Salam all, A big thanks to Arafat for the guidance. It was immensely helpful. Iĺl be sure to stick to it from now on. Hereś a crazy idea, what if I actually tried to use the software I'm translating for? :D
I should have thought of that sooner. Would have put everything into context for me. At any rate here is my report for tonight: Only 30 messages translated today. I did however finally upgrade to Man 10. Kbabel is working perfectly now. Arabic viewing and typing now fully supported on my box. With everything working so well, expect to see the file finished by tomorrow, or Friday at most. A small problem for me right now is assigning shortcuts. This problem should go away once I start using the software though. Also, I have come to a conclusion that although the words ¨emoticons¨ and ¨smileys¨ are used interchangeably, emoticons is the one we should translate because, well, not all those ugly yellow faces are smiling :) X( :0 :P So I pose to you gentlemen the following suggestions: 1. ta3abeer/ mu3abbirat 2. asareer (I know, a little too poetic) Anymore suggestions? Also, I need suggestions on how to translate ¨status message¨. I used a word for word translation but it doesnṫ feel right. Those Microsoftish meaningless and almost non-human translations drive the end-user crazy. (says my father, to whom constantly cursing Microsoft has become sort of a ritual. It won't be long before Linux becomes a viable option to people like him). Thats all I have in my bag for now. By the way Nadim, sorry for not applying for a CVS account yet. I still need to configure my settings properly so I can access CVS from behind this proxy. I connect to the Internet through a LAN. If all else fails Iĺl just subscribe with another ISP through dial-up. This situation is only temporary. Salam to all, Abdulaziz __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Doc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc
