Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: Bambara / Bamanakan

Dear Rimas

Thanks very much for the launch pad!
Your care with this is Highly appeciated.
I'll have a look at it right now.

Long life to "Atviras Kodas Lietuvai"

I ni ce, i ni baraji ! k'i ni h?r? b?n!
/approx Thanks & peace be with you!/

JJ "Jire"


Le 12/11/2013 20:48, Rimas Kudelis a écrit :
> Hello JJ,
>
> Yes you can volunteer to be the lead.
>
> I have added Bambara to Pootle (note, the locale code I used is "bm"
> instead of "bm-ML") and made you the admin of this locale. All you have
> to do now is add yourself to the wiki page (you'll have to register on
> the wiki to do that, or ask someone else) and start localizing.
>
> I've initialized the LibreOffice 4.1 UI project for you. That's plenty
> of work. If you would want any other project initialized, ask for that
> on the list.
>
> What you could also do before starting is to take care to publish the
> information about the plural forms in your language on
> http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/localization-guide/en/latest/l10n/pluralforms.html
> and https://translations.launchpad.net/+languages/bm . From skimming a
> Wikipedia article about your language, I assume that the correct plural
> rule would be "nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);" (which means, there's one
> singular form for cases when there's just one object, and one plural
> form for all other cases), but I'd rather have you confirm or correct
> that (we don't (yet) make use of these forms in LibreOffice, but having
> this well documented will definitely help other projects).
>
> There's plenty of info for beginners on the wiki, but I suspect it might
> be a bit disorganized and difficult to find. For example, here's the
> guide about using Pootle (thanks Sophie!):
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PootleGuide .
>
> Good luck and don't hesitate to write to this list if you have questions
> or feedback!
> And apologies for ignoring your previous message.
>
> Rimas
>
> 2013.11.12 10:27, jjmeric wrote:
> > I am reiterating my question, following the recommendations:
> >
> >     /Get the necessary permissions from //*the *//*leads of your
> >     language project
> >     <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Language_Teams>*//(contact the
> >     mailing list below if the language project does not exist or its
> >     lead is not specified or does not respond in a reasonable amount of
> >     time)//
> >     /
> >
> >
> > There does not seem to be a "lead" for bambara/bamanan (bm-ML), so
> > what do we do ?
> > Can I volunteer to be that person ? and if yes how do I proceed to get
> > things started!!!
> >
> > Thanks for help!
> > JJ
> >
> > Le 07/11/2013 23:00, jjmeric a écrit :
> > > Bambara (bm-ML) is a west African language spoken in several
> > > countries, the main one being Mali (ML)
> > > Please help me get started in opening what needs to be open on Pootle
> > > and on the wiki.
> > >
> > > As a short introduction, I am a 3d year student at INALCO, Paris
> > > (http://www.inalco.fr/)
> > > I have implemented a spell-checker for the language, which I
> > > submitted for Extensions but for some reason it does not show up
> > > there (I need help there too!)
> > >
> > > Jean-Jacques


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