On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Jono Bacon <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > One of the most wonderful, and often underrated parts of the Ubuntu > community are our tremendous translators. It is these awesome > individuals that re-enforce the ethos that everyone should be able to > enjoy Ubuntu in the locale and language that is comfortable to them. Not > only that, but it is these folks that are breaking down cultural > barriers to Ubuntu adoption across the world. In many cases, when a > region or government is exploring Open Source and Free Software, the > first assessment is if it is available in their locale and language(s). > > Ubuntu is already available in an impressive collection of languages > that we consider complete enough for general use. This includes > *Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, German, > English, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, British English, Russian, > Dutch, Japanese, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Catalan, Korean, Polish, > Portuguese, Basque, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Galician* and > *Asturian*. > > A good target for completeness is 80% of the distribution being fully > translated, with a particular focus on primary and visible packages. > Many of these languages are rib-ticklingly close and I would love to > encourage those of you who speak the language to help get them over the > 80% barrier. These include: > > * Serbian - 79% > * Vietnamese - 78% > * Estonian - 75% > * Hebrew - 73% > * Bengali - 73% > * Gujarati - 72% > * Hindi - 71% > * Turkish - 70% > * Tamil - 69% > * Telugu - 69% > * Bokmål, Norwegian - 67% > * Slovak - 66% > * Macedonian - 64% > * Nepali - 63% > * Arabic - 63% > * Dzongkha - 62% > * Finnish - 61% > * Breton - 60% > * Ukrainian - 57% > * Esperanto - 56% > * Central Khmer - 56% > * Norwegian Nynorsk - 55% > * Thai - 52% > * Panjabi - 52% > * Lithuanian - 51% > * Romanian - 50% > > This is an awesome opportunity for the Ubuntu Global Jam > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam) in which Ubuntu contributors > are getting together around the world to work together on Ubuntu in a > variety of ways - documentation, packaging, advocacy, bug triage, > translations and more. If you would like to help one of the above > languages (or any other language, for that matter), why not organize a > small gathering at someone's house, at a pub/restaurant, university room > or anywhere else? These jams are easy to put together, tonnes of fun and > a great way to meet other awesome Ubuntu people. > > Are there any LoCo teams who can focus on this ready for Karmic? > > Jono > > -- > Jono Bacon > Ubuntu Community Manager > www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org > www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon > >
My wife is Bengali and I'm periodically active in the Kolkata mailing list. I've challenged them to make Bengali the first Indian language to be 80% and 90% translated. Amar shundor bou (my sweet wife) has also expressed an interest in helping. Without having looked at the scale of the work to be completed, I'm gonna fool-heartedly say, yeah, we can do this! Dan --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards! Sent from Gainesville, FL, United States
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