[Localization] How to submit an activity for localization?

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

Hi Pierre,

You can fill a bug in dev.laptop.org to keep track of your request.

Hi,
>
> I've written a simple clock activity
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Clock_activity). The code is so simple that I
> don't use a source repository or host it on dev.laptop.org yet. But I want
> it
> to support localization. Is it possible to have the pot/po files on the
> Pootle server and reconcile manually the translations?
>

Afaik yes there  is not a problem with that.

>
> Also, at the present time, would be localised messages are quite limited:
> activity title, hour marks and day/date formats. I will add new features
> if I
> feel the need, like digital clock display or alarm. But I have a few idiot
> questions. Do all analog clocks look the same in all cultures? For
> instance,
> could hands turn counter clock wise in right to left reading
> civilisations?
> Or with a different number of hands? Or for digital clocks, do they all
> use
> arabic (1, 2, 3...) or localized digits? Apart from the 12/24 hours
> display,
> is the format always HH:MM:SS? Or is time display one of the few points
> where
> humanity has agreed on a common representation?
>

wow this is a tough question..personally i don't know how to address this
issue.

Cheers!

>
> Pierre Métras
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Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
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