From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from azure-sdnproxy.icoremail.net (azure-sdnproxy.icoremail.net [13.76.78.106]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3564EBAC9; Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:18:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.76.78.106 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792073893; cv=none; b=RRHOkRr5ZiEtCkqkyVOUMAr9tkkE2UEYJzxEiNaFllGdfsEAhfkYmfXNyMy/PgE5Ipzq2ZkQRk3PHiUMcj4mmlOWcGxljVl+2ocinHyA3ywNQHarrBPkxCnJp9vA5iicbsPWdhlNtufFMYFuuAZ6szi/rarrwq2etIrIGD6T+K8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792073893; c=relaxed/simple; bh=aBDMAhe/5rU52/zVBtZuG4MVogElowq3MzW2NeTCVRQ=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=J4VafQnIa+Ewxm4eMFeeAi+0UL8YT8pZwbMojXebgqTsW906G52Et9fMyamjQ6bjqWqOTQOMNUhZkelh7FfXLjpGKrmPW6IYb5vxwhkc/cGnYY6efJZ8IAF72I8aDxDCjlxB7jmpnZQEt+mXtHw6d21yb04euhZjNG02nrSPxCI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=hust.edu.cn; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=hust.edu.cn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.76.78.106 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=hust.edu.cn Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=hust.edu.cn Received: from hust.edu.cn (unknown [172.16.0.52]) by app1 (Coremail) with UTF8SMTP id IAEQrMCm7qSP4NBq10rgAA--.35949S2; Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:17:51 +0800 (CST) Received: from [100.81.40.43] (unknown [10.12.191.55]) by gateway (Coremail) with SMTP id _____wAnAveL4NBqu_sHAA--.20421S2; Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:17:50 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <4fa9758d-cc9b-4874-9549-ee5026af00a1@hust.edu.cn> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:17:46 +0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: doc-guide: add a guide for translators To: Weijie Yuan , Jonathan Corbet Cc: Daniel Pereira , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alex Shi , Yanteng Si References: <20261013003702.5824-1-danielmaraboo@gmail.com> <20261013003702.5824-2-danielmaraboo@gmail.com> <87o6cvrs27.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> From: Dongliang Mu In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CM-TRANSID:IAEQrMCm7qSP4NBq10rgAA--.35949S2 Authentication-Results: app1; spf=neutral smtp.mail=dzm91@hust.edu.cn; X-Coremail-Antispam: 1UD129KBjvJXoW7WFyUJr17XryrXryDJr43ZFb_yoW8Wr4xpr yDKFn8Ka1DJ3WfAr4xKay5Ja1vyw1fCFZ8Xw1akrn3uwn0gFy7KFWFyryY9Fy5uryxW3WY vrWj9F9xXFn8AaDanT9S1TB71UUUUjDqnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDU0xBIdaVrnRJUUUQGb7Iv0xC_tr1lb4IE77IF4wAFc2x0x2IEx4CE42xK8VAvwI8I cIk0rVWrJVCq3wA2ocxC64kIII0Yj41l84x0c7CEw4AK67xGY2AK021l84ACjcxK6xIIjx v20xvE14v26w1j6s0DM28EF7xvwVC0I7IYx2IY6xkF7I0E14v26F4j6r4UJwA2z4x0Y4vE x4A2jsIE14v26rxl6s0DM28EF7xvwVC2z280aVCY1x0267AKxVW0oVCq3wAaw2AFwI0_JF 0_Jw1lnxkEFVAIw20F6cxK64vIFxWle2I262IYc4CY6c8Ij28IcVAaY2xG8wAqjxCEc2xF 0cIa020Ex4CE44I27wAqx4xG64xvF2IEw4CE5I8CrVC2j2WlYx0EF7xvrVAajcxG14v26r 4UJVWxJr1lYx0E74AGY7Cv6cx26r4fZr1UJr1lYx0Ec7CjxVAajcxG14v26r4UJVWxJr1l Ox8S6xCaFVCjc4AY6r1j6r4UM4x0Y48IcVAKI48JMxkF7I0En4kS14v26r126r1DMxkIec xEwVCm-wCF04k20xvY0x0EwIxGrwCF04k20xvE74AGY7Cv6cx26r4fZr1UJr1l4I8I3I0E 4IkC6x0Yz7v_Jr0_Gr1l4IxYO2xFxVAFwI0_JF0_Jw1lx2IqxVAqx4xG67AKxVWUJVWUGw C20s026x8GjcxK67AKxVWUGVWUWwC2zVAF1VAY17CE14v26r1q6r43MIIYrxkI7VAKI48J MIIF0xvE2Ix0cI8IcVAFwI0_JFI_Gr1lIxAIcVC0I7IYx2IY6xkF7I0E14v26r1j6r4UMI IF0xvE42xK8VAvwI8IcIk0rVWUJVWUCwCI42IY6I8E87Iv67AKxVWUJVW8JwCI42IY6I8E 87Iv6xkF7I0E14v26r1j6r4UYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x07jhcTQUUUUU= X-CM-SenderInfo: asqsiiirqrkko6kx23oohg3hdfq/ On 10/15/26 10:03 PM, Weijie Yuan wrote: > +cc zh_CN maintainers > > On 2026-10-15 07:50:40 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > >> Weijie Yuan writes: >> >>>>> For the Translator field, zh_TW just did a cleanup to totally remove >>>>> them. >>>> Makes sense. I dropped the ":Translator:" line from the example, and the >>>> guide keeps the advice to leave contact information to MAINTAINERS. >>> I personally think this is somehow a hard tradeoff, so my opinion is >>> rather neutral, and I respect your decisions. >>> >>> On the one hand, I think keeping this field is indeed a way to give >>> credit to the contributors, which can motivate more contributions and >>> contributors. On the other hand, over the years, this field has seemed a >>> bit cumbersome and inconsistent in both Chinese translations. >> I personally don't see why translations are different from any other >> contribution in this regard. The credit lives in the commit logs; we >> don't sprinkle our names throughout the source for every change we make. > Yes, very reasonable. > > I haven't found out the reason why we had the "Translator" field at the > very beginning. I guess it might be something like translating a book. > Usually, the translator's name would be written below/near the original > author's name on the title page. (?) However, the difference is that we > have commit logs, so I totally agree. Cannot agree more on this statement. > Then perhaps we could also clean up zh_CN later. We will also clean up these fields in the zh_CN translation. Dongliang Mu > > Thanks!