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Re: [SM-I18N] Bengali Bangladesh (bn-BD) Translation of SquirrelMail
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From: Jamil A. <its...@gm...> - 2009-03-13 08:17:14
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2009/3/13 Paul Lesniewski <pa...@sq...> > >> >> >> > Can someone please help to integrate Bengali Bangladesh > >> >> >> > translation? > >> >> >> > It > >> >> >> > can > >> >> >> > be found in the url below: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > http://www.ankur.org.bd/downloads/l10n/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_bn_BD_13jan08.tar.bz2 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Thanks so very much for your contribution! Some questions/notes > >> >> >> follow: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> The comment lines at the top of your squirrelmail.po file should > >> >> >> look > >> >> >> more like the Swedish one (for example). Please have a look at it > >> >> >> in > >> >> >> sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/squirrelmail.po and at least put the right > >> >> >> language > >> >> >> in. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks for informing the issue. Now the language code is added. > >> >> > Please > >> >> > check: > >> >> > >> >> Thank you. Note that the word "LANGUAGE" at the very top of the file > >> >> should be replaced with the actual language name. > >> >> > >> >> Also, please update the copyright to 2009. > >> > > >> > Now both "LANGUAGE" and copyright information is updated. > >> > > >> > > >> > > http://www.ankur.org.bd/downloads/l10n/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_bn_BD_09mar09.tar.bz2 > >> > >> Looks really good. One thing left -- the string "sec_remove_eng.png" > >> in squirrelmail.po should be translated to "sec_remove_bn_BD". Can > >> you please make this change? > > > > Done. Please check: > > > http://www.ankur.org.bd/downloads/l10n/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_bn_BD_13mar09.tar.bz2 > > > > Also I have updated the png file with red texts. :) > > http://www.ankur.org.bd/downloads/l10n/squirrelmail/sec_remove_bn_BD.png > > OK, looks good. > > >> >> And who should be listed as the official language maintainers? I > >> >> don't see your name in the translation itself...? I'd need names and > >> >> email addresses of the maintainers. > >> > > >> > Maintainer: Bengali (bn-BD) > >> > Name: Jamil Ahmed > >> > Email address: its...@gm... > >> > >> OK. > >> > >> >> Finally, in your testing, what did you add to functions/i18n.php? > >> >> Here is an example for Latvian. Please show what you used. > >> >> > >> >> $languages['lv_LV']['NAME'] = 'Latvian'; > >> >> $languages['lv_LV']['ALTNAME'] = 'Latvių'; > >> >> $languages['lv_LV']['CHARSET'] = 'utf-8'; > >> >> $languages['lv_LV']['LOCALE'] = 'lv_LV.UTF-8'; > >> >> $languages['lv']['ALIAS'] = 'lv_LV'; > >> >> > >> >> Note that LOCALE can contain multiple preferences in case the first > >> >> isn't found, such as: > >> >> > >> >> $languages['sv_SE']['LOCALE'] = array('sv_SE.UTF-8','sv_SE'); > >> > > >> > You can use the content of following file for "bn_BD": > >> > > >> > http://www.ankur.org.bd/downloads/l10n/squirrelmail/lang_info.txt > >> > >> That ALTNAME won't work. Any 8-bit symbols must be HTML-encoded. > > > > Sorry, I have updated the file. Please check again. > > So "Bangla" is how you'd show "Bengali" to a native speaker reading > their webmail? Just want to be sure. > > http://squirrelmail.org/docs/devel/devel-3.html#ss3.2 > > Following should work, $languages['bn_BD']['ALTNAME'] = 'বাংলা'; Also we can update it later if needed. >> As for whether or not "bn" should be aliased to "bn_IN" or "bn_ID", > >> I'm not certain. Do more people use Bengali in Bangladesh or India? > >> India's population being what it is and that it's the second most > >> spoken language there, I'd guess the latter. However, it's the first > >> official language of Bangladesh and your translation is much much more > >> thorough. Do you have reasons for your opinion on this matter? > > > > According to http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ben, 100M > > people of Bangladesh speak Bengali but only 70M in India, and Bengali is > the > > official *national* language of Bangladesh. > > OK, I'm convinced. :-) Beside, your translation is many times more > complete than the bn_IN one. > > :-) >> > Btw, in bn_IN's setup.php there is an alias for both "bn" and "bn_BD" > >> > which > >> > needs to be removed. > >> > > >> > $languages['bn_BD']['ALIAS'] = 'bn_IN'; > >> > $languages['bn']['ALIAS'] = 'bn_IN'; > >> > >> Yes, I'll remove the alias for "bn_BD", but per above, I'm not yet > >> sure who should get "bn". > > > > Also projects like OpenOffice.org and Debian-Installer use bn for bn-BD. > > > > Ref link for OOo: > > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=50434 > > > >> >> >> Regarding the language code, I want to confirm that Bengali in > >> >> >> Bangladesh is in fact different than in India? We do already (as > >> >> >> you > >> >> >> probably know) have a bn_IN translation. We are moving away from > >> >> >> including region codes in the language name in SquirrelMail if > there > >> >> >> is no reason to have it, so if you object to having the India > region > >> >> >> in the Bengali translation name, we can remove it. > >> >> > > >> >> > Yes, there are differences on spellings, dialects and general terms > >> >> > usage. > >> >> > So we should keep the region codes. > >> >> > >> >> Looking at what the rest of the free software world does, it looks > >> >> like many projects (e.g., KDE, Fedora) have a "bn_IN" translation and > >> >> a "bn" translation, although I do see that Debian also has a "bn_BD" > >> >> translation. I am not an expert on Bengali, but I just want to make > >> >> sure we are synchronized with what everyone else is doing. > >> > > >> > Yes, initially we {Ankur, a team consist of Bangladeshi and Indian > >> > volunteers for Bengali localization} started with "bn" translation for > >> > GNOME, KDE, Fedora etc projects. After the translation reached into a > >> > good > >> > level, it was forked into "bn" and "bn_IN". Later we did not changed > the > >> > "bn" translations into "bn_BD". > >> > >> Meaning you should have changed it from "bn" to "bn_BD"? > > > > Actually we thought/think, as Bengali is the *national* language of > > Bangladesh and the number of speaker is highest in Bangladesh, bn will go > > for bn_BD by default. :) > > > >> OK, it sounds like "bn_BD" is good for SquirrelMail. > >> > >> We're just about finished! > >> > >> Thanks again! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. 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