Re: Why translation of open source software into local languages has failed
Thats true, that standardisation can be archived through a framework.
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Some dialects will have to die so we can all spend our effort on one thing as a teamCulturally ignorant!
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this is not accounting anyway. what if soldiers are also given access to post articles to this site?
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Thank you. I take offense with Shona speakers who are willing to dump their language kuti vashandise mitauro yevamwe vachikanganwa kuti tinofanira kukurudzira mitauro yedu kuti vana vedu nevanhu...
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Your proposal can be part of framework.
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As matter of fact I was born and bred in Manicaland! I have however had extensive schooling in the rudiments of the Ndau, Karanga and Zezuru dialects. The Shona I proposed 4 the project was based on...
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Thanx 4 the tip will do that.
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Thanx that will be great
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To be honest, I believe because Shona has some unknown regulatory structure that doesn't even seem to issue "updates", so to speak of the language, we're gonna have a hard time trying to translate and...
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As a matter of fact, my ambuya happens to be able to understand english aswell as read it hence why she's even on FB to keep up with her kids and us the grand kids all over the over the world from...
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Some pple just think criticizing Linux and pressing Windows is FUD. Grow up!
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<sarcasm> And I have a supercomputer in my basement that I use to watch movies and surf the internet.</sarcasm>
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I have an admin on the Shona Translators page for the past 5 years and the project has failed to gain traction for a lot of reasons - some mentioned in the article and the comments. We do need a...
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Yes everyone wants to read the kernel source code and apply patches using the patch command before running make and make install. Oh wait what about kernel recompilation. Trust me sir u have been lucky...
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now if the truth is FUD then it is what then this is FUD.
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I have to agree. The elitist approach works well but it limits the pool of available talents to a select few even if there are other capable programmers out there. I guess Stallman's FOSS ideology is...
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Thank you for the article! At least it shows someone cares about their identity and culture! Translating into Shona is by no way unnecessary or a waste of time it is a noble venture! The Chinese have a...
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With all due respect translating into a local language is 'productive' enough. It has many benefits which include preservation of a language and culture. There is a lot of money offered by the UN, some...
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