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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-edu-devel] kdeedu/i18n/common use
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-25 8:21:29
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>
> I agree, that we should look over everything about the maximum use of i18n
> features. Some apps use external files with translatable data, whis isnt
> i18n-ed yet. I did it (with help from carsten) only a few weeks ago for
> KPercentage.
>
> But the main point here is  (imo), that we have a language problem with
> language programs. Think of language lessons at school! Explain another
> language by language. One educational approach is only to use the language
> itself and some concrete objects, that means explain german in german or
> spanish in spanish. Say "Apfel" and point to an apple! And pupils are made
> to use only the new language to communicate. So it is a serious approach
> making the GUI of KVerbos  (e.g.) in spanish. And it can be used "worldwide
> by everybody" how wants to learn spanish seriously. One will decide to say,
> it is too difficult: a spanish interface for learning spanish! But it is
> educational reasonable (imo).

I think I already mentioned before, that I am much in favour of configurable 
options ;-)))

Well, another weird idea for this problem: Make an option for language apps, 
that says "use language of excercise for GUI". This could be also one of the 
options that is configured globally in a kcontrol center module. If the 
english GUI is translated by the translations teams, then the translations 
are available anyways (ok, if they are installed... but usually one learns 
only a limited set of languages and you could tell the user to install the 
other i18n packages to use this option).

It would be nice if the language apps handle that in a similar way. Is there 
any cooperation between the coders going on? 

Greetings,
eva


>
> Greetings
>
> Matthias

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