Transifex Admin

[cbeams]

See https://www.transifex.com/bisq/public/

Keybase: #transifex

Team: @bisq-network/transifex-admins Primary: @MwithM
Secondary: @ripcurlx

[stevenkain]

Present for taking over Transifex operations

[ManfredKarrer]

Thanks @stevenkain for your offer! At the moment @riclas is the main maintainer. Best to cross check with him if he is interested to become official operator.

[cbeams]

Just following up here, that per conversation in Slack, @stevenkain is planning to write up a specification for this role, possibly in collaboration with @riclas if he is also interested. See #21 for an example of a role specification.

[cbeams]

I've updated the assignees and description to reflect that @ripcurlx is now the primary role owner here. @ripcurlx, please report monthly, etc as appropriate, thanks.

[r4el]

Hello, Just joined Bisq on Transifex. For reference only, I have published technical papers in English, and performed document translations in Spanish and French in the past. Furthermore, I am interested in supporting Bisq's Transifex platform as admin if you'd like.

[ManfredKarrer]

Hi @r4el, Thanks for reaching out! That would be great if you could help us there! I assume you are already experienced with Transifex. Can you PM me on Slack or the Forum, then I can bring you in contact with the current Admin...

[ripcurlx]

@r4el: Feel free to ping me anytime here or on Slack so we can have a quick call on the requirements for taking over this role. Any help is highly appreciated! 👍

[r4el]

Thanks, Manfred and Christoph. I have signed up on Slack and sent a PM to both to inquire about your availability if you want to have a call.

[ripcurlx]

2018.05 report

I took over this role as I want to streamline the workflow how we get required translations for new features and to initiate a review of a all existing translations. I applied for a free open source license for Transifex and will have a call today with @r4el on the requirements for this role and possible hand it over at the same time.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/71

[ManfredKarrer]

@ripcurlx Thanks for taking over that role! We have the free open source license, but somehow Transifex does not show that properly. Maybe best it to get in touch with Ricardo who did it so far. I sent an email to connect you both.

[ripcurlx]

So far everything seems to be fine with the Transifex open source license. I applied for it within the app settings and nobody complained about it, that we are not fulfilling their requirements.

Yes, even if Ricardo wants to continue being an admin I think it is no problem to have two people involved in localization efforts.

[cbeams]

@ripcurlx, can we get @ManfredKarrer out of the picture completely for this role, even as secondary? Mainly, I mean such that he no longer has keys to Transifex and doesn't have to worry about it anymore. This could be done in conjunction with handing things over to @r4el if that works out, and you could remain as secondary then.

[ripcurlx]

2018.6 report

Besides continuing onboarding of @r4el, who is currently working on a proposal for translators and reviewer metrics, we synced the translation file between the core repository and Transifex to have only on Transifex the truth. Translation files have been updated in the core repository as well for the new release 0.7.1. We saw nice activity in June in translations and reviews. Unfortunately we can't drill deeper on the details with our open-source license.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/84

[ripcurlx]

2018.07

July was great month in terms of contribution for our transifex project.

Besides new translators especially @initCCG pushed the translations for Thai, Vietnamese, Persian and Russian.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/98

[ripcurlx]

2018.08

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw less activity in August compared to July, but that is mainly because of @initCCG is nearly done with translating and reviewing the new languages.

@ripcurlx, @HarryMacfinned and @BravoIndia had a call discussing the problem when a translation/review is up for compensation and how it should be valued. Based on the call a proposal was created which should, if it finds consensus, be taken for all upcoming translation/review compensation requests.

[ripcurlx]

2018.09 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw less activity in September compared to August. Translations updates/reviews were done in Thai, Vietnamese, Russian and Spanish.

We'll see three new languages added in v0.9.0 (Thai, Persian, Vietnamese)

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/126

[ripcurlx]

2018.10 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw less activity again in October compared to September. Translations updates/reviews were done in Greek, Persian, Vietnamese, Russian and Portuguese.

We'll see two new languages added in v0.9.0 (Thai, Vietnamese). Persian will be delayed because of not existing consensus between translator and reviewer atm.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/148

[ripcurlx]

2018.11 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw more activity in November compared to October as we switched the source of the translation source file to the new release branch file before merging it to master. This time my work on the German translations will also be part of this compensation request.

We'll see two new languages added in v0.9.0 (Thai, Vietnamese). Persian will be delayed because of not existing consensus between translator and reviewer atm.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/177

[ripcurlx]

2018.12 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw more than twice the activity in December compared to November as lots of new strings where translated for our latest releases. This time my work on the German and other translations (translation fixes) will also be part of this compensation request.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/195

[ripcurlx]

2019.01 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. I added @arunasurya as Team Manager to be able to work on the Glossary and communicate with other translation managers, translators and reviewers. We saw less activity in January compared to December as we didn't add lots of new strings or languages to the client. My work on the German translation is also part of this compensation request.

