FreeCAD - Greek Translation (Part 8 - approximately 1025 words)

Repository

• FreeCAD on Github
• FreeCAD on Crowdin

Project Details

Hello everyone,

as mentioned in my previous contributions, I have been on a new Steemit mission since @utopian-io & @davinci.witness launched the Translation Category, giving us the chance to offer our services and provide quality translations for various Open Source projects. As I have mentioned several times in the past few weeks, FreeCAD is my second project and I have been having great fun working on the translations of this software. FreeCAD is an Open Source AutoCAD competitor that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and supports various types of open file formats.

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Open Source means true freedom; there are no limitations. What better way to assist scientific progress and development than with the creation of free powerful tools. And even though this is not news to many of you, it is worth noting that the most important advantage of FreeCAD is the fact that is is an Open Source project. As I have mentioned several times in the past few weeks, FreeCAD can be used by other programs as a library as well. Suppression of information can slow our civilization's progress down, that's why Open Source projects are a technological blessing of our times.

For more information regarding this wonderful Open Source project you can visit the the project's Official Website, as well as one of my previous contributions. If there's any specific kind of information you'd like to read about this project, please leave your requests in the comments below and I will undoubtedly do my best to provide all information necessary promptly. I'm glad I was given the opportunity to offer my services and therefore I will continue working hard in the future.

Contribution Specifications

• Translation Overview

This is the eighth part of a very demanding project, mainly due to the fact that too many technical terms are included, as mentioned all over again in all of my previous contributions. We should also keep in mind that FreeCAD is a large project that consists of roughly 31,770 words. In order to be able to provide a quality end product, I will be translating from 1,000+ to 1,200+ words in each part, making sure to conclude at least two to three parts every seven days so that this project is finished in time. My translation is now 30.4% complete and subject to @ruth-girl's proof-reading.

• Languages

The current project is being translated from English to Greek.

• In This Session

I made sure to conclude the translation of the Draft.ts and Drawing.ts files before I proceeded to start translating the Fem.ts file. It is worth noting that I checked all previously translated files (Arch.ts, Complete.ts, 90% of Draft.ts) as well and made sure to correct a few mistakes that I spotted. Of course these words are not included in my word count.

This part was probably the hardest one so far. Technical terms are plentiful and dev terminology makes things a lot more complicated. The Fem.ts file includes too many demanding strings and I had to do a lot of research to get through a single page of this file. Thankfully I am an Engineer and I cerntainly feel like this provides me with an advantage over the average translator, especially regarding FreeCad and its difficulties. Still, too many strings are poorly written or unclear, making this endeavor even harder than it may seem. Another significant factor is the fact that the FreeCAD wiki documentation is still incomplete, therefore there are no explanations available regarding some tools and commands. But I am a stubborn guy who will eventually make ends meet.

• Word Count

According to Crowdin, in this part I translated 1,025 words (1,042 as demonstrated on Crowdin, minus approximately 1,5% of those as untranslated words). I have now translated a total of 9,685 words.

Proof of Authorship

• Crowdin Project Link: https://crowdin.com/project/freecad

• Github Project Link: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD

• My Crowdin Profile Link: https://crowdin.com/profile/lordneroo

• My Github Profile Link: https://github.com/lordneroo

Special thanks to each and everyone of you who took the time to read about my contribution. Big thank you to all the wonderful people who have been supporting all along.

Much love and respect to my awesome fellow translators: @katerinaramm & @trumpman! The same goes for our tireless, benevolent and patient LMs: @dimitrisp & @ruth-girl!

Last but never least, big thank you to @utopian-io and @davinci.witness for giving us the opportunity to provide our services and for keeping this project up and running!

I am a proud member of the Greek team.
Have a great day!
@lordneroo