Re: [libreoffice-l10n]

Hi David,
Le 05/11/2022 à 21:40, David A. Redick a écrit :
> Hello!  It is my goal for 2023 to translate LibreOffice into Cherokee.
That's a great goal for you language and for LibreOffice :)
> It looks like there are no previous nor current translations in weblate so
> I'll have to start from the ground up.  I've read a few of the articles on the
> wiki and I think the following is enough to get the ball rolling.

For Weblate, pleas let me know your username there, then I can create 
the language group. Cherokee already exists on Weblate, we need to 
populate the project there:
https://translations.documentfoundation.org/languages/chr/
> English:        Cherokee
> Native Syllabary:       ᏣᎳᎩ
> Romanized:      Tsalagi
> Romanized with phonetic breaks: Tsa-la-gi
> ISO 639-2:      chr
> ISO 639-3:      chr
>
> It is polysynthetic language, written from left to right.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysynthetic_language
>
> It spoken in by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) in Oklahoma,
> the Cherokee Nation (CN) in Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokee
> Indians (EBCI) in North Carolina.
>
> There are dialectical differences and I will focused on what is
> taught and spoken in North Carolina.
>
> While the native script is supported by Unicode and LibreOffice Writer
> (tested on GNU+Linux),
> most real life signage typically has both English and Cherokee side by
> side.  Some
> may bold certain syllables in the Romanized form to aid with enunciation.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_language#/media/File:Cwy_no_parking.jpg
>
> If possible I would like to do something similar in LibreOffice.
> Hopefully this will lower
> the learning curve and give a lower barrier for self teachers.
>
> It would make navigating the menus... interesting.  I'm open to
> suggestions on how to best to do this.
>
> Perhaps two translations projects/entries would be necessary one for
> the native and one for the Romanized?
Do you know any other software already translated in Cherokee? First 
thing I could think is having the Romanized form as extended tips.
Not sure what is possible, Christian is currently on vacation, but I'll 
discuss with him when he is back.
> Both the Tri-Council and UNESCO have acknowledged that the Tsalagi is
> critically endangered so anything that would help "learning while
> using" would be worth while.
>
> https://theonefeather.com/2019/06/27/tri-council-declares-state-of-emergency-for-cherokee-language/
>
> https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2022/06/redirect_new_world_atlas_of_languages_en.pdf

Cheers
Sophie

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