[Localization] Mongolian and Dari (was [sw-eco] Keyboard Support for Haiti & Ethiopia - OLPC 8.1.1 bugfix release

Sat May 17 04:56:56 EDT 2008

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Ebtihaj Obaidi
<ebtihaj_obaidi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> Its me Sohaib Obaidi, the localizer for Dari Afghanistan.

I am delighted to hear from you.

> I m glad to hear
> that the shipment for Dari Afghanistan is ready, as we were so waiting to
> hear it. The localization process, as i had mentioned before was a little
> bit slow within this month, due to my University Exams, but i m trying my
> best to give much time for it as well.

You have been working hard. Do you expect to finish this by yourself?

I am going to ask in my online network for others to work on this, and
on translating the teacher training and other materials. I have had
some discussions about the possibility of a microfinance project to
provide looms for traditional rug weaving in Afghanistan, so that
children will not go into factories as in Pakistan. If you know
anybody in Afghanistan, or from Afghanistan, who would like to work on
such a project, or on electricity for village schools with XOs, or on
the other needs of the children, please let me know.

> I had listed my all bio data in wiki as well as wiki for Afghanistan;
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Sohaib_Ebtihaj

Yes, I found your User page from your listing yourself on the Pootle page.

> I would be glad to hear from you soon.
> Thanks.
> Sohaib Ebtihaj
>
> Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The message below points out that Mongolian and Dari units will be the
> next to ship. Stats from Pootle show that the localizations are not
> ready, but apparently that will not prevent shipments from going
> ahead. We need to recruit more localizers for these languages and
> others so that we do not get caught short again.
>
> Who here has contacts in Mongolia and Afghanistan? Who doesn't know
> people there but has a network that might extend that far? For
> example, is anyone here in contact with the Soyombo Linux project in
> Mongolia? What other groups should we contact? Please look at the data
> on the Khmer page, and think whether you can provide similar links on
> the Dari and Mongolian pages, or any other language page.
>
> There is nobody listed on the Pootle page in the Wiki for Dari, and
> the two people listed for Mongolian don't give contact information. I
> can't get this information from Pootle, either. Can anybody put me
> into contact with the Dari or Mongolian localizers? Are they on this
> list? I can't view the list subscribers, either. Is that intentional?
>
> Mongolian
>
> Name Trans % Fuzzy % Untran % Total
> Activation
> Server 0 0% 0 0% 1142 100% 1142
>
> Etoys 0 0% 0 0% 26223 100% 26223
>
> Pkgng 145 100% 0 0% 0 0% 145
>
> Updt 1 407 89% 0 0% 47 10% 454
>
> XO -
> Bundle 0 0% 0 0% 2996 100% 2996
>
> XO -
> Core 601 84% 14 1% 100 13% 715
>
> Dari
>
> Name Trans % Fuzzy % Untranslated % Total
> Activation
> Server 390 34% 216 18% 536 46% 1142 34
>
> Etoys 11120 42% 593 2% 14510 55% 26223 42
>
> Updt 1 449 100% 0 0% 0 0% 449 100
>
> XO -
> Bundle 2971 99% 0 0% 25 0% 2996 99
>
> XO -
> Core 712 99% 0 0% 3 0% 715
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kim Quirk
> Date: 2008/5/15
> Subject: Re: [sw-eco] Keyboard Support for Haiti & Ethiopia - OLPC
> 8.1.1 bugfix release
> To: Michael Stone
> Cc: software-eco at lists.laptop.org, devel at lists.laptop.org
>
>
> I'm just getting some feedback from Quanta on problems with Mongolian
> laptops as they are producing a couple thousand this week and will be
> shipping them out.
>
> I will try to recreate these issues and we can see if they fit the
> same areas of change and if there is another fix that could be a
> candidate for bug fix release.
>
> Looking ahead, the next new keyboard/country that will be manufactured
> is Dari (Afghanistan), starting in 2 weeks from now. Perhaps I can get
> to testing that one as well with 703 and see what issues they will
> have BEFORE they have them. After Dari, there are only English and
> Spanish laptops for 5-6 weeks.
>
> For people who want to help with this testing, the basic idea is that
> you need to set your laptop to the desired country and then follow the
> test cases found here:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tests/Keyboard_mappings
>
> Kim
>
> --
> Edward Cherlin
> End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
> http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
> "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay
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>
> Sohaib Obaidi "Ebtihaj"
>
> BSc. (Hons.) Economics, IIIE-IIUI
> OLPC Dari Localization Volunteer
>
> +923349072974
> afghaneco at gmail.com
>
> http://www.eqtisad.co.cc
> http://www.olpc.blogsky.com
> http://groups.google.com/group/afghani

-- 
Edward Cherlin
End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay