Thank you for taking the lead and good luck with the project! On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:57 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer < arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings everybody, > > i take this opportunity to announce to the python community that Arabic > translations for the docs have started at > > https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ/py-docs-ar > > as per the PEP written by @JulienPalard and @Mariatta, we are working on > the tutorials (for 3.7). you can view details in the docs mailing list > archive. > > coordinator for this project : myself > > as i have contributed to the french docs, i have cloned the .po french > repo for the Arabic one and modified accordingly > > as per recommedations for coordinators (thanking @Julien for tips) i have > been contacting arab-speaking developers for involvement and announcing the > project. feedbacks were positive with the likes of > > وشكرا لك على المبادرة الجميلة > And thank you for the beautiful initiative > > والله يعطيكم الف عافية > And may Allah/God gives you (literally) thousands of wellness > > however, i've found out that git is a major barrier for translations as > well. many programmers for fun around, they like py, they use it, but few > actually have a github account. must search further. nevertheless they are > willing to translate as much as i want, i am still pondering an appropriate > off-git solution, then merge by me. > > for the past days we have been convening on the keywords, the starting > point of any translation, as, though i know Arabic, i have to cross check > with native speakers as to how they really say it as there are words that > are left untranslated but written in arabic as well as for similar details > > that said, i call to python programmers, in any language to contribute to > translations, as you will by the way know the docs thoroughly. > > and in the case of this mail, a special call for arabic-speaking people to > get involved > > this is a huge task (french still at 29%) but i believe that this will > help programmers around the world to better access such a sleek, candy, > soulful, neat and lovely language, and my way of saying thank you / > contributing back to the community > > your fellow brother in code, > > Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ > Mauritius > -- --Guido (mobile) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
