Ask HN: Advice for a newbie on l10n and internationalization

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8 years ago

Hi HN! I've been thinking about giving back to the community, as a happy user of a lot of free software, mainly Linux/Android, and it seems to me that I could be a decent translator (I'm spanish).

My current idea is to join the team of my Linux Desktop Environment (and follow their own guidelines, of course).

For Android (F-Droid ecosystem) I plan to use Stringlate: https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Stringlate/blob/HEAD/README.md

I'm asking for advice for a beginner, common pitfalls, good readings, good practices, and great stories on i18n & l10n.

Caveats: I'm not a programmer, hardly a family sysadmin, more like a regular user. I mean a regular Linux user, but still

Thanks for reading!