Dear Charles, This is indeed very interesting idea. Thank you! Looking forward hearing from Arade's response, to this brilliant idea.
Cheers, Ali --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Charles-H.Schulz <charles-h.sch...@laposte.net> wrote: From: Charles-H.Schulz <charles-h.sch...@laposte.net> Subject: Re: [native-lang] Proposal of translating Openoffice to Afar Language To: dev@native-lang.openoffice.org Cc: callibaa...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:27 PM Ali, Arade, This is becoming very interesting! Feel free to open a wiki page for collaboration, put in under the NLC category: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/NLC Best, Charles. Le Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:13:22 -0800 (PST), Ali Yusuf <callibaa...@yahoo.com> a écrit : > Dear Arade Tariku, > > As native Somali speakers, we are building a community that are from > many different areas that Somali language is spoken. Our main goal is > to design a framework that is acceptable for all Somali speaking > nation. We are welcoming to share knowledge and work closely with any > Somali speaking developers, translators. Therefore, the part that are > Somali speaking in your team is more than welcome to share some > experience with us. > > Somali NL Lead, > A. Yusuf > > --- On Wed, 11/18/09, Charles-H. Schulz > <charles-h.sch...@laposte.net> wrote: > > From: Charles-H. Schulz <charles-h.sch...@laposte.net> > Subject: Re: [native-lang] Proposal of translating Openoffice to Afar > Language To: "Arade Tariku Tegen" <ooo.aar...@gmail.com>, > dev@native-lang.openoffice.org Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, > 5:54 PM > > > Le Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:39:55 +0300, > Arade Tariku Tegen <ooo.aar...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > Dear Charles, > > > > Thanks a lot for your response. What we want is that we need > > to have openoffice.org released in these languages. Our team is well > > prepared and already acquired good experience during the > > localization of openoffice.orgto Oromo language. In addition, our > > team has also agreed to localize > > openoffice.org to Somali language of Ethiopia. So we want the next > > version of openoffice.org to be released in these three additional > > languages(Afar, Sidama and Somali). Hence, we are ready to pass > > through whatever level is needed to achieve this. > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > Arade Tariku > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Charles-H. Schulz < > > charles-h.sch...@laposte.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Arade Tariku Tegen, > > > > > > This mail is an answer to both of your proposals. Thank you for > > > opening up two (three, with Oromo) projects! May I just ask you to > > > confirm that what you wish to open are level 1 projects at the > > > moment? Most of the work will take place inside the localization > > > project during this phase. > > > > > > You can always take your two projects to the level 2, but it > > > requires a significant amount of work and community building. In > > > your case, I understand you would like to open these two projects > > > for server space mostly? (NB: you don't need to request the setup > > > of a native-language project if you focus on localization only). > > > > > > Sorry for the delay of my answer, > > > > > > Charles-H. Schulz. > > > > > > > > > > > > Le Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:57:56 +0300, > > > Arade Tariku Tegen <ooo.aar...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > > > > Proposal of translating Openoffice to Afar Language > > > > > > > > This proposal is about creating NLC project for Afar > > > > Language. It addresses 3 isues.About the target language, the > > > > project goal, and Our team. > > > > > > > > The target language > > > > Afar Language is one of the languages mostly spoken in the > > > > horn of Africa. It is spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and > > > > many countries in the rest of the world. It is written With > > > > Latin Alphabet. This language is spoken in countries where the > > > > people know little about IT. In addition, this language is used > > > > by people who live in the poor part of the world(daily income of > > > > less than $2 per person). So, the translation of Openoffice to > > > > this language is very significant for this people . > > > > > > > > The Project Goal > > > > Our team needs openoffice.org to be translated to Afar > > > > Language, inside the Native Language Confederation. We wish to > > > > register a level two project. We have also already established a > > > > team of contributors for this project. > > > > > > > > The team > > > > The Project initiators are from Ethiopia. This team has been > > > > localizing openoffice.org to Afan Oromo. We have aimed at > > > > localizing many of the native languages spoken in Ethiopia. All > > > > team members can use Afar language well. Our team will be lead > > > > by: > > > > -Arade Tariku ......- Bsc. degree in Electrical Engineering. He > > > > has developed many applications in Afar language.He is committed > > > > to act as a responsible entrepreneur and inspired many Afar > > > > speaking people to participate in this project. > > > > -Belayneh Melka, Bsc. degree in Electrical Engineering. Has > > > >also > > > > developed lots of applications and Database Systems in Afar > > > > Language. In addtion, lots of Afar Language speaking > > > > intellectuals will participate on this project. > > > > > > > > About the project: > > > > > > > > Information for setting up the project: > > > > > > > > Username: oooaar > > > > Project Name: aa > > > > ISO code: aa > > > > > > > > thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@native-lang.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@native-lang.openoffice.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@native-lang.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@native-lang.openoffice.org
