From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-03-18T08:30:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Hacking Guide Translation

On 3/17/06, Vincent Isambart <vincent.isambart@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am pleased to announce that I have translated in English the second
> chapter ("Objects") of the "Ruby Hacking Guide" by Minero AOKI. The
> Japanese name of the book is "Ruby kanzen soosu coodo kaisetsu" (that
> means "Ruby complete source code explanation"), but "Ruby Hacking
> Guide" was its working title and has more or less become its
> "official" English name.
>
> This book explains the internals of the ruby interpreter. And even if
> you do not care about how the interpreter works, I think it can help
> have a better understanding of Ruby and how to make extension
> libraries. To fully understand the content, you'll need to have a good
> knowledge of Ruby and C. And do not forget that Ruby is the language
> and ruby its implementation.
>
> Why the second chapter? Well, because I think it was the first chapter
> that we needed to have a translation of. The first chapter of the book
> is just a summary of the Ruby language. In English we already have the
> Pickaxe with its first edition freely available on the Web. And as
> translating takes a lot of time, I think it's better to select the
> most interesting ones. The chapter 4 and 6 are on the tracks.
>
> Be aware of the fact that I am far from being a professional
> translator, this translation was just a way for me to improve my
> knowledge of Ruby and the Japanese language. And English is not my
> mother tongue, so it takes a little longer for me to translate. But I
> think more people are interested in an English version ;). The English
> could be better but I prefer spending more time on the Japanese and
> let someone better than me correct my sentences.
>
> I would like to also use this mail to ask if anyone else is interested
> in translating the RHG in English. Minero AOKI told me he thinks that
> some other people may have begun translating on their side, and I
> think he may be right. So if you have started translating it or want
> to, do not hesitate to manifest yourself. Japanese people are of
> course welcome to join us. You do not even need to know Japanese to
> help: you can maybe check wording, grammar and spelling, or help us
> with the diagrams.
>
> I doubt that alone I would able to translate the whole book (it's 500
> pages long), but with some help, we should be able to at least
> translate a big part of it.
>
> Finally, I'd like to thank Minero AOKI for allowing me to post my
> translation of his book on the web. Thanks also to Laurent SANSONETTI
> for checking my translation, to Kouhei SUTOU for helping me understand
> some Japanese sentences, and to the Rubyforge guys for hosting us.
>
> Here's the address: http://rhg.rubyforge.org
>
> And for those who want the Japanese version, it's still available at
> http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ (http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/book/ if
> you want to directly access the content).
>

Awesome. Need some help on future chapters? I have a copy of the book,
and my clumsy Japanese skills have been enough for manga and anime
translations in the past.
I could use the practice.

--Wilson.