2009/10/30 Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > David Reyes Samblas Martinez <da...@tuxbrain.com> writes: >> *First and prioritary, >> allow have multiple languages on same sdcard > > TBH i can't really understand the desire to have encyclopedic articles > written in other languages. let me gess... your native language is english isn't it? :P >It's encyclopedia, not literature after > all! Why not concentrate on correctness and volume instead of > translating from one language to another equivalent (for this > purposes)? It's just happened so that English became an > internationally understood way of communication, what is the benefit > in trying so hard to do something to alter that? as arne has pointed is not just translating each wikipedia in different language is a different wikipedia and local topics as geography and cultural topics are more rich in the local language than in a foreign one. Also you must face a fact... not everyone in a non english country speaks/reads/or even have listen ever english! yes! it's true believe me , or travel a little more (outside the tourist circuits of course) :)
Also comercial reasons the more lenguages can be integrated the more maket you will arrive. > > I'd prefer having a good English dictionary integrated instead. I prefer a good Spanish one :) I gess if RAE (Royal Academy of Spanish) has an xml to parse :P > David Reyes Samblas Martinez http://www.tuxbrain.com Open ultraportable & embedded solutions Openmoko, Openpandora, Arduino Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!! > -- > Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! > mailto:fercer...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community