Re: [Localization] Bamana Abiword localization

Hi Chris,

You are right, the official language name is "Bamanankan", that's the
name we should be using.

The plural forms are the exact same as Mandinka, that is :

Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=n==0?0:n==1?1:2;

Thanks,

Dominique

Le 2011-07-26 14:33, Chris Leonard a écrit :
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Dominique Rochefort<issasamb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We just completed the first phase of Abiword localization in Bamana (bm-ML),
>> the main language of Mali.
>>
>> 1) Could you integrate this new localization into Abiword trunk ? The PO
>> file is attached to this email.
>>
>> 2) Could we have the ownership on Bamana on POOTLE ? This way we would be
>> able to upload PO files and continue the localization and check-up process
>> through POOTLE.
>> My POOTLE ID is : "issasamb".
>> I am already owner of Wolof and Mandinka languages.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dominique
> Dear Dominique,
>
> I will be happy to create a Bamana (bm_ML) project on Pootle and give
> you language admin. as well as taking care of uploading the PO file.
>
> I just need a little more info to get it set up properly in Pootle,
> particularly handling of plural forms. AbiWord doesn't employ gettext
> plurals, but other projects do and it is best to get the plural
> information correct from the very start as it can be a little tricky
> to correct afterwards.
>
> More information onthe plural information needed.
> http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/l10n/pluralforms
>
> Specifically number of plurals and plural equation.
>
> Unfortunately, Launchpad doesn't have plural information:
> https://translations.launchpad.net/+languages/bm
>
> One more question, is the preferred language name "Bamanankan" as
> suggested on Wikipedia?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambara_language
>
> cjl
>
Received on Tue Jul 26 21:08:42 2011