This is my fourth contribution to Node.js. I’m currently translating this project into Spanish, along with an awesome group of translators and moderators from Utopian + Da Vinci, we are doing our best to do everything correctly. If you are interested in open-source projects, I encourage you to keep reading.
Repository
https://github.com/nodejs/i18n
Project Details
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. It achieves low latency and high throughput by taking a “non-blocking” approach to serving requests. Basically, Node.js can open, create, read, write, close and delete files on a server, using JavaScript. It also includes tasks that will be executed on certain servers.
I know it can be a bit confusing at first, so let me explain it to you in simpler words:
Let’s say you want to build a software to keep record of your company’s earnings. A feature where viewing your monthly earnings is updated live can be very useful. In that way, if one of your sales employees is busy, another employee could still be seeing the updates live, without reloading the page.
This has been done before using other technologies. However, Node.js is way faster and better. So, yes it’s pretty awesome for developers.
Contribution Specifications
Being such an important project, Node.js is being translated to several languages so it can reach many people around the world. As it for me, I am contributing to the Spanish language.
Translation Overview
During this contribution, I finished working on the folder perf_hooks, which basically explains the functionalities of the “Performance Timing API”.
During my last contribution I translated the classes: Performance, PerformanceEntry and PerformanceNodeTiming extends PerformanceEntry. This time, I translated the classes PerformanceObserver and PerformanceObserverEntryList.
Lastly on this folder, I translated some useful code examples for measuring the duration of async operations and measuring how long it takes to load dependencies.
Here is a sample text with its translation:
English:
The following example uses the Async Hooks and Performance APIs to measure the actual duration of a Timeout operation (including the amount of time it to execute the callback).
Spanish:
El siguiente ejemplo usa el <0>Async Hooks</0> y las APIs de Rendimiento para medir la verdadera duración de una operación Timeout (incluyendo la cantidad de tiempo para ejecutar el callback).
Then, I started to work on url.md, this folder explains the functionalities of the URL module and the features of the URL Strings and URL Objects. I also translated the class URL.
Here is a sample text with its translation:
English:
The url module provides two APIs for working with URLs: a legacy API that is Node.js specific, and a newer API that implements the same WHATWG URL Standard used by web browsers.
Spanish:
El módulo url proporciona dos APIs para trabajar con URLs: una API heredada que es específica de Node.js, y una API más nueva que implementa el mismo Estándar URL WHATWG utilizado por navegadores web.
Since the text is related to computer science it is very important to do some research before translating a word if you are not sure about its meaning. As a matter of fact, some words were left untranslated on purpose, otherwise, their true meaning would be lost in the translation.
By the way, I learned that “WHATWG” stands for “Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group” which is a community of people interested in evolving HTML and other technologies. (according to Wikipedia)
Languages
Source Language: English
Translated Language: Spanish
I have worked as a translator for the project Da Vinci Polyglot and I am currently working as a language moderator for the Utopian + Da Vinci translation category.
And of course, I am part of the Spanish team!
Word Count
I translated 1050 words on this contribution.
