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Shout out to Stripe for translating all their web pages! When an HN post sends me to a Dutch page, it's always Stripe. 100% of the time.

by float4 5y ago

Sr_developer 5y ago
That is assuming the translation is of high quality and sadly that is not always the case. I am a native Spanish speaker and for the life of me I cannot understand most of the "Spanish Version" technical pages I read.
- jlhonora 5y ago
  I work at Stripe, though not on the L10N/I18N or identity teams. It would be tremendously helpful if you could send me some feedback so that we can improve, jlh at stripe dot com. I'm a native Spanish speaker too, and nothing in this announcement strikes me as unintelligible, but that might be my own biases at play given the familiarity with Stripe's lingo.
  - Sr_developer 5y ago
    Are you going to pay me? If not, good luck!
    - jlhonora 5y ago
      Probably not the answer you expect, but the I18N team is hiring :) https://stripe.com/jobs/listing/internationalization-engineer/3033127 https://stripe.com/jobs/listing/internationalization-enginee... Otherwise, if you're a trained linguist and have demonstrable consulting experience QA'ing technical documentation then we'll be happy to arrange something. In either case, we appreciate your feedback, and my emails are open!
      - manigandham 5y ago
        Not only unexpected but that's about the best reply possible. Nicely done.
      - Sr_developer 5y ago
        No trabajo de gratis para multinacionales cuiquito. Tu credencialismo barato y sobrador lo puedes archivar donde mas te convenga.No se si es la respuesta que estabas esperando.
        wussboy 5y ago
        Google translate says: "I don't work for free for small multinationals. Your cheap and spare credentials can be filed wherever it suits you. I don't know if this is the answer you were waiting for."
        jlhonora 5y ago
        Not sure what makes you evoke such a strong reply. If it's something I said, then I apologize.
      - newsbinator 5y ago
        What a quality answer! I get very poor quality support from Stripe's live chat, but the professionalism and helpfulness on HN from Stripe people like you and Edwin is beyond reproach, that's for sure.
        gip 5y ago
        That is an interesting data point. In my case the support I got from Stripe over the years (email, chat, IRC, ...) has been consistently stellar. Are you in the US?
        newsbinator 5y ago
        I'm not in the US. Typically I use live chat during European evening hours, and I often get agents with upper-intermediate English skills, who miss the crux of my question or who are completely unfamiliar with Stripe's own dashboard or services. Not even on an API-level. Simply on a "here's a thing that Stripe has and here's something it can do" level.

Shout out to Stripe for translating all their web pages! When an HN post sends me to a Dutch page, it's always Stripe. 100% of the time.

by float4 5y ago

Shout out to Stripe for translating all their web pages! When an HN post sends me to a Dutch page, it's always Stripe. 100% of the time.

Sr_developer 5y ago

That is assuming the translation is of high quality and sadly that is not always the case. I am a native Spanish speaker and for the life of me I cannot understand most of the "Spanish Version" technical pages I read.

jlhonora 5y ago
I work at Stripe, though not on the L10N/I18N or identity teams. It would be tremendously helpful if you could send me some feedback so that we can improve, jlh at stripe dot com. I'm a native Spanish speaker too, and nothing in this announcement strikes me as unintelligible, but that might be my own biases at play given the familiarity with Stripe's lingo.
- Sr_developer 5y ago
  Are you going to pay me? If not, good luck!
  - jlhonora 5y ago
    Probably not the answer you expect, but the I18N team is hiring :) https://stripe.com/jobs/listing/internationalization-engineer/3033127 https://stripe.com/jobs/listing/internationalization-enginee... Otherwise, if you're a trained linguist and have demonstrable consulting experience QA'ing technical documentation then we'll be happy to arrange something. In either case, we appreciate your feedback, and my emails are open!
    - manigandham 5y ago
      Not only unexpected but that's about the best reply possible. Nicely done.
    - Sr_developer 5y ago
      No trabajo de gratis para multinacionales cuiquito. Tu credencialismo barato y sobrador lo puedes archivar donde mas te convenga.No se si es la respuesta que estabas esperando.
      - wussboy 5y ago
        Google translate says: "I don't work for free for small multinationals. Your cheap and spare credentials can be filed wherever it suits you. I don't know if this is the answer you were waiting for."
      - jlhonora 5y ago
        Not sure what makes you evoke such a strong reply. If it's something I said, then I apologize.
    - newsbinator 5y ago
      What a quality answer! I get very poor quality support from Stripe's live chat, but the professionalism and helpfulness on HN from Stripe people like you and Edwin is beyond reproach, that's for sure.
      - gip 5y ago
        That is an interesting data point. In my case the support I got from Stripe over the years (email, chat, IRC, ...) has been consistently stellar. Are you in the US?
        newsbinator 5y ago
        I'm not in the US. Typically I use live chat during European evening hours, and I often get agents with upper-intermediate English skills, who miss the crux of my question or who are completely unfamiliar with Stripe's own dashboard or services. Not even on an API-level. Simply on a "here's a thing that Stripe has and here's something it can do" level.