I believe Firefox use pootle or similar which means that the work is
available for other to build on and translate their products into Acholi
also.
On 02/22/2013 01:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Maybe a better project would have been a google or bing translator... just
thinking :)
I don't know why so but I subscribe to Richard's School of thought.
Converting a web browser to a local language might not do any effect to
Internet even coding society minus wasting them time.
I am a Muganda and many Baganda will sign with me, It is easier to write
an English paragraph than a similar Luganda paragraph. Not because
Luganda is useless but because we have been brought up to study so and
to some people it is called brain washing off our mother language.
Now that we have been brain washed already, we only need to look
forward.
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On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 13:29 +0300, Jake Markhus wrote:
Richard,
I think it is easier teaching an English speaking person who is also
fluent in Acholi.
It also gives the student some comfort and “familiarity�. A lot of
the
controls and menus
are meant to be intuitive. Translating them helps this. Of course if
you put my browser in
Acholi/Luganda/Runyankole and I wasn’t familiar with the settings by
sight, changing it
back to English would be a pain in the…
Basically the translation is meant to lower the barrier to learning
and use.
James
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Richard Obore
Sent: Friday, 22 February 2013 13:24
To: Uganda Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [LUG] FireFox now in Acholi
My name is Obore, so even though I wish to play devil's advocate for a
moment, I hope it is understood that am not against the Acholi (my
ancestors) or any local Ugandan tribe, or even translation...
BUT:
So, Firefox is in Acholi - now what? Are there any websites in
Acholi?
Is it worth it translating anything to Luganda, Runyankore, Lusoga,
etc?
(besides sentimental value & proof of concept)
I suspect that most Ugandans who have access to a browser plus
internet connection speak English anyway, don't they?
(OK, maybe not the Bukedde group, but all others i suppose)
I have no facts to support what i claim - just anecdotal evidence. But
am open to your ideas.
Whats your opinion? Are there any records about non-english literacy
in Uganda?
R.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>
wrote:
Very cool :)
On Feb 20, 2013 12:21 AM, "Mugabi Allan"
<[email protected]> wrote:
This is incredible, focusing more on Local Content
before reaching out to the World.
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