[Localization] translation priorities

[Tomeu Vizoso]

Forwarding this one to the localization and sugar-devel mailing list,
not sure where addons at sugarlabs.org goes.

Regards,

Tomeu

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 15:07, Timothy Falconer <timothy at squeakland.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> We're translating most of the Squeakland (Etoys) website right now into
> Spanish and Portuguese, with French soon to come.
> You can help too . . . simply claim your language and reply to this message
> (to avoid duplication), then read the following:
> http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-480
> http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-481
>
> We're also writing some grants now, some of which are aimed at our
> translation efforts.
> Given this, I'm trying to determine a good translation priority list, which
> shows the order of languages we want to focus on most.  Yes, we'll get
> translations first from people that volunteer, and that won't always
> correspond to the priority list.  But our time (and future hopeful funds)
> are limited, so we'd like to concentrate on the languages that will reach
> the most new and existing Etoys users.
> To get the conversation started, here are the most popular languages in the
> world:
> 1. Chinese *
> 2. Spanish
> 3. English
> 4. Hindi *
> 5. Arabic *
> 6. Bengali *
> 7. Portuguese
> 8. Russian
> 9. Japanese
> 10. Korean
> 11. German
> 12. French
> (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers,
> and several other sources)
> Perhaps more telling is this list, which shows the number of wikipedia
> articles, which may be a better indicator of computer and web use:
> 1. English
> 2. French
> 3. German
> 4. Spanish
> 5. Portuguese
> 6. Italian
> 7. Japanese
> 8. Russian
> 9. Dutch
> 10. Polish
> 11. Chinese
> 12. Swedish
> (from http://s23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php?sort=total_desc)
>
> More direct to Etoys is our new list of "Squeakers", which has a graph at
> the bottom that shows number of users by country:
> 1. United States (english/spanish)
> 2. Germany (german)
> 3. Uruguay (spanish)
> 4. Brazil (portuguese)
> 5. Canada (english/french)
> 6. Argentina (spanish)
> 7. Austria (german)
> 8. Spain (spanish)
> 9. Colombia (spanish)
> 10. Bolivia (spanish)
> 11. Japan (japanese)
> 12. Netherlands (dutch)
> (from http://squeakland.org/squeakers/ ... add your name and country!)
>
> Clearly, these languages merit special effort:
> 1. English
> 2. Spanish
> 3. German
> 4. Portuguese
> 5. French
> And these represent known areas of Etoys use:
> 6. Japanese
> 7. Korean
> 8. Haitian Kreyol
> 9. Nepali
> Three more to make a list of twelve:
> 10. Russian
> 11. Italian
> 12. Dutch
> Do you agree with this list of twelve?   What would you add?   Where would
> you put it in the list, and why?
> We of course want to have all languages represented someday, particularly
> the starred items in the first list.
> We're simply trying to set our immediate goals, given limited time and
> resources.
> Take care,
> Tim
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> Timothy Falconer
> Squeakland Foundation
> http://squeakland.org
> 610-797-3100
> --
> "Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do."  ... piaget
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