[Localization] [UKids] Language on Write Activity

[Adam Holt]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Nancie Severs <nanciesevers at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
> Congratulations! You are in Egypt with the XOs you worked so hard to get
> for the children there! I am so glad to hear of this project implementation.
> I understand the frustration of being on site in the field and needing
> help. I’m not sure I can help but *I want you to know that we are out
> here following the Unleash Kids list and will help where we can.*
>
> Does anyone know if the XOs in Gaza have a language pack working in
> Arabic? @Adam who worked on that project? That would be someone who might
> be able to help.
>

SJ Klein would likely know!  Tweet to https://twitter.com/metasj if nec.


> Nick's suggestion can apply...if Internet, probably Gnome has been
> localized to Arabic and you can use the XOs on the Gnome side in Arabic. *But,
> that doesn't help with Sugar for kids.*
>
> In Vietnam in 2009 2010 I was trying to install the Vietnamese language
> pack for the XO. I was in touch with two folks who were helping, but alas,
> by the time I got these instructions, I was no longer out at the remote
> site where the XOs were. I don’t know if they ever got it working. I’ve
> copied Marina V on this email as she worked on this issue in Vietnam also.
> Marina made great progress downloading children's books. I copy Chris
> Leonard too...He is the fantastic localization volunteer and knows a lot.
> If you don't find answers below then maybe Chris L and folks on the
> localization list can help!
>
> I am attaching a PDF where I copy a string of old emails, from Match 2010
> with instructions on how to install the Vietnamese language pack. And
> questions and problems we had trying to get it to work. If you read through
> this, and obviously use the  arabic language pack( instead of the
> Vietnamese one), perhaps something in these instructions will solve your
> problem! I hope so!
>
> Please see attached and good luck!
> Best,
> Nancie
>
> *Nancie G. Severs*
>
> *Treasure Each Day*
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Sarah Naguib <sanaguib at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>> I have been working with the recipients of my laptops in Egypt, and we
>> are having a little bit of
>> trouble with the language. We managed to change the interface language of
>> the XO to Arabic, but
>> obviously not all of the activites switch over to Arabic on their own.
>> The ones that I am having the most trouble with are some of the number
>> activities, but most importantly, the Write activity. I did a lot of online
>> research about how to switch the language, and I ended up following some
>> steps in Terminal, but I'm not sure if I messed up or what because now I
>> have to restore the computer back to factory settings. If you have any
>> ideas about how I could approach this problem, that would be much
>> appreciated.
>> Thank you so much for your time!
>> Sarah Naguib
>>
>
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