[OFNT] [AOBT] The Alliance Of Bitcointalk Translators

Quote from: Porfirii on April 03, 2026, 02:57:44 PM

A member of the Alliance has written to me because he doesn't agree with the result of the last voting. In brief, he says that our Arabic translators' behaviour is intolerable and that me as the manager of this community should act accordingly. He has asked me not to respond to his PM and made it clear that he won't answer or participate in anything related to AoBT until this situation is resolved (if ever).

It is his right to disagree with the results of the voting, but he's gotta be more specific than this. What kind of behaviour were the Arabic translators exhibiting that was considered "intolerable"? If it's purely their inactivity, I can understand him (hell, I myself am guilty of this since I am stressed out of my mind with studies as I am going to college this fall, hence the lack of Swedish translations), but if there is something else going on that we are unaware of, he needs to voice it so we can discuss it as an alliance.

If he wishes to remain anonymous, again, that is his right, but he's gotta bring us more details than this.

Quote from: Porfirii on April 03, 2026, 02:57:44 PM

Out of 9 submissions, 7 were in favor of keeping our Arabic translators. I abstained. From some point of view, this is to be weak. From my perspective, respecting the will of the majority of members and avoiding falling into any form of authoritarianism is a sign of strength.

If he thinks that your move to listen to the majority is weak, then it's HIM trying to exert authority over us, especially when he says he will abstain from participating in anything related to AoBT. You exerting any kind of control over the alliance would go against the foundations that it was created upon, which is decentralisation. I think other members would agree with this.

Quote from: Porfirii on April 03, 2026, 02:57:44 PM

Please define intolerable behaviour. And share a little detail, can you?

If it's only because of being inactivity then I'm confused as hell. As Baseplate said, if that's the case, then I too is guilty.
But if it's something else, like having an accusation thread at the Trading board, then that's something we can discuss about. But I checked the trading board as well as trust feedbacks for both the Arabic translator, I didn't see any recent neg tag on any of them.
Lastly if it's a personal thing, disagreement between the users, then I don't wanna get involved. For obvious reason, because it's personal, have nothing to do with me.

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on April 03, 2026, 05:13:28 PM

He means mainly the inactivity, but also not answering to PMs and not answering/participating in this thread either even when they've been mentioned.

Hey Porfirii,

I completed the translation into Portuguese of: [Guide] How to create your customized Bitcoin-Address (vanitygen) – step by step

Portuguese translation by r_victory: [Guia] Como criar seu endereço Bitcoin personalizado (vanitygen) – passo a passo

More will come soon... Wink

Quote from: r_victory on April 03, 2026, 07:33:25 PM

Thank you r_victory, added to the list.

I have also finished the translation of Pmalek's topic How to Export/Import Labels In Popular Wallets into Spanish here: Cómo Exportar/Importar Etiquetas en Wallets Populares.

In addition, I will soon proofread fillippone's "monster" topic Everything you wanted to know about BTC options but were afraid to ask! into Spanish and, as we'll have 10 translations for this topic, I will move it to finished translations and add two new ones to "Pending".

I will let you know when these two new ones are available Wink

Quote from: Porfirii on April 03, 2026, 05:52:03 PM

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on April 03, 2026, 05:13:28 PM

He means mainly the inactivity, but also not answering to PMs and not answering/participating in this thread either even when they've been mentioned.

Colleagues, we have a multinational community, and we are all different. We need to learn not to resent each other and issue ultimatums, but to seek compromise.

I propose publishing a list of participants and a list of grievances.
We will give participants a reasonable time of 3-6 months (as determined by the community) to correct their actions. If there are no results, I will vote to remove the participant from the community.

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on March 30, 2026, 09:18:19 AM

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[ENG Tutorial] PGP Signature - Encrypt/Decrypt message - Fingerprint by mdayonliner and Learn Bitcoin: this topic lacks translations in [FRE] [ARA] [IDN] [TUR] [URD] [HIN] [CRO] [SER] [SWE], so this should be in the attention of paid2, khaled0111 / Zwei, HUSNA QA / dansus021, mindrust / mela65, Adiljutt156 M47AK16, katanic97 and Baseplate

I’ve already written about PGP in Indonesian, and mdayonliner used it as one of the references for his own PGP topic, as you can see from his statement here:

Quote from: mdayonliner on May 21, 2018, 01:18:56 AM

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Husna QA: The topic PGP/GPG Signed Message - Public Key in his/her local language was the starter for me to start my learning. I am happy that I was good enough to understand the translation in English.

