On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 21:49 +0200, samuel desseaux wrote:

I 've read this interessant message and would be happy to get involved in the docs project. I'm French,29,Linux user (and addict) since a long time. In my free time, i like to contribute to free softwares projects (as developer or translator,writer). I am a Fedora user since last year and it's very wonderful (with my 64 bits,that's amazing ).That's for why i want to contribute to Fedora as writer (and developer if i have enough time).It would be for me a very good and learnful experience. So,tell me what i can (or could) do.

We can use writers and editors for just about any subject you want to write about. The technical level does not matter, Fedora users are all technical levels. :)

The Fedora docs project has not yet worked closely with the Fedora internationlization (i18n) project (fedora-i18n-list). If you want to do translation of documentation, you want to work through them. You can be a part of both projects.

If you want to write documentation in French, you will have to write with the same considerations for translation. We would also need an editor who reads French. This idea is interesting to me, we have never considered this before. So, it is just an idea at this point. :)

Another idea, if you want to work in English, perhaps the Installation Guide would benefit from a multi-lingual writing team. They could write for translation, and in your case, even do the translation of your own section. This is another idea we would need to discuss with the i18n team.

Lot's of good ideas. Welcome, Sam. :)

- Karsten (who isn't and doesn't speak German)