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/206

[ripcurlx]

2019.02 report

Moderation of the #transifex channel on Slack. We saw less activity in February compared to January as we didn't add again lots of new strings or languages to the client. My work on the German translation is also part of this compensation request. Next month I'll hand over the Transifex Admin role to @arunasurya. Thanks Aruna for taking over this role!

/cc https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/224

[ManfredKarrer]

@ripcurlx I think you are handing over to @arunasurya right? Let me know once that is done then I would change the roles. Let me know who should be primary and secondary.

[ripcurlx]

@ripcurlx I think you are handing over to @arunasurya right? Let me know once that is done then I would change the roles. Let me know who should be primary and secondary.

Actually we did the hand over yesterday. Feel free to set @arunasurya as primary and me as secondary role owner already.

[arunasurya]

2019.03 Report

There was an increase in activity in March. German and Portuguese translations are complete, with Russian and Spanish translations nearing completion.

New initiatives (WIP): standardized glossary across all languages.

[arunasurya]

2019.04 Report

We saw less activity in April compared to March.

As of today, the translations in the following languages have been completed or almost completed:

The current release is available in eleven languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese (Mandarin), French, Persian, Thai, Vietnamese and Greek. Greek will be removed from the new release.

New documentation was created to help the translators and reviewers: https://github.com/arunasurya/bisqtransifex

[arunasurya]

2019.05 Report

There was almost twice as much activity in the bisq-desktop project in May as in April. The translations are complete in the following languages: French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Vietnamese is almost complete.

We started a new project, bisq-website. At this moment, only homepage is available, and it has been translated into French, German and Spanish.

[y3v63n]

2019.06 Report

Bisq-desktop: The activity hasn't changed much since May, mainly due to the lack of new content in the application. French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish remain fully translated. We are looking for new translators for Vietnamese and Thai to complete the translations. Persian is currently on hold due to the right-to-left language issue.

Bisq-website: The activity increased six-fold compared to May. Portuguese is 100% translated, while Spanish, French and German are nearing completion.

We have seen an increased activity among new translators, with a total of six people joining Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Hebrew, Portuguese language teams in June.

[bisq-github-admin-3]

I've just added @y3v63n as primary role owner as @arunasurya stepped temporary back from this role. Thanks @y3v63n for taking over the role! 👍

[y3v63n]

Bisq-desktop: We had a huge spike in translation activity in July due to inflow of several new contributors. We now have Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish fully translated. We also launched a bounty to transtale the Bisq software into Japanese, and the translation is now 80% complete.

Bisq-website: The activity keeps increasing. Chinese, Portuguese Spanish and German are now fully translated, French and Persian are nearing completion.

New Translators: Five new people joined the Chinese, Japanese and German teams. We are still actively looking for Vietnamese and Thai translators.

[y3v63n]

2019.08 Report

Bisq-desktop: The translation activity in August dropped due to lack of new content. The Bisq software is now completely translated into Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Bisq-website: The translation activity is declining due to the lack of new content. At the same time, translations that neared completion are now ready, and we now have Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Persian and Spanish fully translated. Japanese and Russian are over 50% ready.

New Translators: Five new people joined the Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Vietnamese and French teams.

[y3v63n]

2019.09 Report

Bisq-desktop: The translation activity in September increased compared to August. The source file was updated at the end of the month to reflect the latest changes in the software, so none of the translations are now fully completed.

Bisq-website: The translation activity almost tripled in September. Translations to most of the core languages are now almost completed.

Bisq-subtitles: A new project was added to Bisq Transifex organization after several translation team members expressed willingness to translate some of the video subtitles to their langauges.

New Translators: Four new people joined the Portuguese (Brazil), French and German teams.

[MwithM]

There's been relevant activity, so I'm going to make a little report as Spanish Coordinator: Thanks to Oscarml for notifying that transifex wasn't updated. After the source was updated, he translated all 3700 new words and I reviewed them, in a few days. Some strings (768 words) related to very low volume altcoins are not being translated on purpose because it feels that they're going to be delisted (if they aren't already). We missed Juan Tellez, I'd like to hear from him soon.

[arunasurya]

2019.11 Report

I have taken over the role of the Transifex admin from @y3v63n in November.

There was a decline in activity across all projects. There were several language requests in the projects. The languages that support the Bisq app have been accepted while others are pending (to be discussed during the November translator call).

All projects

bisq-desktop

bisq-website

Bisq Subtitles

[arunasurya]

2020.12 Report (cycle 9)

Two languages were added to the list of core languages: Italian and traditional Chinese (Taiwan).

Total BSQ spent on the project (cycle 8): 9,350.99

Breakdown: Chinese (China and Taiwan): 4,281.32 Transifex admin (primary): 2900 Spanish: 593.95 Russian: 555.14 Technical support (adding Chinese, etc): 500 French: 361.58 Website work: 100 Portuguese: 59

There was a slight increase in activity in the desktop & website projects, and an increase in the subtitles.

