Vanuatu - Bislama Translation

[Robyn Willison]

Hi Translators

I am part of a community organisation that want to donate some computers to
schools in Vanuatu. These computers are installed with Ubuntu and we'd like
to have the local language on them. If I can get people in Vanuatu to help
with translation can someone guide me through the process. The local
language is Bislama.


Regards

Robyn

[Ask Hjorth Larsen]

Hi Robyn

Very good initiative. I recommend starting with parts of the GNOME
desktop environment. That is the most important component of Ubuntu
from a perspective of translations.

As far as I can see there is no Bislama team in GNOME, so it would
have to be created. Once the central applications in GNOME have been
translated, they will propagate to the next version of Ubuntu and you
can translate the remaining Ubuntu-specific parts. Be warned that
this is a huge project, so you should always focus on the parts that
are most important for the users. For example GNOME contains lots of
software development tools, but it is no use translating those if the
main interface (menus, etc.) are not.

Here is the information necessary to get started on GNOME (see e.g.
"Starting a team"):

https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject

Best regards
Ask

Post by Robyn Willison
Hi Translators
I am part of a community organisation that want to donate some computers to
schools in Vanuatu. These computers are installed with Ubuntu and we'd like
to have the local language on them. If I can get people in Vanuatu to help
with translation can someone guide me through the process. The local
language is Bislama.
Regards
Robyn
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[Michael Bauer]

Hi Robyn,

You should also watch out for projects which are better translated
elsewhere. For example, if you work on Firefox or LibreOffice on
Launchpad, nothing will ever happen because there is little coordination
with such projects which are technically not "Ubuntu" projects.

It may be slightly out of date but there's a list here which is broadly
speaking still correct: http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Launchpad

The installer strings I would park until much later, generally, you only
see the installer strings once during install, so for most end-users
they are of little impact but there's a LOT to translate there.

When in doubt, best ask.

Michael

Post by Robyn Willison
Hi Translators
I am part of a community organisation that want to donate some
computers to schools in Vanuatu. These computers are installed with
Ubuntu and we'd like to have the local language on them. If I can get
people in Vanuatu to help with translation can someone guide me
through the process. The local language is Bislama.
Regards
Robyn

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Post by Robyn Willison
I am part of a community organisation that want to donate some
computers to schools in Vanuatu. These computers are installed with
Ubuntu and we'd like to have the local language on them. If I can get
people in Vanuatu to help with translation can someone guide me
through the process. The local language is Bislama.

This is some info about preparing for a new language in Ubuntu:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/KnowledgeBase/StartingTeam

There does not seem to exist a bi_VU.UTF-8 locale, so it would have to
be created.

As others have said, translating Ubuntu into a new language is a huge
project.

Possibly an effort to make Ubuntu relevant to Vanuatu users would better
start with making sure that a font (for proper rendering of web
contents) is available, and to figure out a keyboard layout for typing
the language.

[Michael Bauer]

If I remember rightly, it's written in the Latin alphabet with no
diacritics. So font issues are unlikely to crop up.

Michael

Post by Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Possibly an effort to make Ubuntu relevant to Vanuatu users would better
start with making sure that a font (for proper rendering of web
contents) is available, and to figure out a keyboard layout for typing
the language.

--
*Akerbeltz <http://www.faclair.com/>*
Goireasan Gàidhlig air an lìon
Fòn: [phone]
Facs: [phone]

*Tha Gàidhlig aig a' choimpiutair agad, siuthad, feuch e!*
Iomadh rud eadar prògraman oifis, brabhsairean, predictive texting,
geamannan is mòran a bharrachd. Tadhail oirnn aig www.iGàidhlig.net
<http://www.iGaidhlig.net/>

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Post by Michael Bauer

Post by Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Possibly an effort to make Ubuntu relevant to Vanuatu users would
better start with making sure that a font (for proper rendering of
web contents) is available, and to figure out a keyboard layout
for typing the language.

If I remember rightly, it's written in the Latin alphabet with no
diacritics. So font issues are unlikely to crop up.

Maybe I jumped to conclusions because it's a small language. My
apologies if that's the case.

[Michael Bauer]

Hey it's ok, small languages do get saddled with too many diacritics by
linguists! So not a bad general comment to make.

Michael

Post by Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Maybe I jumped to conclusions because it's a small language. My
apologies if that's the case.

--
*Akerbeltz <http://www.faclair.com/>*
Goireasan Gàidhlig air an lìon
Fòn: [phone]
Facs: [phone]

*Tha Gàidhlig aig a' choimpiutair agad, siuthad, feuch e!*
Iomadh rud eadar prògraman oifis, brabhsairean, predictive texting,
geamannan is mòran a bharrachd. Tadhail oirnn aig www.iGàidhlig.net
<http://www.iGaidhlig.net/>

[Fòram na Gàidhlig]

Yep, and also very thoughtful of you to remember the keyboard!

When starting to translate Gnome, best concentrate on the apps first.
The most important non-Gnome projects are Firefox and LibreOffice.

Post by Michael Bauer
Hey it's ok, small languages do get saddled with too many diacritics by
linguists! So not a bad general comment to make.
Michael

Post by Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Maybe I jumped to conclusions because it's a small language. My
apologies if that's the case.

--
*Akerbeltz <http://www.faclair.com/>*
Goireasan Gàidhlig air an lìon
Fòn: [phone]
Facs: [phone]
*Tha Gàidhlig aig a' choimpiutair agad, siuthad, feuch e!*
Iomadh rud eadar prògraman oifis, brabhsairean, predictive texting,
geamannan is mòran a bharrachd. Tadhail oirnn aig
<http://www.iGaidhlig.net/>www.iGàidhlig.net

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