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Thank you Edward for the feedback. I'll review the links in detail.<div>I'm excited to know about the tutorial. Please keep us informed We'll love to see your work.</div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Janet Melchor<br><br><div>> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:46:24 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [Localization] ¿How many people is needed to start a translation team ?<br>> From: mokurai@earthtreasury.org<br>> To: jenny_pue_mex@hotmail.com<br>> CC: localization@lists.laptop.org<br>> <br>> On Thu, July 21, 2011 5:14 pm, Janet Melchor wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I'm guessing we need at least one language specialist and a programmer for<br>> > making a translation work<br>> <br>> I believe that the correct answer is one person competent in both<br>> languages (not necessarily a specialist), in computing, and in<br>> understanding children; and one Pootle administrator, who can be the same<br>> person. It is not necessary to have a programmer for localization, only<br>> for internationalizing new software in preparation for localization. Here<br>> is more detail.<br>> <br>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization#Getting_started<br>> <br>> See also<br>> <br>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Translator<br>> <br>> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ includes Etoys<br>> <br>> http://translate.flossmanuals.net/<br>> <br>> > in Tenek language from San Luis Potosi State<br>> > that is located at center of Mexico.<br>> <br>> I am pleased to see that Tenek, or Teenek or Huastec, is a Mayan language<br>> with something like 150,000 speakers. Please let your Teenek-speaking<br>> colleagues know that I am working on a tutorial in visual numerals,<br>> including Mayan numerals and the Long Count calendar. In part I make the<br>> point that Mayan civilization was one of only two to invent positional<br>> numerals with a 0 (the other also not being European), and that the Mayan<br>> calendar was and remained until quite recently far more precise than the<br>> Gregorian calendar or its predecessor the Julian calendar. Another<br>> important point is that Mayan numerals are much easier for children to<br>> learn than Hindu/Arabic/European numerals, the other system with a 0.<br>> <br>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals<br>> <br>> > Please I need this information to call a local team.<br>> > Regards! _______________________________________________<br>> > Localization mailing list<br>> > Localization@lists.laptop.org<br>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Edward Mokurai<br>> (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر<br>> ج) Cherlin<br>> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.<br>> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.<br>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks<br>> <br>> <br></div></div></div></div></div> </div></body>
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