[Wikipedia-l] New language proposal: Wikipedia...

[Francis Tyers]

If there are only small dialect differences, it might be worth looking
at Apertium (http://apertium.sourceforge.net). Free software machine
translation for closely related languages. I think having just different
scripts is about as closely related as you get :)

Fran

On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 15:06 +0530, Frederick "FN" Noronha wrote:
> That doesn't seem possible at this point of time. Each script tends to
> have some small but significant dialectal variations. So, simply using
> some form of mechanical transalation/transiteration might render the
> output quite unreadable.
> 
> It would be preferable to have human-created pages.
> 
> Even if done in different scripts, I don't think this would cause any
> problems as such. Teams would work at differing paces, as per their
> own abilities and convenience. And work by one team might spur on
> others to catch up too.
> 
> The issue we're shifting to is a much wider question, which has been
> causing worry for those keen about the Konkani language. As far as
> Wikipedia goes, what do you see as the suitable solution?
> 
> We have two options -- a common Konkani Wikipedia, or separate ones
> (set up according to interest shown and activity levels initiated). FN
> 
> PS: Have just been working on a portal for Goa at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa  You can see some Konkani
> descriptions (in English there). Since I'm not a techie, have been
> struggling a bit to control the templates and code!
> 
> On 27/08/06, Berto <albertoserra at ukr.net> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > >a script-neutral Wikipedia, or multi Wikipedias to deal
> > > with the diverse scripts of Konkani (even if with differening levels
> > > of activity).
> >
> > Is there any way to make an automatic coverter among the 5 scripts? It would
> > save you a lot of trouble.
> >
> > Bèrto
> >
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