Friends who have translated mdayonliner’s PGP topic (the one reposted by Learn Bitcoin) have definitely seen that write-up.
So, it would be pretty confusing if I translated that same topic on the same local board (Indonesia).

Quote from: Porfirii on April 03, 2026, 02:57:44 PM

Dear AoBTers,

I'm really sad to share this news with us. In Spain we've just started vacations, and this is the last kind of thing you want to hear about when you finally take a well-deserved period of rest, but anyway.

A member of the Alliance has written to me because he doesn't agree with the result of the last voting. In brief, he says that our Arabic translators' behaviour is intolerable and that me as the manager of this community should act accordingly. He has asked me not to respond to his PM and made it clear that he won't answer or participate in anything related to AoBT until this situation is resolved (if ever).

Since he asked me not to reply to his PM, and I respect it, I will just share my thoughts here with all of us, as this is of interest of all.
—snip—

Sorry, in this voting, I abstain.

When I am asked for an opinion on whether a certain user who is applying to join should be accepted or not, it is sometimes difficult because I do not fully understand whether the translation language they use is already good and correct or not.

For that, what if the moderators on their local board were also asked for their opinion about the credibility of the user who is applying to join AoBT?

Then, regarding users who are not active, maybe it is necessary to provide a more detailed explanation of what criteria make them fall into the inactive category.
The suggestion from zasad above can also be considered.

Let's go step by step:

I'm glad to announce that fillippone's "monster" topic Everything you wanted to know about BTC options but were afraid to ask! is now also available in Spanish!! So I have moved it to the list of finished translations.

I have added the topics Newbies - Read before posting by Lauda and FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit by hilariousandco, to the list of Pending Translations as proposed by Gazeta several weeks ago. So we have work ahead of us Wink

Since we have exceeded the max. character limit for that post (again), I have temporarily moved the list of obsolete translations to the next post, under our signatures.

As per the voting, Zwei answered to me soon after I announced the problem we had about their inactivity, he apologised and explained that lately he has been very busy, and that if it's going to cause trouble to us, he's willing to leave.

I appreciate his willingness, but I'm not sure that would be the solution. So, let's think about it a few more days, and, according to zasad@'s and Husna's suggestion, perhaps if we set some minimum objectives with which we all agree, and a maximum period of time to correct the situation in case of non-compliance, it is not necessary to vote every time. If no one can think of a better solution, I'll share a proposal with you this weekend.

the following thread created by GazetaBitcoin: Libertarians -- where are they now? has now been translated by me into polish and german...

polish: Libertarianie -- gdzie oni teraz są?
german: Libertäre -- wo sind sie jetzt?

March's Statistics Data for TalkImg is made available by joker_josue.

So this should be in the attention of DS, GazetaBitcoin, Porfirii, Peanutswar, cygan, mindrust, dansus021, mindrust, zasad@, Kavelj22, JunaidAzizi, Chilwell, M47AK16 and ovcijisir.

Please update your corresponding local translations.

Quote from: joker_josue on April 09, 2026, 07:39:04 PM

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Quote from: DYING_S0UL on April 10, 2026, 02:31:02 AM

Quote from: joker_josue on April 09, 2026, 07:39:04 PM

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Thank you DS! (Edit: Done in Spanish! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5451103.msg66605683#msg66605683).

Dears, although we've recently added two new topics to be translated, I would like to share with you this other one written by my Spanish colleague d5000: What should you know before recommending Bitcoin to a friend?, that I would like to propose as our next topic, when we finish the current ones.

I write it here simply so I don't forget and to receive your feedback

Dear AoBTers,

I have been thinking about how to solve the last problem that concerns us, and, although we make our translations voluntarily, it is not fair that some made dozens while others made none and show no intention to change. That's why I would like to propose a few changes in our rules that I believe are necessary and proportionate.

First, I would propose to set a minimum number of translations to stay in the Alliance. For example, 1-2 translations every three months. If not met, I would contact those who did not reach that minimum, and ask them to resume activity. If I get no answer or they don't resume activity in the next three months, the expulsion will be automatic.

