Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=...
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
Hi Emmanuel,
When are we gonna have a kiwix Android app be available?
Regards, Bobby Shabangu On Dec 11, 2014 12:49 PM, "Emmanuel Engelhart" kelson@kiwix.org wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special: MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Dear Bobby
On 11.12.2014 12:56, bobby shabangu wrote:
When are we gonna have a kiwix Android app be available?
It's available here for example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile
Regards Emmanuel
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=...
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
I'll try translating to Akan by end of today.
Thanks for the links
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford On Dec 16, 2014 9:30 AM, "Mohomodou Houssouba" mh@bollag-areal.ch wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special: MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Excellent monohomodou and Rex! On Dec 16, 2014 10:34 AM, "Nkansah Rexford" nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
I'll try translating to Akan by end of today.
Thanks for the links
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford On Dec 16, 2014 9:30 AM, "Mohomodou Houssouba" mh@bollag-areal.ch wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special: MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Many thanks, Rupert; good luck to Rex – I worked closely with other Akan projects.
Keep well and all the best, Mohomodou
On 17.12.14 23:59, rupert THURNER wrote:
Excellent monohomodou and Rex!
On Dec 16, 2014 10:34 AM, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford@gmail.com mailto:nkansahrexford@gmail.com> wrote:
I'll try translating to Akan by end of today. Thanks for the links rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> On Dec 16, 2014 9:30 AM, "Mohomodou Houssouba" <mh@bollag-areal.ch <mailto:mh@bollag-areal.ch>> wrote: Dear Emmanuel, Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized. Best regards, Mohomodou On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote: Hi, at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface. Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software. Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated). Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start Thank you in advance for your help. Regards Emmanuel _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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Hi Rexford
This would be great, we have a few people deploying Kiwix in Ghana and I'm sure this would be appreciated by end-users. https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&action=proofre...
Kind regards Emmanuel
On 16.12.2014 10:34, Nkansah Rexford wrote:
I'll try translating to Akan by end of today.
Thanks for the links
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford
On Dec 16, 2014 9:30 AM, "Mohomodou Houssouba" <mh@bollag-areal.ch mailto:mh@bollag-areal.ch> wrote:
Dear Emmanuel, Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized. Best regards, Mohomodou On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote: Hi, at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface. Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.__php?title=Special:__MessageGroupStats&group=out-__kiwix#sortable:3=desc <https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc> Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software. Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated). Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/__wiki/Translating:How_to_start <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start> Thank you in advance for your help. Regards Emmanuel _________________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.__wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/__mailman/listinfo/african-__wikimedians <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians>
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Dear Mohomodou
I really appreciate this!
Like you might know part of the development work of Kiwix takes place in Mali and Kiwix is broadly installed in Malian schools.
Translatewiki had also added support of Songhai on our request and we have been waiting to this translation for around a year.
Thus, thank you very much, this translation will be included to Kiwix base code and make available for end-users in next releases of the software.
Kind regards Emmanuel
On 16.12.2014 10:30, Mohomodou Houssouba wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=...
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Dear Emmanuel,
I am happy to hear about the neat inroads made by Kiwix into Malian schools. I wasn't aware of it– and to be honest, I lack basic, critical information about the situation on the ground. So, if you have links, contacts, or other sources, please send them my way.
This is probably due to the roundabout way I came to Wikimedia project, through a Mozilla meeting in 2011. (This is where I am most involved since 2009.) Amir encouraged me then and at subsequent Mozilla meetings, but I could never get around to it. Iolanda brought me to this list a weeks ago. So I can understand the difficulty of getting someone in Mali to focus on this. Anyway I got around it this fall. I am happy to know that it will be released and tested. I have invited potential users to look at the translation and send me any feedback they might have. This way we could improve the user-interface further together.
And since I mentioned Mozilla more than once, if it's at all relevant, from now on those end-users could surf the whole Mozilla website in Songhay. Firefox too will come out soon for PC and mobile devices. Since my Translatewiki translation is strongly influenced by the Mozilla localization work, combining their use could increase familiarity with the terminology. Even though the formulations are not identical. I consider the translation of interfaces a dynamic process, so I'd love to hear from users of all levels of experience.
A restful weekend to you and best regards, Mohomodou
On 18.12.14 15:48, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Dear Mohomodou
I really appreciate this!
Like you might know part of the development work of Kiwix takes place in Mali and Kiwix is broadly installed in Malian schools.
Translatewiki had also added support of Songhai on our request and we have been waiting to this translation for around a year.
