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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: add be@latin
From:       Marek Laane <bald () smail ! ee>
Date:       2008-03-22 21:26:44
Message-ID: 200803222326.44814.bald () smail ! ee
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Ühel kenal päeval (laupäev 22 märts 2008 22:49:43) kirjutas Federico Zenith:
> sabato 22 marzo 2008, Serzh L ha scritto:
> > Request to create a new translation for KDE:
> > Belarusian (be@latin) - latin alphabet (white-red-white flag).
>
> 1) Is the version of Łacinka you intend to use uniquely derivable from the
> cyrillic version? If so, you should really use the experience of the
> Serbian team and generate a be@latin version by means of a script. That
> would centralise work in one place and make sure no effort is wasted, plus
> you get to use all the work already done for cyrillic Belarusian.
>
> 2) I am afraid your flag is not going to pass, since it would be a
> political statement. Furthermore, flags are associated to countries, not
> languages. (For those wondering, see the Wikipedia article:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Belarus#The_white-red-white_flag)
>
There is a bug report opened on that issue - 
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149141 (seemingly not resolved yet)

> 3) Are you coordinating with the existing be team? That would make things
> much easier for everybody (especially you).
>
> Cheers,
> -Federico



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