Sounds interesting. I would suggest that you get involved in the language project located at the following link : http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html
Apparently there is already a dictionary for the language (potentially not until Beta2.0 version) : http://l10n.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=issues&msgNo=4098 Some additional concerns about adding more than the above to OOo is here : http://l10n.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=issues&msgNo=4629 /paul On 6/29/05, Chaba Gryphon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I was wondering if there is a way for me to arrange for OpenOffice to be > developed into Interlingua, which is a 50 year old "bridge language", or > International Language. Interlingua was developed by dozens of prominent > linguists, from many countries, and is currently being used in Colleges and > Universities to teach foreign language comprehension. The Department of > Agriculture in the US published scientific books in Interlingua and there is > a growing body of work that uses this language, with many new users. > (Interlingua was developed by taking language features that are common to > Italian, Spanish, Portugese, French and English, with German and Russian > being control languages in case no commonality can be found for a particular > language, or grammatic, feature.) > > I no nothing about software development, but I would like to see to it that > an Interlingua word processor exists, with an Interlingua interface, support > material, along with a built in Interlingua spell checker, thesaurus, and > dictionary. > > I would need to know what would have to be done and how to accomplish this. > I believe, that the spirit in which Interlingua was developed fits well into > the spirit of OpenOffice. > > You can take a look at the site of the World Interlingua Organization, and > get an idea for the language. (For example, you can find the entire text of > the Constitution of Europe on the right of the main page, translated into > Interlingua.) > > Cordially, > > Chaba Gryphon > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
