From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-12-31T17:45:47+09:00
Subject: Re: The ruby website translator


On Dec 31, 2009, at 00:30 , James Britt wrote:

> Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
>> On 31.12.2009 07:19, HackerGene wrote:
>>> Hi ,
>>> 
>>> I would like to be ruby website translator .I've send an email to
>>> webmaster@ruby-lang.org but still get no reply.
>>> So how to do the job ? Any suggestion ?
>> Improve your English. Read a couple of style guides (space goes after punctuation, not before it), and brush up your grammar.
> 
> I was just checking ruby-lang.org, and the various translated versions, and there are numerous gaps in posts being translate from English.
> 
> So here's someone offering to help out with a community-driven, open-source project that clearly needs the help, and is greeted with a lecture on grammar and told to come back later.
> 
> I'm sure we all want translations to be clear and accurate, but surely we can find some way to encourage more people to contribute what they can.
> 
> If nothing else, whoever is the ruby-lang.org webmaster should send a reply.

Thank you. That was a lot nicer than the beat down I was mentally composing.

(and better written (ha!))

> (BTW, who *is* the the ruby-lang.org webmaster?)

I thought it was JEG?