On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, David Nalley wrote:
First - it requires every translation to have someone replicate your work - and that's something that's currently outside of the l10n workflow, as well as being a ton of work.
That's a really good reason that I had never noticed before. In that light, I misadvised Kirk before - sorry about that. I always forget the translators (which is terrible of me, I know...)
- Matthew