[Localization] Help with starting new languages

[David Leeming]

Hi Edwin,

I am part of a team deploying the XO in 21 countries in the Pacific, working 
with Prof Barry Vercoe. We have done some work already in Solomon Islands 
(needs updating) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Solomon_Islands and start a 
series of trials in PNG next week, followed by expanded trials in the 
Solomons, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Niue.

I cannot sign up on the Pootle page because the languages I need urgently to 
start work on are not listed. These are:

Solomon Islands Pidgin (Pijin)
Papua New Guinea Pidgin (Tok Pisin)
Marovo Language (Solomon Islands)

There is a ticket open, but I am not sure if it was done cotrrectly because 
there ios little happeneing, now 10 days since I started this whilst at the 
Countries Workshop in Boston.

http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7099

Please can someone let me know what else I have to do to start upo projects 
for all three countries above. I will then be able to add other volunteers 
to the projects.

thanks

David Leeming
Solomon Islands



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
To: "David Leeming" <david at leeming-consulting.com>
Cc: <localization at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Localization] Help with starting new languages


> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM, David Leeming
> <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am just testing this list by letting you know I want to start 
>> localisation
>> projects for the following languages.
>
> Welcome.
>
>> I have a current ticket (7099) open,
>> but am not sure this this all that is needed. Can anyone advise?
>
> The instructions are on the Localization page in the Wiki. I see that
> you have a user page, but you aren't listed on the Pootle page yet.
> Sayamindu would like a little more information in your ticket.
>
> To start a new language project on Pootle, the person volunteering to
> be the project administrator should first be registered on
>
>    * This Wiki, preferably with a User: page
>    * The OLPC Pootle localization server
>    * The OLPC Trac bug tracker
>    * The OLPC Localization mailing list.
>    * The OLPC Pootle Wiki page sign-up section.
>
> Localizers should also do the same once a project for their language
> has been started.
>
> Then the administrator can open a ticket on Trac and provide the
> following information:
>
>    * Language and country in the ticket title
>    * Component: Localization
>    * Who else is volunteering
>    * Data on the language
>    * Why this project is starting, which may be that shipments to
> that community are being scheduled, or just that the community wants
> it for its own use.
>
>> I am
>> working in the Pacific initially in 8 countries, deployments already
>> starting.
>>
>> - Solomon Islands Pidgin (Pijin)
>> - Marovo Langauge (Solomon Islands)
>> - Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)
>
> Who else is working on these projects?
>
>> David Leeming
>> Technical Advisor, People First Network
>> Honiara, Solomon Islands
>>
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