[Accessibility] Translating with TranslateWiki [was: Another prize for "Look and Listen Map"]

[Guttorm Flatabø]

Hello Lulu-Ann!

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, <Lulu-Ann at gmx.de> wrote:

> Navigation software generates sentences like "Enter the roundabout turning
> right and leave at 4th exit." or "Go straight ahead over 3 crossings and
> then turn right into high street".
>
> This text ist not translatable easily because for instance in some
> languages "Straight on", "to the right" and "to the left" has different
> grammar, and therefor you can not just translate the parts of the sentances
> and put them together again.


Translatewiki can handle grammar if it is supported in the software, at
least they do so for MediaWiki: http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Grammar

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Guttorm
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