Second, thanks to the advice of another member of our guild, it would be appropriate for me to clarify the facts about the two translators in question, and for us to vote again in full knowledge of the facts, because perhaps the votes would not have been the same if I had given more detailed information about their inactivity. But this would mean that, whatever the outcome of this second vote, it would be final and we should all accept it. At least, until another three months pass without resuming their activity, because in that case they would be automatically expelled.

This is of the interest of all the members of the Alliance: cygan, GazetaBitcoin, zasad@, paid2, myself, khaled0111, Husna QA, mindrust, DrBeer, Peanutswar, Hatchy, Zwei, dansus021, DYING_S0UL, katanic97, r_victory, Chilwell, Adiljutt156, M47AK16 and baseplate. Please, share your thoughts on this topic or send me a DM if you don't agree with the proposed solution. Otherwise, I will share with you the details and a new form to vote next week. I hope that in this way the matter will be settled.

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on April 10, 2026, 02:31:02 AM

Quote from: joker_josue on April 09, 2026, 07:39:04 PM

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Quote from: Porfirii on April 11, 2026, 12:00:29 PM

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Dears, although we've recently added two new topics to be translated, I would like to share with you this other one written by my Spanish colleague d5000: What should you know before recommending Bitcoin to a friend?, that I would like to propose as our next topic, when we finish the current ones.

I write it here simply so I don't forget and to receive your feedback

I acknowledge that this Porfirii will add this to my list of queued for translation.

Hi Porfirii/AoBTers,

I completed the translation To Filipino of: MLM – a dangerous marketing strategy by @1miau.

Here is the link: MLM – isang mapanganib na estratehiya sa marketing

This is with prior approval from @GazetaBitcoin.

Cheers...

Edit: Also I noticed that [Guide] Factors to consider before joining paid signature campaigns. was already translated here: [Gabay] Mga dapat Isaalang-alang bago sumali sa bayad na signature campaign. Please add it to the existing one.

Quote from: joker_josue on April 09, 2026, 07:39:04 PM

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Russian Translation Updated :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5451159.msg66600405#msg66600405

klarki, thanks for this.

Why people should be using SegWit addresses
Russian Translation :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5580183

Quote from: Porfirii on April 12, 2026, 01:51:48 PM

Dear AoBTers,

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This is of the interest of all the members of the Alliance: cygan, GazetaBitcoin, zasad@, paid2, myself, khaled0111, Husna QA, mindrust, DrBeer, Peanutswar, Hatchy, Zwei, dansus021, DYING_S0UL, katanic97, r_victory, Chilwell, Adiljutt156, M47AK16 and baseplate. Please, share your thoughts on this topic or send me a DM if you don't agree with the proposed solution. Otherwise, I will share with you the details and a new form to vote next week. I hope that in this way the matter will be settled.

I agree with your proposal, Porf, that we should have a minimum of 1- 2 translations every three months to stay in the Alliance. I think that’s something all of us can manage.Also, i don’t see any issue if someone has personal stuff going on and can’t keep up , they should just let you or Gazeta know. At least that’s how i see it.I’m also fine with us having another vote

Hello AOBT Fam!

I wanted to share that im done with the translation of the thread 5 Resources to teach Average Joe about Bitcoin by fillippone

into our local Pilipinas. 5 Resources para turuan ang karaniwang tao tungkol sa Bitcoin

Colleagues, I have a dilemma. We want to translate these topics:
"Newbies - Read before posting by Lauda
FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit by hilariousandco"

The Russian board already has many pinned topics in the beginners section, and they already contain similar information.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1762094.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818398.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=956723.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5030499.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2439743.0

I want to hear your opinion. If necessary, I'll ask the Russian moderators for their opinion. On the Russian board, translating the same threads twice is considered bad form.

Hi Porfirii/AoBTers,

I completed the translation To Filipino of: Everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin Strategic Reserve by @fillippone.

Here is the link: Lahat ng gusto mong malaman tungkol sa Estratehikong Reserba ng Bitcoin.

Quote from: zasad@ on April 16, 2026, 09:43:12 AM

Hey zasad@,

You are right. Although in other boards I would say that if the content is not exactly the same they won't delete it, in the Russian case, among the topics you mentioned, I think that especially this one has more or less the same content. So I will add this topic to the list for now. If you still want to ask mods, let us know what they decide.

In addition, I'm also deleting Newbies - Read before posting from the list of ongoing translations, because it also repeats part of the content mentioned.

I have updated the other lists with the translations above. Thank you Peanutswar and fullfitlarry! I will try to merit them soon.

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