Introducing PC Tools Together [Archive] - PC Tools Community Forum

jrickard

03-01-2009, 10:15 PM

Hi All,

Due to the popularity of the User Contributed Language Pack (http://www.pctools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50943) thread, we are now looking at ways to officially support this activity. Codenamed "PC Tools Together" we are planning on launching a completely web based application that is integrated with pctools.com that supports community creation of Language Packs.

We want you to be involved in shaping this initiative so we are looking for volunteers for the BETA program.

You don't need to speak a second language to participate (although we definately want to hear from you if you do!)

The BETA program will focus initially on ThreatFire and participation will include feedback on features, design and usability of the application and participants will get the first look at each version.

My name, by the way, is Jason and as the Product Manager for PC Tools Together will be working very closely with Becky and Daniel.

Looking very forward to everyones feedback and questions

David

03-02-2009, 06:42 PM

saad alfraanah

03-02-2009, 11:23 PM

I volunteer for Arabic language

my wish is to translate Threatfire and No objection from the All products the company's " PC TOOLS " :)

jrickard

03-03-2009, 07:26 AM

Hello,

my wish is to translate Threatfire and possibly also other PC Tools apps into the Czech language. I would like to participate in the initiative, as far as it will lead to a high-quality localization.

Thanks David, I will be contacting you with more details

I volunteer for Arabic language

my wish is to translate Threatfire and No objection from the All products the company's " PC TOOLS "

Thanks saad - Arabic poses some unique issues due to the character set and the fact it is right to left (more so in the software than in a translation application).

Your feedback and participation will be extremely helpful to test some of the solutions as well as contributing towards an Arabic ThreatFire product.

saad alfraanah

03-03-2009, 04:38 PM

Thanks saad - Arabic poses some unique issues due to the character set and the fact it is right to left (more so in the software than in a translation application).

Your feedback and participation will be extremely helpful to test some of the solutions as well as contributing towards an Arabic ThreatFire product.

I am ready in any time

a nice support :cool:

thank you for your helpful

Sinbad

03-03-2009, 04:59 PM

looking forward to seeing how this works:D

Peace

Sinbad

jrickard

03-04-2009, 09:14 PM

Thanks Sinbad,

I'll let you know when the Beta officially starts.

RavenMacDaddy

03-05-2009, 11:50 AM

Hi there, Jason! I'm from Sweden, and I'll gladly participate and create ThreatFire in the swedish language.

Looking forward to hearing from you! ;)
Best regards,
RMD

BDubrow

03-05-2009, 04:16 PM

That's great, RavenMacDaddy!

We actually have a number of ThreatFire users in Sweden so your input and assistance will be very valuable!

jrickard

03-07-2009, 05:02 PM

Raven,

I echo Becky's enthusiasm....It will be great to have your feedback.

We are expecting to have something for you to give feedback on (Most likely some basic screenshots and roughed out process) in less than 2 weeks time!

Thanks again to all so far and looking forward to more participants.

mjq424

03-08-2009, 01:23 PM

Hi
Count me in to help out too :)

Reodor

03-09-2009, 02:24 AM

My location is Malaysia, my origin is Norway. Might be of assistance with the Norwegian language, but unfortunately I use US key board and lack some of the Norwegian letters.

jrickard

03-09-2009, 08:45 AM

Thanks mjq. Although the first application of this will be translation based, we will be looking at other possibilities so having Beta testers that don't speak an additional language other than English will be welcomed!

My location is Malaysia, my origin is Norway. Might be of assistance with the Norwegian language, but unfortunately I use US key board and lack some of the Norwegian letters.

Reodor - We are looking at incorporating virtual keyboards so we will be interested in the concept of translators using an English keyboard yet being able to translate and will look forward to your feedback in the very near future.

Thanks again to all that have shown interest so far!

flamer0n

03-10-2009, 11:24 PM

Hi guys,
Count me in to assist.

jrickard

03-11-2009, 09:25 AM

Thats great, thanks so much.

