[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Hello and questions

[Ben Goodger]

On 26/08/06, Freddie Ruddick <frederific at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I have recently joined the UK Translation team, so I thought I'd better
> introduce myself. I'm 15
>
, and have been using Ubuntu since September 2005, just before the release
> of breezy. I feel that it is time that I give something back to the Ubuntu
> community. I am a stickler for grammar, and I far prefer how "Queen's
> English" looks written down over US English.


I am also 15. Hooray for youth pedantry!

I have 2 questions:
> 1) Is there a manual for Rosetta anywhere? If there isn't, can someone
> give me a quick run-down of the controls please?
>

There probably is, but it's quite intuitive. First email Malcom and ask for
his Greasemonkey script for Rosetta, which will help a lot. Then bookmark
this page And You're Done (R).
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+lang/en_GB

2) Is there a style guide for translation? For example, should "Pound Sign
> (#)" be replaced with "Hash Sign (#)" or just "Hash (#)"? .
>

There's not much of an official one; generally we post on this list and
follow others' advice when we aren't sure. Translate that as Hash (#) IMO.

-- 
Ben Goodger
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Mi admiras religiajn; ili estas fine ebliĝinta solvi la maljunegan demandon
"kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?".
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