Re: Should we really translate legal notices?

[Mattias Põldaru <mahfiaz gmail com>]

I am no expert but the first thing that comes to mind is adding an extra
disclaimer, which states, that in cases where translation differs from
the original, the original superseedes any translation.

Mattias

Ühel kenal päeval, T, 2010-05-04 kell 14:41, kirjutas Ihar Hrachyshka: 
> Hello!
> 
> I'd like to raise a question which was already discussed in gnome-i18n
> with no end result [1] in legal-list gnome org hence this email.
> 
> Recently one of Gnome localizers, Andika Triwidada, asked in gnome-i18n
> if we should really translate legal notices found in Gnome software
> translation catalogues. He stated that there is a policy for this in
> Fedora Project [2] which states that asks translators not to translate
> legal notices since such translations are risky if not approved by
> professional lawyers (which is of course not the case for 99% of Gnome
> translations).
> 
> Localization participants tried to find any related policy on Gnome Wiki
> pages with no success. Some translators stated that they translate
> everything put in translation catalogues, legal notices included.
> 
> It would be great if Gnome legal experts will discuss this problem in
> more detail and end up with final policy for translators.
> 
> Below are some examples of such translation messages. They are quite
> common in Gnome applications translation catalogues.
> 
> #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1153
> msgid ""
> "Brasero is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the "
> "terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software "
> "Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later "
> "version."
> msgstr ""
> 
> #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1158
> msgid ""
> "Brasero is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY "
> "WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS "
> "FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more "
> "details."
> msgstr ""
> 
> #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1163
> msgid ""
> "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with "
> "Brasero; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin "
> "Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA"
> msgstr ""
> 
> [1]: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2010-April/msg00193.html
> [2]:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/FAQ#Should_I_translate_legal_notices.3F
> 
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