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zhouwenbonwpu@mail.nwpu.edu.cn writes:
I want to know does Python Developer’s Guide have chinese version,
The closest I found is a Taiwanese version of the general doc site which conforms to PEP 545 (see below). I don't read Chinese well enough to be sure, but I do not think the devguide is linked there. https://docs.python.org/zh-tw/3/ This doesn't mean it doesn't exist (see PEP 545 rationale), but I didn't find PEP 545-conformant paths /zh/, /zh-tw/, or /zh-hk/ at devguide.python.org. Try Baidu and friends.
If not, i want to do some translation, may i tell to PSF(or other people) to grant authorization?
The devguide sources come with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license. That means that contributors to the devguide disclaim copyright entirely. You do not need any authorization to translate it, and you can do whatever you want with your translation (subject to relevant copyright law which would govern duplications of anybody else's translation). I doubt the PSF needs or wants to be involved.
May you also want to do this translation, please contact me. Best,
PEP 545 -- Python Documentation Translations https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0545 sets up a process for organizing translation teams, which also grants access to have your work distributed by the Python sites. But I don't know if the Developer's Guide participates in PEP 545, it's mentioned only as part of the process. Further information, I guess you should ask on the translations list https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/translation.python.org/ or the PEP authors. There may also be a channel on the discourse server. I looked for python-zh, python-cn, and python-chinese mailing lists, but no luck. Thanks for bringing this up. I hope you find some good teammates! You don't owe anybody anything for this work, but I hope you will follow the PEP 545 process, which will bring the most benefit to Chinese speakers (like most of my masters students :-). Steve