### 1.8.2 Documenters and translators

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 The following people have helped us with writing the MySQL documentation and translating the documentation or error messages in MySQL.

* Kim Aldale

   Helped to rewrite Monty's and David's early attempts at English into English.

* Michael J. Miller Jr. `<[mke@terrapin.turbolift.com](mailto:mke@terrapin.turbolift.com)>`

   For the first MySQL manual. And a lot of spelling/language fixes for the FAQ (that turned into the MySQL manual a long time ago).

* Yan Cailin

   First translator of the MySQL Reference Manual into simplified Chinese in early 2000 on which the Big5 and HK coded versions were based.

* Jay Flaherty `<[fty@mediapulse.com](mailto:fty@mediapulse.com)>`

   Big parts of the Perl `DBI`/`DBD` section in the manual.

* Paul Southworth `<[pauls@etext.org](mailto:pauls@etext.org)>`, Ray Loyzaga `<[yar@cs.su.oz.au](mailto:yar@cs.su.oz.au)>`

   Proof-reading of the Reference Manual.

* Therrien Gilbert `<[gilbert@ican.net](mailto:gilbert@ican.net)>`, Jean-Marc Pouyot `<[jmp@scalaire.fr](mailto:jmp@scalaire.fr)>`

   French error messages.

* Petr Snajdr, `<[snajdr@pvt.net](mailto:snajdr@pvt.net)>`

   Czech error messages.

* Jaroslaw Lewandowski `<[jotel@itnet.com.pl](mailto:jotel@itnet.com.pl)>`

   Polish error messages.

* Miguel Angel Fernandez Roiz

   Spanish error messages.

* Roy-Magne Mo `<[rmo@www.hivolda.no](mailto:rmo@www.hivolda.no)>`

   Norwegian error messages and testing of MySQL 3.21.xx.

* Timur I. Bakeyev `<[root@timur.tatarstan.ru](mailto:root@timur.tatarstan.ru)>`

   Russian error messages.

* `<[brenno@dewinter.com](mailto:brenno@dewinter.com)>` & Filippo Grassilli `<[phil@hyppo.com](mailto:phil@hyppo.com)>`

   Italian error messages.

* Dirk Munzinger `<[dirk@trinity.saar.de](mailto:dirk@trinity.saar.de)>`

   German error messages.

* Billik Stefan `<[billik@sun.uniag.sk](mailto:billik@sun.uniag.sk)>`

   Slovak error messages.

* Stefan Saroiu `<[tzoompy@cs.washington.edu](mailto:tzoompy@cs.washington.edu)>`

   Romanian error messages.

* Peter Feher

   Hungarian error messages.

* Roberto M. Serqueira

   Portuguese error messages.

* Carsten H. Pedersen

   Danish error messages.

* Arjen Lentz

   Dutch error messages, completing earlier partial translation (also work on consistency and spelling).

