[MPlayer-cvslog] r19664 - trunk/DOCS/tech/translations.txt

[diego]

Author: diego
Date: Sun Sep  3 21:46:57 2006
New Revision: 19664

Modified:
   trunk/DOCS/tech/translations.txt

Log:
Add note about translating in teams and taking over unmaintained translations.


Modified: trunk/DOCS/tech/translations.txt
==============================================================================
--- trunk/DOCS/tech/translations.txt	(original)
+++ trunk/DOCS/tech/translations.txt	Sun Sep  3 21:46:57 2006
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
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+Experience shows that translations work best when done by teams. Not only
+can the workload be shared, but there is also the chance to review the
+translation. So if possible try to find more people to help out with
+translating.
+
+Furthermore, if you take over an unmaintained translation, bring the existing
+parts up-to-date before translating new ones.  Outdated information is worse
+than missing information and for the XML documentation missing parts are
+automatically replaced by the English master files.
+
 Translations of MPlayer documentation consist of 3 parts in descending
 order of importance: