| jea | jared: around? | 11:57 |
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| jared | jea: eating dinner and catching up on emails, how can I help | 11:57 |
| jea | did you see the latest translations email? | 11:58 |
| jared | Yeah it's been an ongoing saga for that group | 11:58 |
| jea | The email from the other person in this is interesting reading. | 11:59 |
| jared | Apparently someone has been doing questionable translations in open teams. | 11:59 |
| jea | For once we see the other side of the story | 11:59 |
| jared | Ah, I didn't really look into it too greatly, is there anything interesting? | 11:59 |
| jea | He basically says that the person who has been really vocal recently came in to the team, appointed himself admin, added his friend, made his friend an admin | 12:00 |
| jea | and then they decided they didn't like his translations, which had been there for a while, and kicked him out | 12:00 |
| jea | then they just did the same for mint translations | 12:00 |
| jea | which has resulted in the guy leaving launchpad, ubuntu and mint altogether, because he can't stand being pushed out all the time | 12:01 |
| jared | It's hard to know without understanding if the translations were valid or not I guess. | 12:03 |
| jea | Yes, I would really like to get an independent third party to review them | 12:03 |
| jared | If the translations were poor than it's a bit unfortunate. But if they were of a reasonable standard than it's a travesty. | 12:04 |
| jea | because it is sad to see someone leave if they haven't done much wrong | 12:04 |
| jared | jea: yeah, it's frustrating not having enough info to make a determination | 12:10 |
| jea | I do find it interesting that that team now seems to be run by 'professional translators' (a commercial company) | 12:11 |
| jea | if true, it seems a bit unusual | 12:11 |
| jared | Seems like they want to run it so they can promote/sell localised versions | 12:11 |
| jea | yes, it sounds like that | 12:12 |
| jea | and if it is selling, then I would prefer to see the other guy back again, regardless of his apparent lack of ability | 12:12 |
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