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Peter Pompilio Power posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
@admin Hey Steven, sorry to bother you again. Here is another question, regarding the website.
The website has a drop down menu for different languages. Now, I’m a native speaker of German and I’ve noticed that the German version of the website is – uhm – not written in a very good German. Parts are just full of mistakes, other parts are almost impossible to understand (sounds like google translate). I would offer to volunteer to make the German website readible. Do you think this would be appreciated? If so, how could I could I proceed? Thank you! Peter (from Hamburg/Germany)
Hi Peter. I am aware of this concern in several languages. It is machine translated, yes. Simply put, it was never written in German because I only speak English fluently. Yes, I have tried to have volunteers and even paid for translations, only to find the translator lied about their ability or lost interest in helping when I wanted to make a revision. Revisions happen daily oftentimes and those parts of the site will always be machine translated until the foundation can pay for professional translation services. I would expect the same if I visited a site maintained by non-English speaker(s) and to be honest, happy if they provided me with an English translation, be it even a flawed machine translation. That is not to say parts, less-often-changing parts, could not be addressed and substituted with more proper translations. I will contact you privately to discuss how and where we can proceed. Many thanks for the generosity in offering to help!
Thank you for your reply! Looking forward to keeping in touch with you on this issue via private messages. 😎👍
I have emailed you, Peter. At your convenience. 😉 Thanks!
Hey Steve. Did you receive my e-mail of last Saturday?
Have a nice weekend!
Yes, I certainly did. The needed changes to the system are being made. Thank you and have a great weekend also!
Ok. Great. Thank you!!