German translation of the home page

[Josh Kress]

Am Samstag, den 06.11.2004, 14:46 +0100 schrieb Christoph Haas:
> Hi, fellows...
> 
> I wondered why there isn't yet a German translation of the start page.
> The domain ubuntulinux.de already points to ubuntulinux.org. As ReST
> should be able to handle different translations depending on what the
> browser sends as a preference it should be possible to present a
> localised version, isn't it?
> 
> Whoever is in charge of that part of Ubuntu (lulu? mako?):
> I offer help. :)

Hello Christoph,

I can't comment on the technical site, because that is up to the
Canonical boys and girls.

However, what I can tell you is that some people (Charlotte and me,
currently; Thorsten unfortunatly quit) on the german mailing list are
busy translating/proofreading the more static content of ubuntulinux.org
(Technical Board, Philosophy, Code of Conduct, etc.).
After proofreading, things make it to the wiki, with an announcement on
the translators-list (hopefully).
As soon as the Canonical boys and girls attack the i18n-task of the
website, they can use that content.

So, if you want to help translating, join the german mailing list! We're
looking forward to!

(NOTE: We keep the task on the german mailing list, because people, who
don't think they can translate actually don't subscribe to the
translators-list, however they can still proofread without knowing much
about the english language -- sense of mother-tongue, you know => "this
sounds strange" can indeed be a help sometimes.)

Greetings,
-- 
Jörg 'Josh' Kreß                                         josh at kinjoo.com
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