When deciding if a translation should be made, consider whether there’s an actual community that will use it. oiclid was unsure about contributing a translation, but erlend_sh advised that translating for a community that will use it provides an incentive to keep the language pack up-to-date. Otherwise, the translation may become stale. oiclid and codinghorror found this reasoning logical, with codinghorror jokingly pointing out that not everyone speaks American.
Hi. I am currently considering contributing a translation to Discourse. I am however wondering if there are any guidelines towards deciding if a translation should be made or not.
I am have a good grasp of the languages I want to translate, they are both popular in my native country, at least one of them is a language you can use on both Google and Facebook (even though the Google language locale is very limited and has some funny translations). I can read and write both, my accent/pronunciation in both is good, and have a strong knowledge of idioms and proverbs, so my problem is not if I think I am capable.
The best reason for contributing a language is if you’re going to be participating in a community that will actually use it. Otherwise you will not have an incentive to keep up with subsequent releases that require translation updates and the language pack will go stale.
