[od-discuss] Swedish translation of the Open Definition

Thu Nov 14 09:26:09 UTC 2013

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Rikard Fröberg <rikard at morus.se> wrote:
> > I saw that the Swedish translation[1] of the Open Definition is a
> > translation of the version 1.0 of the definition. I'd be glad to start
> and
> > translate the 1.1 version for review (unless I find that someone has
> started
> > that work already).
> >
> > Could anyone point me to instructions for how I'd go about to translate
> it,
> > in terms of procedure and technical stuff (github etc)? I looked but
> failed
> > to find it (my bad I guess).
>
> See translation section in http://opendefinition.org/participate/
>
>
Ah, thanks!

> > Some additional questions.
> >
> > 1. The version 1.0 translation has the heading of "Defintion of open
> > knowledge" translated to Swedish. I'm I correct that the term now should
> be
> > "Open Definition" (leaving out the "knowledge" part)?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 1 a. If so, should Open Definition be interpreted as "[a/the] Definition
> of
> > Open" as in a definition of the concept "open"?
>
> Yes. Not completely without issue, but
>
> > If I'd translate "Open
> > Definition" to Swedih, in my ears the result could be interpreted as "[a]
> > definition [which is] open"
>
> clearly not that. :)
>
> > or "[an] open definition", which I think could
> > be a problem for people who are not yet familiar with the Open
> Definition.
> >
> > 1 b. Would it be OK to translate the title as if it were "Open Defined"
> or
> > "Definition of Open" in the original wording?
>
> I think so. Don't have a preference.
>
> Great, cheers!

> Mike
>

Rikard

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