I will have something for you to comment on in the next week - Some screenshots and proposed process flows.

Looking forward to your feedback.

RavenMacDaddy

03-12-2009, 03:19 PM

According to a PM I was supposed to post here if I was still interested in participating, so because of that: me still wants to ("I do!" :p)! :D

jrickard

03-12-2009, 06:57 PM

Raven - Yup, you are on the Beta participants list. It will start off slow and gain speed as we get closer to May.

I am definately keeping track of everyone that was already so kind to post in this thread offering their contribution and will let participants know once I have something for them to get involved in.

Cheers,

saner

03-19-2009, 06:33 AM

Hello Jason, I can help creating the Turkish version of ThreatFire and any other PC Tools product that's possible. So you can count me in too.

jrickard

03-19-2009, 10:07 AM

Thanks Saner

To sum up so far we have:
David - Czech
Saad_Alfraanah - Arabic
RavenMacDaddy - Swedish
Reodor - Norwegian
Saner - Turkish
Flamer0n - Albanian

Those helping out giving feedback on the app:
Sinbad - English
mjq424 - English

saad alfraanah

03-19-2009, 10:34 PM

Hi

Where can I find an English Language Pack

jrickard

03-19-2009, 10:41 PM

Hi

Where can I find an English Language Pack

Saad,

With the interface we are planning, you won't need the English language pack (There isn't one actually as the strings are embedded).

I will be posting our proposed process with some mocked up screenshots in a new thread tomorrow.

Looking forward to your feedback!

khim

03-20-2009, 07:44 AM

Can ThreatFire please have Chinese language pack.

jrickard

03-20-2009, 08:15 AM

Can ThreatFire please have Chinese language pack.

Khim - Simplified Chinese was made available through the normal channels through the last update. Were you interested in Traditional Chinese instead?

Let me know if you don't see the choice in your control panel once you update to the latest version.

Kees1958

03-22-2009, 01:16 PM

jrickard

03-22-2009, 06:00 PM

I do not mind translating all program text/buttons/etc with explanatory into Dutch as long as I have an idea how much work is involved. Any idea aboy the total number of words to translate?

Regards Kees

ThreatFire is approx 6,000 words although one of the reasons for this initiative is to develop a way for multiple users to translate pieces of the UI at their convenience, working towards a completely translated language.

Even if you only wanted to translate a few hundred here and there, I would still love to have your contribution and feedback on the application.

Thanks

haapy

03-22-2009, 06:06 PM

Menippos

03-22-2009, 11:17 PM

Hi there,
I could provide translation in Greek, if desired. I use ThreatFire for more than six months and I am very satisfied with it, so I decided to reciprocate. Gimme a buzz if interested. :)

khim

03-23-2009, 12:14 PM

Khim - Simplified Chinese was made available through the normal channels through the last update. Were you interested in Traditional Chinese instead?

Let me know if you don't see the choice in your control panel once you update to the latest version.

I was interested in Traditional Chinese. So will it become available next time?:)

jrickard

03-23-2009, 01:27 PM

Have you tried dictionary.com to assist in this effort? It has a decent language translation engine.

It could be a start and then a volunteer language specialist could edit it. Might save some time.

http://translate.reference.com/translate

Happy,

Great suggestion. We are actually playing with the idea of using machine translation to get the ball rolling although we are testing it to make sure it does indeed save time. (Ensuring quality is high enough that the translator doesn't have to start from scratch due to incorrect terminology and sentence structure.)

Thanks for the feedback!

I was interested in Traditional Chinese. So will it become available next time?

Khim -

It could definitely be a candidate for Community Translation. Would you be interested in participating in the pilot to see that happen?

Thanks

jrickard

03-23-2009, 01:30 PM

Hi there,
I could provide translation in Greek, if desired. I use ThreatFire for more than six months and I am very satisfied with it, so I decided to reciprocate. Gimme a buzz if interested. :)

Absolutely. We would love to have you on board. (All apologies for moving your post as I want to keep all the participants in one thread)

I will PM you with a bit more info.

