Hi Siebrand, Good to know that people like you still exist. I'll also try and spread the word about Translatewiki, while I myself can join in. Right now I'm a bit busy trying to translate Soxreds tools [edit counter] and Huggle to Hindi [using the Devnagari script], so once I'm done, I have all the time for this [I hope so].
2009/10/9 BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com>: > Hi Siebrand, > I appreciate your efforts in this space and have always received your > support on Bugzilla for Tamil Wiki related issues. > I will try to spread the word. But, for 2-3 months, I'm in the middle of > several things and hence, can't commit much time. > Will try to locate others who may be better positioned. > Thanks, > Sundar > > "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for > the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." > - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > > ________________________________ > From: Arun Ram <arunra...@gmail.com> > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 10:17:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India, home to the largest spoken languages > in the world: A localisation opportunity > > Hi Siebrand, > > Thanks for reaching out. > > I am keen to help in anyway I can in my spare time towards this (connecting > people), though my time is a bit constrained with few other commitments. > > Happy to try and connect you with people, who may have skills to help in > some of these languages. > > I agree it is important to spread the word and focus on getting more and > more localization done for languages spoken in India. > > There are a few others who would be keen to assist. I can connect you to > them as well. > > Regards > Arun > > Bangalore, India > www.arunram.net | www.twitter.com/arunram > > > On Wedf t, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazel...@xs4all.nl> > wrote: >> >> Dear Wikimedians from India. >> >> For those who do not know me, I am a staff member of >> http://translatewiki.net, a project where most of the translation of >> MediaWiki is done. MediaWiki is the software used by all wikis of the >> Wikimedia Foundation. There is more to translatewiki, but I hope you may >> discover that later. >> >> I have made an analysis of the localization of MediaWiki and its >> extensions >> with regards to use by the Wikimedia Foundation. I have done this with a >> scope of the 50 languages with the most speakers in the world[1]. As India >> is an enormous country, with a long history, it is no surprise that many >> languages are spoken by a lot of people. >> >> For India the following languages make the top 50 of most spoken languages >> in the world: Hindi (3), Bengali (10), Gujarati (34), Kannada (33), >> Malayalam (39), Marathi (17), Nepali (43), Oriya (42), Punjabi (15), >> Sindhi >> (37), Tamil (28), Telugu (20), and Urdu (29). Some of these languages have >> a >> fair level of localization (Telugu and Hindi are doing OK, but not >> excellent), but many others have very poor localization (Oriya and Urdu >> are >> doing particularly bad)[1]. >> >> As I do not speak or read any languages that are not in a Latin, Greek or >> Cyrillic script, and live in the Netherlands, it is hard for me to crowd >> source translators for these languages. I am in dire need of structural >> help >> in that area. Having Wikimedia India formed is something I recognize as an >> enormous opportunity for getting the localization level of languages >> spoken >> in India to a higher level. It will enable more users to experience and >> enjoy the freedoms that we as Wikimedians try to create and provide. >> >> Please help me help in getting India's languages gain more ground and >> availability in the Wikimedia universe. Ideally I would like some kind of >> an >> ambassador from your community to spread the word and focus on getting >> more >> and more localization done for languages spoken in India. If you are >> interested in contributing as a translator, please visit >> translatewiki.net. >> If you are interested in investing time on a higher level, please contact >> me >> on-wiki, on this list, or by private e-mail so we can work something out. >> Any help is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Siebrand Mazeland >> translatewiki.net staff >> >> [1] >> >> http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:MediaWiki_localisation_in_the_50_most_ >> spoken_languages >> [2] http://www.mediawiki.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- If any message seems out of the blue from this account, PLEASE call me up on my mobile to confirm it was sent by me. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
