Sinhalese rabbithole (si)

[Malinda Siriwardana]

Hello!!!
I need some detail about this project and how it can
be done.  Is it a mannual transtation process or a
special translation tool used.  If it is a mannual
translation we could join you and it would be
benifited to our country too.  if it is a automatic
translation we may have to wait till it introduces
some machanisum in another 5-10 or more years.  In
this case I am unaware of po si file please be kind
enough to reply me.


thanks.

Malinda
Universit of Colombo School of Computing - Sri Lanka 


	
		
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[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 10:00:23PM -0700, Malinda Siriwardana wrote:
>  I need some detail about this project and how it can
>  be done.  Is it a mannual transtation process or a
>  special translation tool used.  If it is a mannual
>  translation we could join you and it would be 
The main tools you need are someone who can use CVS and
also people who can edit text files.

If it does not already exist someone will also have to generate a 
locale description, which is a bit more complex but requires knowledge
rather than special tools.

IMHO it also helps to have
	-	An "official" master list of words for things like
		Preferences, Options, Configure.., Save As .. etc
	-	At least one person with very strong language skills
		as editor/overseer to get consistency and style.

For some languages the bigger problem may be fonts.

Several translation groups have things like indexes of phrases,
status pages and other web tools you could also adapt.