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Re: DHIS - arabic translation

 

I think it's important to keep in mind that many (most?) of the strings are
for maintenance modules,  which can often be kept in English, or at least
less critical/urgent to translate.
We should  make a list of the most urgent ones.
On 6 Jun 2014 19:55, "Rodolfo Melia" <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi - quick question: how many words need to be translated in the system?
>
>
> *Rodolfo Meliá*
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Arabic translation has begun at our online translation  server.  It
>> would  be great  to  have more help.
>> On 5 Jun 2014 22:29, "Rodolfo Melia" <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Lars for the prompt answer. There is an NGO that may be able to
>>> help with the translation part, as part of the collaboration.
>>>
>>> Rodolfo Meliá
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>>>
>>> Please ignore any typos on this email sent from my mobile, probably
>>> written while I was at the park with the kids, at the airport walking to
>>> the gate, or sleepless (although exhausted). Grammatical faults? I'm sorry-
>>> I do my best
>>>
>>> On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Rodolfo,
>>>
>>> this requirement came up from WHO EMRO not long ago. It is something we
>>> would like to implement in not too distant future but had no time for it
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> This will require that we
>>>
>>> - create a new DHIS 2 "style", where we flip sides of menus etc. Text
>>> direction <http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_direction.asp> is
>>> supported in css.
>>> - translate all strings to arabic
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi - as far as I know DHIS is not in arabic at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Would DHIS support the rendering on the arabic character set, including
>>>> right/ left flow of the text on screen and data entry, as well as the
>>>> rendering of the sub-menu to render on the right?
>>>>
>>>> Rodolfo
>>>>
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