[Doc-SIG] Python Documentation Translation in italian language

Alessandro Cucci alessandro.cucci at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 08:01:12 EDT 2019


Hi Julien,
contributors has to sign the
https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ ?
How can I collect them using github? Are there any bots you recommend?
Another question: can I add a file to the repo to list contributors' names?
Thanks

*Alessandro Cucci*


Il giorno dom 21 apr 2019 alle ore 19:23 Alessandro Cucci <
alessandro.cucci at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Thanks so much Julien!
> > Looks like there's two main ways of translating the Python
> documentation: git-centric or external-tool centric.
> Since I'm a developer, I'll choose the git-centric way!
>
> > If you choose the gitub workflow, there's a cookiecutter (
> https://github.com/JulienPalard/python-docs-cookiecutter) to bootstrap it
> Soo easy, thanks!
>
> > create the github repo (named python-docs-it)
> Done: https://github.com/alessandrocucci/python-docs-it
>
> > gather people around the translation
> This is harder, but I have faith in the community
>
> For now, this is enough to get started. I'll play with poedit cause i've
> never used it before and of course I'll keep you updated.
>
>
> *Alessandro Cucci*
>
>
> Il giorno dom 21 apr 2019 alle ore 17:38 Julien Palard <julien at palard.fr>
> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi Alessandro!
>>
>> > I want to start a project for translating the Python Documentation in
>> Italian.
>>
>> \o/
>>
>> > Is there anybody who can help me to start?
>>
>> I'm the author of the PEP 545, so I should be able to help.
>>
>> Looks like there's two main ways of translating the Python documentation:
>> git-centric or external-tool centric.
>>
>> Most countries are going "external tool centric", and most if not all are
>> using transifex here: https://www.transifex.com/python-doc/public/
>>
>> You're free to choose another tool, there's very few rules around this:
>> - From time to time (automatically the better) sync to github so we can
>> pull from it to build the docs on docs.python.org, github is our "meet
>> point".
>> - Put the contributions under CC0 (see
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0545/#setup-the-documentation-contribution-agreement
>> )
>>
>> France (my country) is doing "github centric", meaning we're only
>> accepting pull requests on github, see our repo here:
>> https://github.com/python/python-docs-fr/pulls
>>
>> I like the github workflow for some reasons:
>> - We can give feedback on a contributor basis as pull request comments,
>> and merge only when the quality is the one expected.
>> - Contributing to the docs means learning git, command line, cooperation
>> in github, and so on. It's a door to do PR on other open source projects
>> (like cpython upstream documentation), and sometimes translators in
>> workshops are telling us "I did not translated much today, but I learnt a
>> lot, thank you for this", and I like this.
>>
>> If you choose the gitub workflow, there's a cookiecutter (
>> https://github.com/JulienPalard/python-docs-cookiecutter) to bootstrap
>> it, if you choose to sync from transifex or another tool don't hesistate to
>> get inspiration from other countries (github.com/python/python-docs-*
>> excepted fr and theme).
>>
>> Next steps are: create the github repo (named python-docs-it), and gather
>> people around the translation, if it works we'll migrate your repo to
>> github.com/python/, and we'll have to nominate a coordinator for your
>> language (typically you if you feel it).
>>
>> After some translations done, don't hesistate to ask me to start building
>> the doc on docs.python.org for preview purposes. And when you'll reach
>> enough translations [1] we'll add your language to the menu.
>>
>> Feel free to continue this thread if you have questions, and or come
>> asking me on IRC, I'm mdk on freenode, there's the #python-doc channel
>> dedicated to this.
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0545/#add-translation-to-the-language-switcher
>> --
>> Julien Palard
>> https://mdk.fr
>>
>>
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