[OSM-talk] Translation tool for map internationalization ?

[Claus Hindsgaul]

2010/1/9 Ab_fab <gamma.gts at gmail.com>

> First column returning default name, and a additional column(s), used to
>
> 1. show names already translated in the language chosen by user (see above
> 2. Propose an automated translation (e.g. based on wikipedia contents), for
> review and correction
> 3. allow fill-in of the names translated by user, or allow him to confirm
> that translation is not required
> 4. upload the actual translations / modifications performed by user in a
> single changeset, under user
>

I dont know if you are aware, but the debian package "iso-codes" already
contains a significant amount of translations of place names etc. (short and
official country names, country subdivisions, cities, scripts, languages,
currencies) into up to 98 languages.
http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/

I think these data could be extremely useful for OSM internationalisation,
but it is provided under the GNU LGPL license, which may still be a problem
for the inclusion of this work into OSM - unless the license compatability
is sorted out with FSF (see
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Common_licence_interpretations#Is_the_OSM_licence_.28CC-SA.29_compatible_with_other_.22free.22_licences.3F)
or the authors are willing to relicense it under CC-by-SA.

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