On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Murat Jumashev <jumash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > My name is Murat, I am from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia). > First off let me apologize if I chose a wrong mailing list (please, kindly > point me a right mailing list to go). > > I am new to programming and I started from Python because it's very smooth > and readable lang. But it would not be easy for me to start learning > programming concepts without knowing basic English. > > What I want to ask is is it possible to create a (buffer/middleware) > keywords and functions convertor-from-pythonese-English-to-pythonese-Kyrgyz > (and vice-versa) so that students with poor/no English could start learning > to code in their native language(s)? i.e. print / басуу, if / эгерде, else > / болбосо, elif / же болбосо etc. > > I am impressed by the guy who have invented an arabic programming language > in order to overcome a (natural) language barrier: > http://killscreendaily.com/headlines/arabic-programming-language-middle-eastern-games/ > > > But I think it's more rational to write a native-to-pythonese-convertor > rather than inventing a new language from scratch. Can anyone tell me from > where to start? > It is certainly possible to change Python to use non-English keywords; see http://sourceforge.net/projects/chinesepython/ for an example. If you google for "chinese Python" you will find other links of interest that *might* lead you to other translations. If you can't find the information from the above link, someone on the python-dev mailing list might be able to help you as to which file needs to be modified. HOWEVER ... I don't believe that this will give you a translation of all the built-in functions and certainly not of any of the resources from the standard library. (I'm thinking that your students might want to use the Math module at some point). André > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > >
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