[Anubad] A summary of the Translation Sprint

[Runa Bhattacharjee]

On মঙ্গলবার 01 জানুয়ারি 2013 12:03 
, Sayak Sarkar wrote:

>
> The advantage of sprints is especially evident not only in case of beginners,
> but also experienced localizers, in that all of these people are working at
> the same place (IRC) at the same time. Thus if they have any doubts regarding
> something, they can clear those out then and there and continue with the
> translations. This is where the translation quality goes up in respect of
> both the above mentioned points.
>

And that is precisely why it is important to preserve the main purpose of having
a sprint. A translation sprint is done as an additional exercise to fast-track
some part of the translation process that needs an immediate attention and would
accelerate the main mission considerably. Using translation sprints randomly
without a larger purpose or pre-conditioning, as done in translation camps these
days, more often than not undoes a good amount of the refinement that has been
painstakingly achieved and IMHO is nothing much beyond a flippant exercise in
popularity.

regards
Runa

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