Thanks Again and we will talk soon.

Necromorph

03-26-2009, 10:47 AM

Hey, if needed I can do the dutch translation :)

jrickard

03-26-2009, 02:23 PM

Hey, if needed I can do the dutch translation :)

Thats great Necromorph...Just to summarize again here are the current participants for ThreatFire :

So far we have:
David - Czech
Saad_Alfraanah - Arabic
RavenMacDaddy - Swedish
Reodor - Norwegian
Saner - Turkish
Flamer0n - Albanian
Khim - Trad. Chinese
Kees1958 and Necromorph - Dutch
Meniposs - Greek

Those helping out giving feedback on the app:
Sinbad - English
mjq424 - English
haapy - English (You didn't officially volunteer but you have been helpful already)

Many of you have expressed an interest in getting a jumpstart on translating ThreatFire before the app is actually ready. I will be contacting you through PM in the next week to discuss this further.

Thanks again and keep them coming. The main goal of this is to make ThreatFire as useful as possible and your contribution will do just that!

Win7XUser

04-21-2009, 12:39 AM

ill gladly translate for German...im in the process of learning it...through its always good to help people :D

jrickard

04-21-2009, 08:21 AM

ill gladly translate for German...im in the process of learning it...through its always good to help people :D

Win7 - We already officially release German so it won't be a candidate (There are 7 languages which are laready available) but would you be willing to help out with some non-translation work like reviewing language packs to make sure that the lines of text display correctly etc?

If not, we would love to even have your opinion on the translation interface as we have more to show.

Thank you for your interest!

Win7XUser

04-21-2009, 01:04 PM

Win7 - We already officially release German so it won't be a candidate (There are 7 languages which are laready available) but would you be willing to help out with some non-translation work like reviewing language packs to make sure that the lines of text display correctly etc?

If not, we would love to even have your opinion on the translation interface as we have more to show.

Thank you for your interest!

sure! :) :)
i can help with english also....

jrickard

04-27-2009, 12:10 PM

We expect to have a Beta version that participants can try out next Wednesday, May 6th!

More information to follow.

sanghoang04

05-21-2009, 11:15 AM

I wish to translate ThreatFire to Vietnamese. Please tell me how i can do that.
:)

jrickard

05-21-2009, 02:05 PM

I wish to translate ThreatFire to Vietnamese. Please tell me how i can do that.
:)

Sang -

I've added Vietnamese and PM'd you with the info to access PC Tools Together.

Once logged in just do the following:

1.) Go to your profile and add/remove languages - Add Vietnamese if its nto already checked

2.) Go to Home (My PC Tools Together) and go to Add/Remove Projects in the upper right. Add ThreatFire if you haven't already.

You should now see the project in your My PC Tools Together screen (Home when logged in) and can hit the Translate button to get started.

Thanks!

Doull

06-01-2009, 01:06 PM

Hi!

I can translate ThreatFire into Finnish if it's needed. (I hope it is) ;)

jrickard

06-01-2009, 04:16 PM

Hi!

I can translate ThreatFire into Finnish if it's needed. (I hope it is) ;)

Doull -

I'll add Finish now to the list. Go ahead and create an account. It should be on the list when you sign in:

http:together.pctools.com

Thanks!!

jrickard

06-02-2009, 10:27 AM

Hi!

I can translate ThreatFire into Finnish if it's needed. (I hope it is) ;)

I see you have already translated 17% (over 1000 words)! Great to see the activity.

Thanks

RavenMacDaddy

08-07-2009, 10:43 AM

Just noticed something... on the together-page where it says "Top Contributers", it should actually be "Contributors". :D

jrickard

08-07-2009, 02:03 PM

Just noticed something... on the together-page where it says "Top Contributers", it should actually be "Contributors". :D

I can't believe that slipped through....Nice Catch!

Going to fix it now.