[OSM-talk] Tag translation

[Dubravko Penezic]

Hi Mike,

I dont suggest translating word to another language.

Mostly word corespond to sentence meaning, not to word to word tranlating.

Also, in diferent country "same" word may be use for very different things.

Better way is to set generic code for each map element, and then do
translation list.

Regards,

Dubravko

On 12/22/06, Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
>
>  Interesting, no one else has commented so I'll do so.  It is worth coming
> back to in the future either for localising tagging or for generating map
> key legends automatically in different languages.
>
>  If the backend ids and relationships they use between words in different
> languages is immutable so that if could be used as a lookup table by a
> script rather than just human viewing, as Paul says, this is a possible way
> of making OSM tagging more multilingual.
>
>  For example "railway station" id 4507 is translated into 22 different
> languages, each with an "identical meaning" tickbox checked:
>
> http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29
>
>  I personally don't propose that we all start using railway=4507, but it
> does provide a mechanism to localise OSM down the track.  railway=station
> can be related to railway=railway_station can be related to
> railway=stazione_ferroviaria.
>
>  Mike
>  Manila
>
>  At 05:50 AM 11/12/2006, Paul Youlten wrote:
>
> I was wondering if WiktionaryZ might be a useful resource for OSM:
>
>  http://www.wiktionaryz.org
>
>  They have most of the features we use already translated into most European
> languages and published under the GNU FDL.
>
>  for example:
>  Lock:
> http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:lock_%286547%29
>
>  Church:
> http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:church_%28587%29
>
>  Motorway:
> http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:motorway_%282420%29
>
>  Railway Station:
> http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29
>
>  The code numbers at the end of defined meanings are fixed - which might
> help make OSM tagging more multilingual.
>
>  i.e if:
>  highway=path
>
>  could be written:
>  1771=4382
>  or
>  highway=4382
>
>  Just a thought.
>
>  PY
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