Clarification on ENS Translation Bounties and Compensation

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@imrulo.eth

But our 2022 internal discussion clearly set a benchmark of 0.80 USDC per word.

Are you suggesting that you were involved in that discussion? I don’t recall that—can you verify?

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@danch.quixote

Further, the rate of 80 cents/word was never used, despite this post:

This transaction shows 2750 USDC sent from the defunct Working Group multisig to your provided deposit address, as referenced here. It was posted on June 19, 2022, about nine days after your cited post.

Can you verify whether this transaction is consistent with your work translating the documentation into Russian?

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@danch.quixote

So, the final rate was decided to be something in the region of 0.18-0.22$

That’s right, I can attest that you and I, along with others involved in your translation initiative, did have this conversation off the record. However, it was never formalized and therefore shouldn’t be used as a precedent—nor should the rate discussed years ago.

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Given the renewed interest in translating ENS documentation—evidenced by a Portuguese translation submitted in the past 24 hours (h/t @pikonha)—I open the floor for community discussion.

Should these community-led translation initiatives merit a formal bounty or program? If so, who would be accountable for maintaining it, and what, if any, compensation should be included?

I’ll go on record to say that I don’t believe a formal bounty or program should be created; instead, rewards should be discretionary and granted on a case-by-case, ad hoc basis.