te_IN translation for Debian Installer

[appaji]

My parents found it strange that I spend considerable time in the night doing "some Linux thing", so the other day I explained to them what Free software is and we talked about copyright and licensing. I was very happy that they were able to appreciate it. I also gave a Debian Installer demo.

While there are a bunch of Indian languages

Comments

Thanks!

[anonymous]

Thanks for helping make Debian the truly Universal Operating System!

Re: Thanks!

[appaji]

My pleasure!

hat off

[anonymous]

What struck me immediately when reading this was your excellent command of Shakespeare's language. I'm not a native speaker myself, but I did notice how you crafted this blog post very carefully. I am confident Telugu support in the Debian installer will be great. As a previous poster already said, Debian becomes a bit more universal. Thank you for that!

Mark

Re: hat off

[appaji]

Thank you for the kind words, Mark.

[subtle_blues]

Wow! That's some cool work. Good luck!

sorry, I don't have any helpful tips.

[appaji]

tis fun!

[ext_58464]

Hi, I would like to help. I've been doing Telugu localizations in BetaWiki, Launchpad and some other places.I am trying to make it a habit to be in #debian-in, whenever possible.

Couple more resources:
* FUEL project
* TeluguPadam and its discussion group (probably these are not ready for mainstream yet)

will contact you

[appaji]

I'll get in touch with you on e-mail and IRC veeven.

Fuel looks promising, and one of your links led me to Google Indic transliteration page that has good quality spell-checking too.

[runab]

[...]
I am using these simple guidelines for translation:

* Use language that is used in the newspapers today.
* Do not invent words.
* If a translated Telugu word sounds complex or ambiguous in the translation context, include the corresponding English word in Telugu as well as English in parentheses next to it.

[...]

This is an extremely practical approach at localizing the User interface messages. I remember reusing/referencing terminology from automated telephone services, mobile phone user manuals, airport security announcements etc. Reason being, familiar instructions of operation via graphical interface can be replicated and users may find it easier to acclamatise themselves with the new interface. :-)

All the best...

[appaji]

That is a nice idea -- text from announcements and manuals would be very familiar. I'll see if I can find some. Thanks for the tip.