[Translators-l] Where to contact for mistranslations after fundraising banner launched

[Takashi OTA]

Thanks Joseph,

The wrong texts I saw were:

ウィキペディアは非営利組織でありながら世界の５番目のアクセスが多いウエ
ブサイトでもあります。毎月4億5千ユーザーが利用するだけあって、サーバー
費、電気代、家賃料、企画費、人件費、法律上の手続き料など他の人気サイト
と同様に費用がかかります。
(which is equivalent to
"Wikipedia is non-profit, but it's the #5 website in the world. With
450 million monthly users,
we have costs like any top site: servers, power, rent, programs, staff
and legal help.")

The wrong part is "4億5千ユーザー", which should be "4億5000万ユーザー"
(The wrong text is "400,005,000 users".)

And

これを読んでいる全ての皆様から500円の寄付金をいただけることができました
ら、この募金は一時間で終わります。ウィキペディアの活動がよりいっそう素
晴らしいものになれるように、ご協力とご理解をいただければ幸いです。
(which is equivalent to:
If everyone reading this donated $$5, we would only have to fundraise
one day a year.
Please cooperate and understand to make Wikipedia activity more wonderful one. )

The wrong text is "なれるように" in the last sentence, which should be "なるように".
---

I checked this year's "Landing Page and Banner Messages" translation
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012/Translation/Landing_Page_and_Banner_messages/ja
But these translations are little bit different from the shown on the banner.
The biggest concern is where that wrong translation came from....

The first one should be:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Translations:Fundraising_2012/Translation/Landing_Page_and_Banner_messages/9a/ja&action=edit&loadgroup=page-Fundraising+2012%2FTranslation%2FLanding+Page+and+Banner+messages&loadtask=view

And the second one raises me a tricky question. I don't see the proper
(should be)
English original text in the "Landing Page and Banner Messages".
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012/Translation/Landing_Page_and_Banner_messages

Anyway, thanks in advance.

--Takashi

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Joseph Seddon <jseddon at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hey Takashi,
>
> At the moment we are doing hourly daily tests globally to check our systems,
> and to allow people to give us feedback on our processes before launching.
>
> Best bet is for people to email me directly preferrably or simply to this
> list. The response and change may not be immediate but ill make sure any
> issues are gotten to and corrected before we officially launch :)
>
> Email: jseddon at wikimedia.org
>
> Seddon
>
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Takashi OTA
> <supertakot+translators at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi lists,
>>
>> It seems that fundraiser messages have started to appear on top of
>> articles.
>> Unfortunately, I found some typos in such translated messages in Japanese.
>> I felt so sorry that I could not do my proofreading well enough on
>> meta before launch.
>> Anyway, could anybody tell me where to contact to correct them?
>> Another problem is I could not necessarily see the wrong messages.
>>
>> So, I would like to know:
>> 1) where to report the typos
>> 2) where to find the texts actually appeared on websites (if possible)
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>>
>> --Takashi Ota
>>
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