[MwithM]

As the new Transifex Admin, I've created a wiki page with instructions and objectives for the next 2 or 3 cycles.

This is the planned budget for Cycle 11:

	Budget
BRA	250
Update	200
Jp	150
Admin	100
	750

While Brazilian translation should be almost 100% completed, Japanese budget is only for about 2000 words. Update languages which are almost completely translated (ES, FR, DE, PT, CH). Languages have been prioritized considering current trade volume they're providing to Bisq. You can follow the tasks at the kanban board and Transifex.

[MwithM]

After compensation requests have been accepted, expenses are like this:

Surplus is $303. Assuming I can use the budget not spent on previous cycles, the budget limit for cycle 12 is $1053. It will be used to complete translations for Japanese and Italian, and keep up to date the rest, as planned on kanban board.

[MwithM]

Before latest post, I assumed that all italian bisq-desktop translations were already compensated. They aren't, and $1108 worth of strings tranlsated are left to be compensated. $803.67 to Riccardo, $224.14 to GreGab and 224 to 8uDD4T. There's a huge backlog for Italian translations. I don't want to keep other languages stopped because of strings translated before new budget system was running. Italian budget is going to be lightly expanded for this cycle, but there's going to be work left to be paid for next ones. Compensation requests for tasks that can't be compensated in this cycle because of low budget should be requested at this cycle anyway, to better estimate next cycle budget requirements.

This is the new budget for Cycle 12:

Please reffer to me at keybase #transifex channel so I can update Kanban board as soon as possible in order to know how much of the planned work is going to be done.

[MwithM]

Cycle 12 report

Italian has a huge payout for compensation requests backlog and looks like chinese has too. All core languages have been up to date, except Portuguese. Japanese has not been translated in this period.

I'm moving the kanban board from bisq.cc to a cryptopad.fr public board.

[MwithM]

On cycle 13, Japanese should be finally translated, Italian will be available for bisq-desktop and Czech too (thanks to a voluntary contributor, as Czech is not a core language) and the rest of languages except Russian will be kept up to date. This is the budget for cycle 13:

The translation board has been moved to cryptpad. Contributors can edit the board without registering.

[MwithM]

Only Spanish and German has been taken up to date. Japanese translation is stalled, but it might be good to save this to have funds to translate, when ready, the new website frontpage to multiple languages. Italian and Czech desktop translations have not been uploaded to the app. It's postponed to next Cycle, as ripcurlx has now something much better to do :-)

[MwithM]

On cycle 14 I plan to keep up to date the core languages, and wait for the new website. Italian and Czech translations could be uploaded on this cycle. The translation budget spreadsheet has been moved to google drive, as cryptpad spreadsheets are not very reliable yet.

[MwithM]

For cycle 14

Activity has been almost null.

[MwithM]

As there's been no activity lately, the tasks for cycle 15 are the same as for cycle 14.

I'm studying to start translating the getting started page.

[MwithM]

For Cycle 15.

Deutsche and Spanish bisq-desktop has been taken up to date and I started trying the app to translate the wiki, for Spanish. https://bisq.wiki/Payment_methods/es

[MwithM]

Budget for Cycle 16:

Tasks

• Keep core languages bisq-desktop translations up to date, look for translators.
• Implement Italian and Czech languages with @ripcurlx
• Define budget per language and what to translate for getting-started pages at wiki.

Budget spreadsheet can be found here.

[MwithM]

Cycle 16 report

None of the tasks on the previous post have been completed.

[MwithM]

Budget for cycle 17

Due to very little activity, only 16USD was spent in last cycle. This is the budget for cycle 17:

Budget link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DdzjrQtD9PAt2wbkUp4z3AwAJhv1JI9S/edit#gid=979011045

[MwithM]

Cycle 17 report

• At least French and Japanese are back to being worked on.
• Website is also ready for translation in this cycle (I will update the wiki to announce it).
• I looked at getting-started pages wiki to stablish a budget, but still have many doubts about it.

[MwithM]

Budget for Cycle 18

There's been active translators for Japanese and Chinese (which has been up to date). With new features and changes, new strings are being uploaded to translate and allocated budget for bisq-desktop increases. This is bisq-desktop estimated expenses left.

Translation for bisq-website will only take place for Chinese and Spanish. Most of untranslated strings at transifex website are lost translations that only require to review and use the suggested string, so total left to translate words is wrong. Because of this, I have reduced the budget from ~3300 * 0.07 = 230 USD to 150USD per language.

Although total estimated expense for pending translations is 2450 + 450 = 2900USD, we should not spend more than 1500USD in one cycle. French, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish translations are actually being worked on, which would imply (if all tasks are complete) spending about 1300USD. As always, please get in contact with me before start translating. Brazilian Portuguese should be translated as well, as it's on of the most active Bisq markets.

[stopfeds]

As always, please get in contact with me before start translating. Brazilian Portuguese should be translated as well, as it's on of the most active Bisq markets.

@MwithM I sent you a message on Keybase