Inspiring work of Vietnamies translator Clytie Siddal

[Praveen A]

Despite the illness that affected her memory (sometimes she cannot remember
the names of her own childres!), she is actively contributing. A great
inspiration indeed. Hats off to her dedication.

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From: "Clytie Siddall" <clytie at riverland.net.au>
Date: Feb 5, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: release notes and msgid-previous (was: Re: (forw) Release
update: deep freeze, planned dates, and remaining bugs
To: "SmartList" <debian-i18n at lists.debian.org>, <debian-doc at lists.debian.org
>

Thanks again for explaining, Jens. :)

On 06/02/2009, at 1:01 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at
12:22:53AM +1030, Clytie ...
Thanks for doing that. I just finished translating the current
Release-Notes, and committed my changes. So, when the original strings are
changed again (e.g. taking care of some of the remaining TODO's), my files
will use msgid-previous?

Where should I look to keep track of changes to the original strings? I
don't want to miss updating them, especially now I have a complete
translation (I like being at 100% :D ). And do we have a status webpage for
the Release Notes, like we do for the Installation Guide?

> > > >> I can run very  basic svn commands now, so with a bit of luck, I'll
recover >> enough  con...
Unfortunately, my problems are due to illness [1], and have affected my
memory and concentration. So I can't access most of the things I used to
know (pre-disease, I lectured in computing, mathematics and English),
including all my machine languages and most of my human languages. (Luckily,
the English-Vietnamese switch still works in my head, probably because of
its strong emotional links.) For the past few months, I haven't been able to
read or write at all: that's why I haven't been able to participate here.
Luckily, I have finally recovered a little capacity, so I've started
updating translations again. I'll be delighted if I recover enough
concentration to use the command-line more: every little bit of extra
capacity means a lot in my situation.

Mechanically, learning isn't just about understanding something, it's also
about being able to retain and access that knowledge. My brain has
file-addressing issues. ;)

(The most embarrassing moments are when I can't remember the names of my own
children! I know their faces, but not their names.)

from Clytie Vietnamese Free Software Translation Team
http://vnoss.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=proje...
[1] I've been severely disabled by this disease for 15 years, but one of the
things I love about the Net is that until recently, having access to a
laptop and Net connection meant I could be just like everyone else here. I
could participate, too, and not have to explain about the disease. I would
have a few days or a week or two out of action every now and then, but I
could catch up without it really being noticeable. However, in the last
couple of years, the disease has started taking me completely out of action
for several months at a time, and will eventually do so permanently, so I've
had to explain why. Not my favourite topic. :S

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