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translate user interface and user instructions into English and Spanish #5033

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kselmi opened this issue Mar 15, 2022 · 1 comment · Fixed by #5214
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translate user interface and user instructions into English and Spanish #5033

kselmi opened this issue Mar 15, 2022 · 1 comment · Fixed by #5214
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kselmi commented Mar 15, 2022

As more and more potential users from English- and Spanish-speaking countries are getting interested in Kitodo, some of them already having started testing or using Kitodo.Production, it would be useful to translate the user interface into both languages.
An English translation of the user interface already exists, except for some details which deserve to be supplemented, such as the user instructions (= short introductory texts in the "help" menu).
As to Spanish, the entire user interface and user instructions would have to be translated.
(effort: low = 2 pt.)

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I think you underestimate the effort. Even our German and English translation is not consistent everywhere (see #3500, #4139, #4174).

A translator would have to be found who is familiar with Spanish library jargon in order to translate meaningfully here. First, a suitable wording would have to be found. What is the equivalent term for workflow, process, properties, docket, ruleset, division, metadata key, metadata entry? Also, our properties files don't translate easily because they provide very little context. Many of the meanings only become clear when you put the German and English versions and the technical key side by side. Some things may be completely incomprehensible to the outsider. This requires insider knowledge or a feedback loop to an expert.

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