Suggesting to open up a simplified Chinese forum
It would be great if a simplified Chinese forum is opened up so that we Chinese people can discuss music with each other more conveniently without the language barrier.
Moreover there's a lot of us who love traditional Chinese music and ethnic instruments such as Erhu, Shenai, Chinese Cymbals and many others. If this forum is set up, we can find each other more easily and exchange valuable ideas on how to use the ethnic instruments to create beautiful melodies, and etc.
Also, this can be a motivation for Chinese users to dig deep into our own potentials and viewpoints so that we can soak and enjoy ourselves in the world of music. A lot of Chinese music lovers including me are anxious to find people who bear the same interest and share our passion for music together. If this platform is established, we sure can have a feeling at home and make the MuseScore society much more better.
Hope you can take my suggestion into account. Thanks!
Comments
The forum already exists https://musescore.org/zh-hans/forum
In reply to The forum already exists… by mike320
That link brings me straight to:
"Sorry, there is no forum yet in Chinese, Simplified. You can open up a forum in Chinese, Simplified by posting a request in the English translation forum"
So I don't think there is one ;)
In reply to That link brings me straight… by jeetee
I guess you would need to change the language in the box that apears at the bottom of every page to "Chinese, simplified." I would expect that to be the default language for people used to using Chinese, simplified as their default language in their operating systems. In that case, they would not need to change it unless they have already changed it to another language such as English.
In reply to I guess you would need to… by mike320
So you're not seeing this mike?
![273479_no_chinese_forum.png]( "273479_no_chinese_forum.png")
In reply to So you're not seeing this… by jeetee
I was seeing all of the menus and labels in Chinese and wasn't looking at the English on the page. I was sure I had seen both a traditional and simplified Chinese forum before. I must be mistaken, or the forums were taken down during some upgrade or another.
Hi HowardCChina, we can/should certainly open a Chinese forum.
Could you help me with translating these sentences to Simplified Chinese?
Please enter these in a comment so I can create these Chinese forums.
Thanks!
In reply to Hi HowardCChina, we can… by Thomas
OK, so,
General questions or problems: 一般问题
Documentation and translation: 文件管理及翻译
Actually I'm not a master translator :) But I believe these Chinese phrases mean the same as the English ones.
In reply to OK, so,… by Howard-C
Hi HowardCChina, the Chinese forum is now open at https://musescore.org/zh-hans/forum
Let me know if you like to add a description underneath the forums to explain further to the Chinese users what the forums stand for.
Don't hesitate to ask anything.
In reply to Hi HiwardCChina, the Chinese… by Thomas
Thank you very much for opening it! (Call me Howard Chang next time XD)
It's good to have descriptions, so:
一般问题：讨论使用MuseScore时的一般/综合性问题
文件管理及翻译：讨论关于MuseScore用户手册等文件管理及中文翻译的问题
Also, I have two kind reminders here:
1. The "Forums" （论坛）and "Add new Forum topic" （添加新的主题）lines hasn't been translated into Chinese :) Also, when creating/editing a topic/comment, the "Preview"（预览）button hasn't been translated as well.
2. If you open the forum start menu at https://musescore.org/zh-hans/forum, the link in the description under "Documentation" in the English forum leads to https://musescore.org/zh-hans/handbook, which does not exist. The correct URL of Chinese, simplified handbook site should be https://musescore.org/zh-hans/yonghushouce. ("Yonghushouce" is the Chinese pinyin for "handbook")
By the way, I'm just confused why there aren't other forums which can still be working pretty well with only Chinese citizens? Such as Plugins/SoundFonts/Made with MuseScore. I understand that the development part is nonsense if it's in Chinese because I'm afraid very few of you can speak Chinese, but we Chinese people can still discuss with each other about the common usage of plugins/soundfonts, or pieces made with MuseScore!
So I suggest you open these forums too:
Plugins（插件：讨论插件的使用（插件的开发请到英文论坛进行反馈））
SoundFonts（音色库：讨论音色库的创造与编辑）
Made with MuseScore（MuseScore作品：分享你使用MuseScore创作的作品）
I'll (and other Chinese MuseScorers will probably) appreciate it.
In reply to Thank you very much for… by Howard-C
How make it?
![2018-12-16_090929.jpg]( "2018-12-16_090929.jpg")
In reply to How make it? [inline:2018-12… by suixiang
You need to start a new thread. This is very complicated to do and does not belong in this discussion. I, or someone, will be happy to explain it in https://musescore.org/en/forum/6. Click the button that says "Add New Forum Topic" to start a new thread.
Edit: See https://musescore.org/en/node/280119 for answer.
In reply to Thank you very much for… by Howard-C
But, why there exists only 2 of these main topics?
![论坛 MuseScore.png]()
In reply to But, why there exists only 2… by David Copperfield
Same for German
Made with MuseScore（MuseScore作品：分享你使用MuseScore创作的作品）should not get added, but rather removed altogether, it predates musescore.com and that's the place to go for nowadays with everthing that was in 'Made with MuseScore' before.
Are you sure
Plugins（插件：讨论插件的使用（插件的开发请到英文论坛进行反馈））
SoundFonts（音色库：讨论音色库的创造与编辑）
would reache a critical mass to be worthwile?
In reply to Hi HiwardCChina, the Chinese… by Thomas
Hi Mr. Thomas! Don't know if you've read my last comment (posted last year) yet...
And there's another thing I want to change: previously I don't know the meaning of "documentation" very well, but since I've already been contributing to simplified Chinese documentation for a while, I believe the correct translation is “文献管理与翻译”, so would you mind changing the current translation to it?
In reply to Hi Mr. Thomas! Don't know if… by Howard-C
Ok. Can you verify if it's ok now?
In reply to Ok. Can you verify if it's… by Thomas
Yes, but the things mentioned in https://musescore.org/en/node/273479#comment-841417 still haven't been reviewed...?
In reply to Hi HowardCChina, we can… by Thomas
Hello Mr. Bonte!
I would like to see https://musescore.org/zh-hans/node/295275 be pinned for the General Discussion forum (https://musescore.org/zh-hans/forum/4368), because it posts information about a chat group on QQ, a communication software popular in China. The group has received popularity since its opening and messaging in it is more convenient than posting in the forum.
In reply to Hello Mr. Bonte! I would… by Howard-C
Thomas is no longer in charge for this, muting I think @Anatoly-os can help
here?
In reply to Thomas is no longer in… by Jojo-Schmitz
and now @shoogle...
In reply to and now @shoogle... by Jojo-Schmitz
I believe that post is now pinned (i.e. made "sticky" at the top of the forum topics list).
Let me know if you need it to be unpinned.
Thank you ~
I created a group, you know, haha, I really hope you join in.~
After all, I created this group because I saw your Chinese message very friendly.~
So I hope it can be used to communicate in real time.
and the number is QQ 983966541
you can also find it through search "MuseScore"~
In reply to Thank you ~ I created a… by liyong li
Can we have a forum in Element, Reddit, or Discord? So Chinese readers in mainland or overseas can all participate using a web browser, instead of using a propriatory mobile app?