Re: Translations for schema.org?

On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 at 16:39, Christopher Walz <christopher@seo-vergleich.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been visiting the schema.org site many times in the last years
> (probably too many times) and sometimes I am still wondering if there
> are any plans to offer all the information in different languages as
> well. Is there any intention to tackle this issue?
>
> Some of my colleagues and friends in web dev, who are less comfortable
> with the English language, have been mentioning the same thought quite a
> few times, since they didn't understand every explanation.
>
> Couldn't we use GitHub to localize languages by the community, since the
> data is already on there?
> I'm looking forward to any progress in this direction. Thanks!
>

Thanks for raising this. It would be great to do a better job for the
non-English speaking world here. There are high level documents like the
(rather out of date) "quick start guide", the FAQ, the releases page, and
blog posts; and then there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
definitions. I am cautious of trying to translate everything, and keep
everything up to date, ... but that does not mean we shouldn't try to
improve things.

Perhaps we can make a start with some of the high level materials, and with
definitions for the most important types, e.g. Event, Person, Place,
Organization, LocalBusiness, Offer, ...? Even if we just did those and the
properties that link them, it could help non English speakers get a better
understanding for the approach.

Also if there are any particular definitions that your contacts are having
trouble with, ... it may be also that English speakers have similar
trouble. Definitions could be clarified, and our use of English made more
careful and simpler...

Dan


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