From: <sen...@gm...> - 2005-04-13 19:43:16
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OK, Valencian is "valenci=E0" (like catalan is catal=E0) On 4/13/05, =C3=81lvaro J. Iradier <air...@us...> wrote: > Ok, so finally I added native names to the langlist file (all I found), a= nd > sorted languages by ENGLISH name, as I find it impossible to sort some na= tive > names :) >=20 > Please translators, check them. >=20 > Greets. >=20 > El S=C3=A1bado, 2 de Abril de 2005 20:37, Harry Vennik escribi=C3=B3: > > While thinking it over once again I realize that I was mainly thinking = of > > the language list as it appears on the translations page on the amsn > > website, forgetting the language chooser in amsn itself. Of course, bot= h > > are based on the same file, but preferred order does not necessarily be= the > > same. > > > > From a user point of view, yes, I think you may be right. Let's be as > > friendly as possible and let him choose for Espa=C3=B1ol, Italiano or > > Nederlands, rather than Dutch, Italian or Spanish. The native name will= be > > easier to recognize. > > > > From the developer point of view, English names make more sense. > > Communication is mainly in English, so let's stick to that. Besides, so= me > > time ago (don't know when exactly) there also was a langlist discussion > > like this one. We chose to use English names that time. We do have all > > English names now, but we are missing lots of native names. Getting all > > native names in the list would certainly be a requirement if we want to > > sort languages by native names. Having mixed 'native (english)' and > > 'english' would really be too ugly. > > > > And finally: do we really want to have double naming everywhere? Do we = need > > to? I'd say 'no' to both. Having a separate <nativename> element is not > > difficult, and I don't think it will break a thing, since the currently > > used xml elements keep their meaning. It's not really changing the file > > format, it's just extending. It would be the most clean way to do it, a= nd > > at the same time it enables for using english names on the website and > > native names in the language chooser in aMSN, for example. (And such a > > thing requires only a very little change of code, I guess). > > > > Okay, I gave some arguments, it's up to you... > > > > If you are going to complete the list with all native names, one way or= the > > other, the following might help you a lot: > > http://www.omniglot.com/language/names.htm > > > > Greetings, > > > > Harry > > > > Op zaterdag 2 april 2005 18:22, schreef =C3=81lvaro J. Iradier: > > > Ok, I agree. I thought Dutch was native name and Nederlands the engli= sh > > > name, sorry. I just intended to have: > > > > > > Native name (english name) > > > > > > where possible > > > > > > instead of changing the langlist format, why not just: > > > > > > Native name (english name) > > > or > > > English name (native name) > > > > > > for languages in language list? That should be very easy. As langlist= is > > > utf-8 encoded you can even have the native chinese name in there, for > > > example. > > > > > > The question is: > > > > > > native(english) > > > or > > > english(native) > > > > > > I think first option is better, because the user might now the native > > > name but not the english name. Why do you think english(native) is > > > better? > > > > > > Greets. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users= . > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id=14396&op=3DClick > > _______________________________________________ > > Amsn-lang mailing list > > Ams...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-lang >=20 > -- >=20 > (=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D) > Alvaro J. Iradier Muro > air...@us... >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id=14396&opclick > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-lang mailing list > Ams...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-lang > |