Help:Extension:Translate/Translation best practices/ja

There are always more translations needed than translators available. While the work of volunteer translators is greatly valued by the Wikimedia movement, many if not most have no formal translator training. Becoming a good translator needs lots of practice, and we'd really like to help them to improve the quality of their work. Translating on Wikimedia sites can have a strong social aspect, and translators are encouraged to group together to take an ask, don't guess attitude. We also encourage translation administrators to be responsive to questions and to welcome new translators.

Multilingual Wikimedians can become good translators in specific contexts even without formal training, but approaching professional standards usually requires many years of experience. It's possible to speed up this process if translators are provided direct and constructive feedback through a review process. Even experienced translators can learn, and it's always good to have someone else check over their work, even if only for surface errors.

The long journey starts from the basics. Translators should be able to copy-edit in their own language, and have a conscious awareness of grammar; and they should have a reasonable understanding of the language they are translating from.

For languages with few speakers, who themselves are just starting to use computers and the internet, even the way to spell words or the vocabulary itself might still be under discussion. Regardless, translators should be prepared to create something new – there are bound to be words and concepts that have not been translated into their language before.

始めてみよう
Before starting, make sure you are able to type and read in your language. This might involve installing additional fonts and key maps for your computer.

Orient yourself. You might find many reasons to translate, whether you just do it for fun, hone your skills and accumulate credit or just want to give something back to the causes you support. You should understand and adopt the core principles of translation, like translating the meaning, not word by word, but still trying to be as close as possible to the original text.

Try to join pre-existing translation communities and ask others to review your work. You will encounter non-linguistic mark-up like variables and wiki text when translating. The gist in that is to recognize what parts should be left untranslated and what is the special meaning of them.

メッセージごとの説明文
翻訳原文は簡略すぎて、よい翻訳を書くには情報が足りません. 短文ほどその傾向が強く、長さに無関係に当てはまる問題です. 翻訳拡張機能にはメッセージごとに、翻訳者に向けてそのコンテクストや追加情報を書き込める欄があります.
 * このメッセージに関する説明文はウィキテキストで書けるため、リンクから画像までなんでも盛り込むことができます. メッセージごとに有効な説明文を執筆するには時間を取られるかもしれませんが、その説明文があるとそれぞれ1分以上、時間を節約できる翻訳者が数百人に達するかもしれないし、翻訳はより質が高くなるとすると、時間を費やす価値があります.

翻訳編集画面に質問する ボタンを設定することができます. 翻訳者には気軽に、また翻訳依頼者に直接、訳文の正しさを確認する手段が得られ、最善を尽くした推察 に基づく翻訳作業を回避します. もちろん対象となるサポートページにきちんと担当者を配置する必要があり、質問の回答とメッセージ説明文の更新に当たるのでなければ、翻訳者のやる気を妨げるばかりです.

一貫性
The translation administrators can make glossaries and link them from the group description or use them in the translation documentation descriptions. When multiple translators work together, it is crucial that they first of all recognize the terminology, and secondly that they use the same translations. When making glossaries, it is a good idea to write a short definition for each term instead of just providing translations. The definition helps translators to understand and apply them better in their translations, and is also a good exercise to improve consistency in source texts.

参考資料

 * Foss 地域化マニュアル – http://www.africanlocalisation.net/foss-localisation-manual
 * 翻訳者向けの入門書として良好、ただし複数の章で述べている地域化ツールはウィキメディアで扱わない.


 * FOSS 地域化 – FOSS Localization
 * 翻訳者向けではないものの、地域化を大局的に論じる. アジアにおける地域化の情報あり.


 * Sourceforge 地域化マニュアル – http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/guide/start
 * 使い勝手は劣るが、役に立つ可能性あり.


 * WordPress の翻訳作業 – http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress
 * ソフトウェアの WordPress に特化、一般的なアドバイスも掲載


 * 翻訳を前提とした執筆 – http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/writing-for-translation-pbTF3110675/
 * 翻訳マニュアルの小冊子. EU 翻訳センター (CdT) が作成、対象は下部組織. 特に長文を想定した内容だが応用範囲は広い.