On Thursday 04 September 2003 20:54, Nadim Shaikli wrote: > Isam, you know the history well. When Arabeyes came on-line (more than > two years ago) you couldn't even write you name in Arabic on linux. Alot > of things have changed, but one thing remains. If you are serious about > development and/or translation you will have to know english - there is > no way around it. There is nothing sad about that - that is simply > reality.
I agree, At that time Arabic was not that possible, but now things are changes, and Arabeyes need to change as well.. at least change gradually > What do you propose ? Arabeyes will continue to mainly be run in English > (we very much require and depend on external non-Arab support too). I disagree with this, as Arabeyes main source and power is the Arabs themselves, the non-arabs had been and will continue to be a great source of help, and assistance to the project, but they should not have a higher priority, and higher consideration than Arabs themselves. > Instead of complaining about this (and if memory serves, you've talked > about this for at least a year), I recommend you take-up the item and > complete it. Take on the site and Arabize it - once things are Arabized, > new content will have to be Arabized (or vice-versa). Take ACE for > instance - we will only publish new ACEs in both Arabic and English > (always). the question is: will the next ACEs it be English translated to Arabic or vice-versa... > I don't see it that way at all. Again my view is that the people who will > contribute will continue to need to know English (how will you develop if > you can't read various docs and howtos out there beyond Arabeyes ? and how > will you translate if you don't know english). So your point, although > emotional, is not logical. Well, I did not say to abandon English, all I am saying is to give Arabic a higher priority, and a higher rank than it is having now. > I again suggest that you "become part of the solution" and use your talents > to solve this issue (you were a translation super-power, no ?). The files > above are a great start, if you would like to see what you note become a > reality, bring it forth as such and make it happen. > > Let us know what you decide to do. As for me, I can not commit my self to such big project, as the amount of content in English is really great (is size), and I do not have the time or the commitment to it at the current time. And to be frank, I do not plan to work on an Arabic interface for Arabeyes if it was not the main site language, as I think that Arabic Language should come first for the site, a simple calculation can tell you that more than 95% of the contributors to the project are Arabs, and use Arabic as a first language, and talking to them in Arabic is important, I will be really happy in the day that I see an Arabeyes announcement send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Arabic along with English. The problem is not translating the site, it is the will from your side. Yours Isam Bayazidi _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
