Re: First contact

2013-07-04 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Hello Dominique, Welcome to Ubuntu Translators. Here is some useful information for you. You can find the ubuntu translatable templates (pt_BR) on Launchpad: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+lang/pt_BR On this page you find a link to Ubuntu Brazilian Translators. You can contact

Re: Statistics of use of a language

2013-07-04 Thread Michael Bauer
Hi Tom, 04/07/2013 20:28, sgrìobh Tom Davies: Hi :) That usage figure of 1-2% has been quoted for decades without anyone really looking into it. MS keeps telling us that it's still only 1-2% according to studies they paid for. They broadly match the site stats I collect from my websites, belo

Re: Statistics of use of a language

2013-07-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That usage figure of 1-2% has been quoted for decades without anyone really looking into it.  MS keeps telling us that it's still only 1-2% according to studies they paid for.  Mostly it seems that any machine bought with Windows pre-installed counts as a Windows user.  Plus any new vers

First contact

2013-07-04 Thread Dominique Fonseca
Hi, everyone. I'm a brand new member of this mailing list and I'd like to work with you in English - Portuguese (brazilian) - English translations, but as I'm new to the list (and ubuntu), I'm kind of lost in here. So, can anyone help me with my first steps, like, where to go to find something to

Re: Statistics of use of a language

2013-07-04 Thread Michael Bauer
Before we get too excited, I'd like to query the ... likelihood of these stats. I went and looked at those I'm most familiar with Irish 5418 Gaelic 4570 Manx 1244 Now, I'm not sure what the starting point of these is but they look very wrong. At best, there are 100 Manx speakers in the world.