Translators needed for Elxis 2008 help

[datahell]

We have completed Elxis 2008 help system. Elxis 2008 has build-in multi-lingual help support. Even if you speak english as a secondary language, having a help system available in your own language is much more effective and helpful.  So it is important for the people that will use Elxis 2008 to have a help available in their own language. Here is where we need your help. Elxis 2008 help system's power will be based on your translation work.

We need volunteers to translate Elxis 2008 help to other languages.
I post a link to a zip file which is the english language to have as base.

Here are the original (english) help files:

https://www.elxis.org/help_elxis_2008.0_english.zip

What is for translation?
Elxis help system is consisted of 100 html files. Translation is a hard work so better create work groups for each language.

How do I begin translating?
Whoever wants to translate Elxis help system has to download the zip and write a post just bellow declaring that he/she took over the translation to that specific language inorder to know that there is a translation work in progress for this language and maybe some other users will also join your work group.

Where do I send the final files?
You send them via e-mail at datahell [AT] elxis [DOT] org AND to ia [AT] goup [DOT] gr (incase the e-mail wont arrive to the first address we will receive it from the second)

Translation guidelines:
1. Use a text editor that support utf-8 such as PsPad ( http://www.pspad.com ). HTML files should be encoded/saved as UTF-8.
2. Translate everything keeping the format and the style of the original files. The final files should be almost exact copies of the originals.

Notice: We also need translation in Greek language.

Thank you very much!


Translations statuses
- English, DONE, Translators: Elxis Team, Finished on 10/10/2007
- French, DONE, Translator: zepelin57, started on 11/10/2007 - finished on 20/10/2007
- Japanese, DONE, Translator: momo-i, started on 11/10/2007 - finished on 26/10/2007
- Russian, IN PROGRESS, started on 12/10/2007
Translators: Cursar -> help him!
- Persian, IN PROGRESS, started on 12/10/2007
Translators: Farhad -> help him!
- Serbian, IN PROGRESS, started on 12/10/2007
Translators: Ivan -> help him!
- Greek, IN PROGRESS, started on 13/10/2007
Translators: Sirigos, artman, c8620p -> help him!
- Italian, IN PROGRESS, started on 21/10/2007
Translators: theprincy-> help him!
- Turkish, IN PROGRESS, , started on 10/11/2007
Translator: thalassa

Edit: Sorry for the upset but we did a final addition to Elxis menus by creating a type o menu named "System links". So there is one more help page for translation. I attach it here (it is not inside the zip).

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[Farhad Sakhaei]

hi john , i already finished translating help files for ELXIS 2006 , it is very interesting because i finished it today , and it is very more interesting that i should translate all of help system for 2008...  :'( :'( i should say that it needs very hours to translate all of them and you should be patient ... 

[datahell]

That's why I said that it is a hard work and you should work in groups, not alone. But there is no need to hurry up because translated help packages, due to their size (each language help is more than 0,5mb!) wont be included in the main distribution. You will be able to download it separately from elxis.org.

Some parts of the 2008 help are the same as in 2006.x so you wont have to translate them again.  Very soon the 2006.x generation will belong to the Elxis history... Especially for the Persian language I will invite someone from the Iranian joomla team that wanted to help in the past.

[eliasan]

Notice: We also need translation in Greek language.

Some of the Greek Help files are already translated.
We do not want to make double effort on help subjects that are already translated.

Please contact me for instructions.

Thank you very much!

[zepelin57]

Hi,

I had translated the version 2006, I will also translate the version 2008 into French.

@+

[Ivan Trebješanin]

Don't worry, our turn will come soon.

[datahell]

Ok, zepelin, I write you down.

[momo-i]

Hi, datahell

Japanese translation has started.

[datahell]

Thanks momo-i. Notice: I don't know anything about Japanese, I just see strange, alien symbols  So if there are some special specifications you need to implement in Elxis tell us and we will do it.

[momo-i]

hum..

I will be using neither a Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana character nor a symbol as difficult as possible.
May I give examples though it doesn't know what strange, alien symbols displayed?

Thanks momo-i. Notice: I don't know anything about Japanese, I just see strange, alien symbols  So if there are some special specifications you need to implement in Elxis tell us and we will do it.

thanks.

[datahell]

"Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana": these are definitely alien names!
I would be glad to teach us a little your language. Who knows, we may some day install Elxis on Mars!

Sayonara! 

[momo-i]

Hi, datahell.

Since I'm not so good at English, I may mistake the meaning which you have said.

For example, if "NEXT" is changed to a Kanj/Hiraganai, it will become the "次へ", and pronunciation will be set to "TSUGI E".

Do I only have to give some examples like the above to the Elxis team

thanks.

p.s.

Though this becomes another matter,
What should I do though the one that seemed that TYPO it was found though I just still
started translating?

elxis.access.main.html: 74

devided -> divided

elxis.access.permissions.html: 24-25

referes -> refers

elxis.access.permissions.html: 33

assuption -> assumption

"Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana": these are definitely alien names!
I would be glad to teach us a little your language. Who knows, we may some day install Elxis on Mars!

[datahell]

You may find some spelling errors on the English files. This is normal for such a large text. If anyone has any problem about the translation contact eliasan as he knowns this issue better than me.

[momo-i]

Ok.
Then, I think that I will send collectively what is considered to be TYPO to eliasan after finishing a Japanese translation.

[Coursar]

Russian started.