Re: Thanks to translators

[Stanwood Barret Dolph <whie129@ms7.hinet.net>]

Some notes;

If the french software has not yet been translated we can translate this into both English and French.
I am just checking to make sure that we do not translate something which has already been done.

We will have four interns to work on Linux projects this summer. So although I am not doing much for
SEUL now we should be able to do much this summer. Any top priority translations should be sent to me
so that we can get some work done ASAP.



Doug Loss wrote:

> kokin wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Doug Loss wrote:
> >
> > |what about Chinese translations?  I don't know much about the
> > |problems involved, but it ought to be worth looking into.
> >
> > I'm a Honghonger and would like to contribute.  But there're two
> > uncertainties involved.  One I'm not sure whether double-byte
> > characters works.  Two, whether K12Admin is useful for us greater
> > China, where K-12 system is not used.
> >
> This brings up two questions.  The first is easy to answer.  Steve, does
> K12Admin support double-byte characters?  Second, is K12Admin tied to
> the K-12 system of organizing education for children, or is the "K12" in
> the name more of a North American shorthand for education below the
> college and university level?  If it is tied to the K-12 system, what
> would be needed to generalize it so that it would apply to other
> educational systems?
>
> I'd also like to encourage speakers of other languages to contribute
> too.  What about a Greek translation?  How about Polish?  What of Hindi,
> Japanese, and Arabic?  I'm not sure that we have fluent speakers of all
> these languages on the list, but if you're fluent in a language other
> than the ones we've discussed here, please consider helping translate
> these programs into that tongue.
>
> Besides K12Admin, I know that Dr Geo is written with multiple languages
> in mind.  Ghislain Picard's MeK, Xem, and Lum should also support
> multiple languages, as they're written in French and he's requested help
> in making English versions of them.  (Here's his original message, from
> the middle of last month):
>
> Ghislain Picard <ghislain@linux-france.org> wrote:
> > ----
> >
> > I have written three educational softwares : MeK, Xem, and Lum.
> > They can simulate experiences in mechanics, chemistry, and optic.
> > I'm looking for people, preferably ExpSc teachers, to translate them > from french into english.
> > It isn't a long work (about 100 words)
> >
> > softwares:
> > http://www.linux-france.org/prj
> >
> > Ghislain
> > ghislain@linux-france.org
>
> We can be very useful to these projects by helping them make their
> software easy to use in many different languages.
>
> If you do try this and find that you enjoy it, please contact Barret
> Dolph (the contact info is on our projects page
> <http://www.seul.org/edu/projects.html>) and ask about helping with his
> translation project.  Barret, if there's someone else in the project
> you'd prefer they contact, just let us know.
>
> --
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