[PAL-en] RE: Projets de localisation en Guiné

["Don Osborn" <dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello,

I cannot speak in the place about the Guineans, but to my
knowledge there are no yet projects of localization of LL (FOSS) in
the languages of Guinea. One speaks about it for the N' ko (let us
rapellons that there was of it a word processing software in DOS
called "Koma Kuda"). 

One also speaks about it about a project of localization in Dyula
(Dioula/Julakan) in Burkina Faso. I do not know where they are with
this project. (is this Lamine Sanogo or Hadja Sanon can update to us?)
It would be interesting of coördiner efforts on the localization, the
development of the terminologies, etc among the speeches mandingues.

For the peul (Pular, Fulfulde), I do not believe that there is a
project initially.


The peul and the mandingue are languages with several dialects which
are spoken in several countries. They deserve being considered by
regional groups in order to harmonize or to unify localizations.

The language soussou (susu) does not seem to pose the same problem,
since it is spoken for the majority in Low-Guinea. 

The language gbélè (kpelle/guerzé) is also spoken in Liberia with
some differences. I do not know if one can prevoir a transborder
collaboration to draw resources on the two sides.

I know that in Guinea there are notable efforts on the translation or
the drafting in national languages in other fields, therefore one
hopes to collaborate with you in the field of localization.

The wiki of the Panafrican Project on the localization has a section
reserved for Guinea with
http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/GN-L10n/ForumsSurLaL10n 

Don Osborn Bisharat.net PanAfriL10n.org




>  
>  Hello, I would like to undertake projects of localization in
> Guinea. To be
> 
more precise it is a question of locating certain free software
"general public" in the principal national languages of Guinea in
particular soussou, poular, malinké (in N' ko) and gbélè.

> 
>  Do there exist similar projects?
> 
>  Do there exist interested people?
> 
>  Thank you for the collaboration of all.
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