www/server/standards/translations priorities.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/06/01 14:37:31

Modified files:
        server/standards/translations: priorities.html 

Log message:
        Clarify what doesn't need to be translated; add h3 headers (discussed 
with Ineiev).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/translations/priorities.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.65&r2=1.66

Patches:
Index: priorities.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/server/standards/translations/priorities.html,v
retrieving revision 1.65
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -b -r1.65 -r1.66
--- priorities.html     28 May 2019 11:56:09 -0000      1.65
+++ priorities.html     1 Jun 2019 18:37:30 -0000       1.66
@@ -6,16 +6,20 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
 <h2>Web Translation Priorities</h2>
 
-<p>This is a list of web pages from <a href="/">www.gnu.org</a> that
-have been selected as translation priorities (in no particular order).
+<p class="important">
 Before starting to translate, please coordinate with the <a
 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html#TranslationsUnderway">
 translation team</a>,
 if it exists, or with <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
 &lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> in order to avoid duplication of
-efforts &mdash; sometimes a translation is already made but not yet
+efforts. Sometimes a translation is already made but not yet
 installed at gnu.org.</p>
 
+<h3>First priority</h3>
+
+<p>This is a list of web pages from <a href="/">www.gnu.org</a> that
+have been selected as translation priorities (in no particular order).</p>
+
 <ul>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">The Free Software Definition</a></li>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">Free Software 
Is Even More Important Now</a></li>
@@ -46,11 +50,13 @@
 license for your own work</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+<h3>Second priority</h3>
+
 <p>These pages are the second level of priority.  Once the pages in
 the list above are done, please translate these next.</p>
 
 <ul>
-<li><a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">What is Copyleft?</a></li>
+<li><a href="/licenses/copyleft.html">What is Copyleft?</a></li>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism</a></li>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</a></li>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Who does that 
server really serve?</a></li>
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@
 <li><a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Why Free Software needs Free 
Documentation</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+<h3>Important directories</h3>
+
 <p>Essays and articles in the following directories should be translated 
 in all available languages:</p>
 
@@ -79,14 +87,25 @@
   <li><code>proprietary/</code></li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>The directory <code>/philosophy/sco</code> is of historical interest only,
-so we recommend giving it lower priority than everything else
-in these directories.</p>
+<p>In these important directories, however, there are articles of
+historical or peripheral interest only, for which new translations are
+not necessary. For instance, <code>philosophy/sco/*</code>, 
+<code>philosophy/*-old.html</code>, <code>licenses/*_seminar.html</code>,
+<code>philosophy/economics_frank/frank.html</code>, etc. Please use your
+judgment. (The existing translations of these articles should be maintained,
+though.)</p>
+
+<p>The <code>proprietary/</code> directory is important, but it changes as
+fast as a newsfeed. Don't start translating it unless you intend to update
+the translated pages over the long term.</p>
+
+<h3>Other directories</h3>
 
-<p>Don't bother translating the pages in <code>/people</code>, except perhaps
+<p>Don't bother translating the pages in <code>people/</code>, except perhaps
 speakers.html.  Experience shows that translations of the other pages
 in that directory require too much maintenance work, and they don't
-provide much benefit.</p>
+provide much benefit. Translating <code>thankgnus/</code> may likewise
+be considered a waste of time.</p>
 
 <p>There is no problem to translate <code>home.html</code> if you have
 a very active team, but don't make the mistake to pick it up as your first
@@ -101,7 +120,7 @@
 <h3 id="Languages">Important languages</h3>
 
 <p>We welcome translations of essays into any language, but the following
-are particularly important:</p>
+(in alphabetical order) are particularly important:</p>
 
 <ul>
   <li>Arabic</li>
@@ -157,7 +176,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/05/28 11:56:09 $
+$Date: 2019/06/01 18:37:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>