[Python-ideas] Does jargon make learning more difficult?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Jonathan Fine writes:

 > I very much more prefer Victor's suggestion [of providing
 > translations in the distribution and giving translators commit
 > bits, AIUI].

I think we can do both.  My suggestion is very cheap, and requires no
change to release management, or even action by release managers and
committers: the PSF board could announce the policy tomorrow and start
cutting checks next Monday, and python-dev wouldn't notice.  (I'm not
suggesting overnight rollout is a good idea, and practically speaking
the board can't act that fast, of course.  The point is that there's
potential encouragement for translators, improved documentation for
users, at zero cost to the code developers and release managers.)

The suggestion of providing official translations in the distribution
has been made before, and resisted by the maintainers and committers.
I don't oppose the idea myself, I simply observe that resistance and
the explanations offered, and assume there is good reason for it.

Steve