Konkani on the computer? ----------------------- Anyone out there interested on taking Konkani to the computer? In the Free Software world, this is possible... and any initiative is welcome. Also, diverse scripts could be got working too for the language which has between 2-5 million speakers (estimate vary) and is written in at least five scripts.
G Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, that amazing resource for Indic solutions, says the starting point for any translation is the Gnome glossary. It's a collection of the most commonly occuring tech terms, which are used a lot in translations. Says he: "Work becomes easy if you have this done first. Then the .po files can be taken up (next)." Pick up glossary files at http://www.indlinux.org/downloads/gnomegloss/ Also, it's recommended you announce on the Gnome-i18n list (see http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/ ) There's a rough howto on doing translations at http://www.indlinux.org/hindi/gnome/h The Indian Linux project, aimed at translating as many local languages as possible for the computer, is at http://www.indlinux.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
