The connection issue is due to my geographical place. It's not a commonproblem. But keep a offline contribution feature should be a good idea. On the long run, the platform should be simple, function specific, less dependent on those internet giants' codes or services(Perhaps I am wrong about this, because I don't know what codes, services would such platform use).
What would you said of these user stories, related to what
features should provide asynchronous interaction:
As a translator, I'm able to upload my translation files, so that contributing with limited internet access is possible.
As a translator, I'm able to interact with comments made inside the translation platform with an email client, so that contributing with limited internet access is possible.
That means like a github or pagure issue, when you get a notification, you can answer directly with email.
As a translator, I'm able to interact with a mailing-list from the translation platform so that interaction issues with limited internet access contributors are limited.
When you speaks "less dependent on those internet giants' codes or services", do you have privacy requirements in mind?
I think should allow anonymous contributions, 2019 is the International Year for Indigenous Languages
https://iyil2019.org, and contributing with a real name to some
may fear some people. Does it makes sense?
Zanata will send email notification to me about the new join request,but the request will not be shown on my dashboard page. If I want to approve a request, then at first, I have to click the language link, which is on the left panel, then search and find my language(zh-CN), then click the language, and click the request tab in the page to find the member's name, and click accept or deny. It shouldn't be like this.
Here are my proposition:
As an internet user, I'm able to register to the Fedora project
and directly contribute translation without having to leave the
Fedora Localization Platform so that project onboarding is
painless and doesn't requires coordinator action.
One of the platform maintainers or developers should be a translator himself/herself, or he/she has done some L10n work. Only a real translator knows what kind of the interface, what features are needed, and where and how these things are placed, arranged among the web pages.
True, we certainly need people who understand the diversity of languages to manage our tools and community. And governance needs to be open and community's opinion should be solicited.
Jean-Baptiste