Dear Ali,
Le Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:51:16 -0700 (PDT), Ali Yusuf <callibaa...@yahoo.com> a écrit : > Short Proposal of translating the open office to Somali language > Introduction > Translating the open office to Somali language can encourage the > Somalis to make use of qualitative product that is free to them. This > short proposal will discuss the contribution of the product to the > developments of the Somali nation in couple of dimensions. These > dimensions are target group, the significance of translating the open > office to Somali language, and the project initiator. Finally the > proposal sums up with technical descriptions of the project. The > target group The Somali speaking nation live mainly in Somalia, > Djibouti, large region in Ethiopia, large region in Kenya. The rest > is spread to the rest of the world such as developed countries > “western Europe, North America and Australia, and developing > countries such as china, India and other countries. Due to the fact > that not all Somali speaking are registered discussions arose from > the actual quantity of this nation. The registered number of the > population living in Somalia only is over eight million people. This > number excludes the Somali speaking people living in Djibouti, > Ethiopia, Kenya and elsewhere. The significance of translating the > open office to Somali language The most Somalis are poor people > earning less than $ 1.500 a year(see below the economic pyramid). > This nation live mainly in east Africa. Due to the fact that these > people has to survive with this low income they cannot afford to buy > products that can be Project initiator The project initiator is > originally from Somalia. He is a Dutch citizen living in the > Netherlands. He has recently finalized his MBA at Radboud University > of Nijmegen. Apart from the fact that he is a Phd candidate he has > established the first opinion research agency that focus on the > Somali speaking nation. He has published on regional magazines as > well as international academic journals. He is committed to act as > responsible entrepreneur and inspire many Somali speaking generations > to come. Summery Here are some details needed for setting up the > project such as: project name, and ISO code. My username: calibaashi > Project Name: Somali Possible ISO code: so Summary: The Open-office > provided Somali language, for the Somali speaking nation. Short > description: This project intends to provide Open office in Somali > language (af soomaali) to the Somali nation. This nation primarily > lives in Somalia, Djibouti, part of Ethiopia, part of Kenya and > several other parts around the globe. > Thank you and welcome to the Native-Language Confederation of OpenOffice.org. I will file an issue asap. Meanwhile, please read http://l10n.openoffice.org and register there as well for the localization of Openoffice.org in your language. Also, please sign the SCA and fax it: http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf & http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html Best, Charles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@native-lang.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@native-lang.openoffice.org
