Re: translation request

Hi Andy -

I am the Team Contact for the WCAG Working Group. I'm happy to hear of 
your interest in translating WCAG 2.0. Translations help broaden the 
audience of reviewers and we would like to receive the best feedback 
possible.

Based on some of the other discussions that have been going around, I 
think you are aware of the current state of WCAG 2.0. The version at 
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ is in Last Call, and the Working Group is 
processing hundreds of comments received on this draft. These have 
already resulted in changes to the document and will continue to do so. 
You can preview some of the changes that will be made by viewing the 
(publicly available but not official) editor's draft at 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/. However, even changes you see there 
could be superseded as we continue to process documents; this is just to 
gain an understanding of the evolution of the document.

This is all to say that WCAG 2.0 is not in final form. However, if you 
are willing to undertake the translation knowing that, your assistance 
at broadening the reach of WCAG 2.0 would be greatly appreciated. I 
would ask that it be clear in your translation which version of WCAG 2.0 
has been translated, e.g., by preserving the "this version" date in the 
translation, and ideally by including the date in the URL in a manner 
similar to some of the other translations pointed out by Catherine Roy. 
Ideally, of course, you will also have the opportunity to update the 
translation as the document continues to evolve, and hopefully there 
aren't too many more iterations of that.

You can coordinate the logistics of the translation with Coralie 
Mercier. Please keep me informed about the process, and if you need any 
technical or interpretive assistance about the guidelines feel free to 
contact me. When your translation is complete I would be happy to link 
to it from the appropriate places and help spread the word about its 
availability.

Michael

Coralie Mercier wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Andy
> 
> Since I don't find WCAG 2.0 in the priority list [1] set up by the WAI 
> people, I have added them in the to: so that they may tell you to go 
> ahead or not.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/translation.html#priorities
> 
> Best,
> Coralie
> 
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:11:50 +0200, andrew osobka 
> <andrew.osobka@tlumaczenia-angielski.info> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>> Since WCAG 2.0 is a stable document I would like to
>> translate it into Polish.
>> Location of the file: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
>> Best,
>> andy
>>
> 
> 
> 
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