Thus, thank you very much, this translation will be included to Kiwix base code and make available for end-users in next releases of the software.
Kind regards Emmanuel
On 16.12.2014 10:30, Mohomodou Houssouba wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=...
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Hi Everyone!
Nice one Rex and Mohomodou!
I will take a look at that Ewe (ewegbe) too! https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&action=proofre...
Best,
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Mohomodou Houssouba mh@bollag-areal.ch wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
I am happy to hear about the neat inroads made by Kiwix into Malian schools. I wasn't aware of it- and to be honest, I lack basic, critical information about the situation on the ground. So, if you have links, contacts, or other sources, please send them my way.
This is probably due to the roundabout way I came to Wikimedia project, through a Mozilla meeting in 2011. (This is where I am most involved since 2009.) Amir encouraged me then and at subsequent Mozilla meetings, but I could never get around to it. Iolanda brought me to this list a weeks ago. So I can understand the difficulty of getting someone in Mali to focus on this. Anyway I got around it this fall. I am happy to know that it will be released and tested. I have invited potential users to look at the translation and send me any feedback they might have. This way we could improve the user-interface further together.
And since I mentioned Mozilla more than once, if it's at all relevant, from now on those end-users could surf the whole Mozilla website in Songhay. Firefox too will come out soon for PC and mobile devices. Since my Translatewiki translation is strongly influenced by the Mozilla localization work, combining their use could increase familiarity with the terminology. Even though the formulations are not identical. I consider the translation of interfaces a dynamic process, so I'd love to hear from users of all levels of experience.
A restful weekend to you and best regards, Mohomodou
On 18.12.14 15:48, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Dear Mohomodou
I really appreciate this!
Like you might know part of the development work of Kiwix takes place in Mali and Kiwix is broadly installed in Malian schools.
Translatewiki had also added support of Songhai on our request and we have been waiting to this translation for around a year.
Thus, thank you very much, this translation will be included to Kiwix base code and make available for end-users in next releases of the software.
Kind regards Emmanuel
On 16.12.2014 10:30, Mohomodou Houssouba wrote:
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information and the links. I translated it into Songhay (ses) in which Translatewiki has already been localized.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 11.12.14 11:49, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Hi,
at Kiwix, we do our best to support as much as possible the "local/minor" languages. That means providing offline versions of smaller wikis but also provide localised user interface.
Kiwix user interface is localised by volunteers on Translatewiki. You can get there a good overview of the current status for each language: https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special: MessageGroupStats&group=out-kiwix#sortable:3=desc
Kiwix user interface is already translated in more than 100 languages but you can see by yourself that many essential African languages are still not fully translated. For this reason we can't integrate them as "supported language" to the software.
Thus, this would be really great if a few readers of this mailing list help to improve Kiwix localisation in their mother tongue. Translate the whole set of strings in one language takes only a few hours and can really benefit to thousands of Kiwix users (but many of the languages are already partly translated).
Here is how to start: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:How_to_start
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards Emmanuel
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Dear Mohomodou
On 20.12.2014 11:03, Mohomodou Houssouba wrote:
I am happy to hear about the neat inroads made by Kiwix into Malian schools. I wasn't aware of it– and to be honest, I lack basic, critical information about the situation on the ground. So, if you have links, contacts, or other sources, please send them my way.
3 people are mostly active: * Fasokan who installs Wikipedia offline everywhere he can * Michel who give Wikipedia lessons @CNF Bamako and share offline versions with students * Renaud @Jokkolabs Bamako who is Kiwix founder
There are also other people, but I wanted to keep this list short.
Regards Emmanuel
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for the details. I've had periodic email exchanges with Renaud over the last few years. I hope to meet him next time in Bamako. I know he coordinated the Songhay lexicon project ("wiktionnaire") but didn't know about the Kiwix component. I missed the opportunity to go to a Jokkolabs this past August due to an event conflict.
Best regards, Mohomodou
On 21.12.14 18:45, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Dear Mohomodou
On 20.12.2014 11:03, Mohomodou Houssouba wrote:
I am happy to hear about the neat inroads made by Kiwix into Malian schools. I wasn't aware of it– and to be honest, I lack basic, critical information about the situation on the ground. So, if you have links, contacts, or other sources, please send them my way.
3 people are mostly active:
- Fasokan who installs Wikipedia offline everywhere he can
- Michel who give Wikipedia lessons @CNF Bamako and share offline
versions with students
- Renaud @Jokkolabs Bamako who is Kiwix founder
There are also other people, but I wanted to keep this list short.
Regards Emmanuel
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