that is already using that format.

- Get the infrastructure in place for such translations in emacs.git.

- We can consider changing things later, if we can find or come up with
  a better alternative to PO.

Does that basic plan make sense?