Hello, Actually, our N/L project contact was Mr. Charles-H.Schulz <southerncross at ifrance.com>, so maybe you want to try contacting him instead. Also, you can try to contact <webmaster at openoffice.org> and see if you get a reply.
Good luck. Ossama --- Anmar Oueja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Ossama: > > Thanks for the update. Unfortunately, Dieter , from > openoffice l10n team > did not send me anything. I bugged him but nothing > so far. You mentioned > a name of a a person I could talk to on IRC. Can you > send me his email > so I can get my approval going ASAP. > > Thanks > > Anmar > > Ossama Khayat wrote: > > TAlzaffin at diwan.dubai.gov.ae wrote: > > --------------------------------- > > > >>Dear All, > >> > >>I would like to know the status of Arabic > OpenOffice, > >>what is the progress on it, any time frame, > etc...? > > > > > > Hi. First of all, thanks for your interest. > > Let us introduce ourselves. We are Arabeyes.org - > *nix > > Arabization group. I personally had interest in > > OpenOffice.org and applied (with the help of Nadim > - > > another member) to be incharge of the Arabic > Native > > Lang project. > > So far, I've only prepared the basic website > > (ar.openoffice.org) and working on other stuff, > like > > tutorials and resources. > > Another memeber (Anmar) is also waiting the > approval > > to take charge of the Localization project (Anmar, > any > > progress?). > > > > > >>I have been browsing the site > >>http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ > >>Can you explain what is the difference between > native > >>project at http://ar.openoffice.org and the > project > >>(l10) bellow? > > > > > > Well, the Native Lang project is more of language > > tools, resources and linguestics. It involves > > development, programming and building all these > > resources for users. > > On the other hand, l10n and i18n contains a > framework > > and tools for localization (l10n) and > > internationalization (i18n). More information > about > > these two projects can be found on > > http://l10n.openoffice.org/. > > As far as I know, the localization work stopped at > > version 1.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. I tried > contacting > > mr. Al-Nufaily but got no response at all. > > > > > >>Localization/Internationalization Project (l10n). > >> > >>Localization / Language > >> > >>Leader: Shady Al-Nofaily > >>Email: nofaily at gmx.net > >>Status: Looking for volunteers > >>Arabic > >> > >>Is there an dependencies between both? Is the > >>Arabization of StarOffice is tied to this project? > > > > > > There is no dependency between the N/L and l10n > > projects. But, since OpenOffice.org is built on > the > > same sources of StarOffice, the later will surely > > benefit and use the same resources available. > > > > > >>What can I do as a decision maker to speed up > >>this project? > > > > > > Actually, many things! We lack a lot of people who > > would help in many areas: > > - Helping in development and support of > Arabic/BiDi > > features using Java and/or C++. > > - Testing the current features and support. > > - Providing feedback, through submitting bug > reports > > (Issues). > > - Translators who would be able to dedicate > time, > > and > > have good translation skills. > > > > > >>I would appreciate your reply and thank > >>you in advance. > > > > > > I hope this answers most of your questions and > hope to > > further extend the cooperation between us. > > > > > >>Best Regards, > >> > >>Thani Alzaffin > > > > > > Again, thanks for your interest. > > > > kind regards, > > Ossama M. Khayat > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
