[okfn-labs] i18n/L10n and civic tech projects

Thu Jul 31 10:56:44 UTC 2014

Sebastian,

Great- we're tinkering with internationalisation over at the School of Data
- Will look at Lingohub.

Have worked with Transifex in the past and quite like its approach. How is
lingohub different there?

Michael

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:22:47AM +0200, Sebastian Haselbeck wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> thanks @pudo for the help pointing me to the list.
> 
> It's almost a mantra that in software development, i18n/l10n processes are
> a pain in the ass, or a necessary evil - in general it's not the favorite
> thing for most coders to put it simply.
> 
> Now, before you look at my signature and suspect I wanna sell something: I
> work at lingohub.com - but even though we don't advertise it loudly, it's *free
> to use for public/open source projects*.
> 
> Having said that, what brings me here and what I would love to know is if
> we're as good at relieving the "pain in the ass" aspect as we think we are,
> how comfortably Lingohub might work out for you in your projects, and
> generally I'd just like to get some feedback. At least now you know it
> exists, a really good one among localization management tools, have a look
> :)
> 
> However I also work in the Berlin *opengov* scene, and the other thing that
> would interest me is how big the need for translations is in civic tech
> projects, what your experiences are, if there are certain requirements by
> governments sometimes, etc. - one project I am aware of is active in local
> community engagement in California, and as such, offering Vietnamese and
> Spanish in addition to English as an interface language is a short-medium
> term goal....
> 
> 
> Many many thanks in advance, I appreciate any kind of feedback!
> 
> Best,
> Sebastian
> 
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