Chris, great:) However, as peter said, I am not sure the people at arabicbible.com have the right to determine who can and who cannot distribute it. It's your choice to be safe, though.
I know David had emailed the webmaster there about it, but I am not sure if he heard back. On Jan 22, 2008 9:27 PM, Chris Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jonathon wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > > >> I do not know how to export or import from esword. > > > > Exporting the text is not an issue. Several tools are available to do that. > > > > The _big_ issue is that the plain text./XML formatting needs both > > proof reading, and copy editing, prior to import into the TSP > > resource. > > > > If one is not fluent in the target language, my recommendation is to > > not attempt the format shifting. > > We can assume the Word documents are a good source, so proofing is > unnecessary beyond verifying that the Sword module is a good > representation of the Word document originals. > > The "fluent in the target language" suggestion is just ridiculous. > > >> But I think the general principle here is to start from the original > >> e-text and not from someone else's modules for other software. > > > > +1 > > > > I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were textual errors in the > > e-Sword version. (I have found textual differences between the hard > > copy and e-Sword resource, in most of the non-European,non-Biblical > > languages I can read.) > > We never use other software's modules as a source unless there is no > other source available (or when that is what a copyright holder actually > gives us as a source). Errors in conversion are a concern, but a more > important issue is that we would be limiting our module to the > capabilities of another piece of software. In particular, with this > Arabic Bible, we would lose paragraphing by not using the Word docs as a > source. > > >> So the best source would then be the word files. But that could be very > >> hard work. > > > > Word -> OSIS -> Sword Project Resource > > Grunt work, but fairly easy to do. Unfortunately, a script won't > > correctly process the material. > > I'm having problems with a hard drive that has most of my module work. > So while it was being repaired, I spent a couple hours and made an OSIS > doc of the Smith & Van Dyck Arabic Bible. > > When I get word that we have permission to distribute it, I will convert > the doc to Sword format and post it to beta. > > --Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
