From kde-edu-devel  Thu Jul 25 10:19:08 2002
From: Klas Kalass <klas.kalass () gmx ! de>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:19:08 +0000
To: kde-edu-devel
Subject: Re: [kde-edu-devel] Re: Kiten
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Am Thursday 25 July 2002 11:24 schrieb Thomas Diehl:
> Am Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2002 01:45 schrieb Jason Katz-Brown:
> > I know many many more Non-Japanese that use Kiten than Japanese people
> > (maybe they are too quiet :) that use Kiten. Japanese seems to be a
> > popular language (or at least the demand for looking up words), just
> > because Anime and Manga are popular. Not to mention a Chinese and German
> > dictionary works as well. However, I don't think this is the best reaso=
n;
> > I don't really see a problem. If translators make claims that 99.9% of
> > their users won't use an app, then doesn't it make sense not to transla=
te
> > it?
>
> No. Most language teams are aiming for fully translated user environments
> and (apparently) think that KDE proper should only contain programs of
> "more general interest". It is, of course, debatable what's really "gener=
al
> interest". But I think we can safely assume that programs for learning ju=
st
> one single language (like apparently Kiten, KVerbos, and Knorskverbs) are
> _not_ "general interest" by any stretch of imagination. The counterexample
> would be KVoctrain which tries to support any language in any direction.
How do you decide which program is of general interest, then? Especially in=
=20
kdeedu that is impossible. For illustration I will list some programs in=20
kdeedu and what the target groups of those are:

flashkard: Someone who wants to learn something (the most general it can ge=
t=20
for kdeedu)
kalzium: People with strong interest in Chemistry
keduca: Mainly Teachers
kgeo,kpercentage(,kbruch), kmathtool: Certain Age Group, learning math
ktouch: People who want to learn typing
khangman, kmessedwords: Entertainment, everybody who likes that kind of=20
entertainment, pretty general
=2E...

So if we start that "specialization" issue, what tools do we keep? An entir=
e=20
module called kdeedu, only containing kflashkard?
I think if it is an educational app and it is possible to translate it (i.e=
=2E=20
"any language" <-> Japanese) then it belongs to kdeedu and nowhere else.
I have to agree with Jason: If the app is of regional non-interest, then do=
n't=20
translate it for those regions because it is not worth the effort obviously.

Klas
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