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[David Huser <david.huser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all

I'm coming back to the Egypt version of the Arabic translation. Could 
you please create an "ar_EG" locale as a fork as suggested?

Regards,
David

On 07.10.2015 15:57, Bob Jolliffe wrote:
> That sounds like the way it should work :-)
>
> On 7 October 2015 at 14:39, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The easiest way is simply to create an "ar_EG" locale. If the translations
> > do not exist in "ar_EG", it will fall back to "ar" and if they do not exist
> > there , it will fall back to English. So, if all that needs to be done in
> > this case, is to translate the month names, then it should be pretty
> > straightforward.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I wonder what would be the smartest way of building on (and feeding
> > > back into) the existing Arabic translation work.  I guess the simplest
> > > approach would be just to make a copy (fork) of Arabic on the
> > > translation server and change the months.  But given the bulk of the
> > > similarity one feels there must be a better way.  eg.  to focus solely
> > > on the Arabic po and have a small patch script to generate the
> > > Egyptian version?
> > >
> > > On 7 October 2015 at 09:53, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi David,
> > > >
> > > > We would need to create a new language for you (Arabic Egypt) and you
> > > > would
> > > > need to translate it there. These strings are not translatable through
> > > > the
> > > > user interface.
> > > >
> > > > We maintain a translation site here
> > > > (http://translate.dhis2.org/projects/dhis2-translations/) which the
> > > > community can use to make translations. Once the translations are
> > > > complete
> > > > (or as complete as you like them), we (meaning the core development
> > > > team)
> > > > would need to commit these back to the source code.
> > > >
> > > > If you would like to proceed with this, I can set up things for you.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Jason
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:46 AM, David Huser <david.huser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Dear all
> > > > >
> > > > > Egypt uses normal ISO 8601 calendar months, but the months displayed in
> > > > > DHIS2 are not common in Egypt (https://i.imgur.com/bowYfyv.png).
> > > > > The months that are common are (Jan - Dec):
> > > > >
> > > > > يناير , فبراير , مارس , إبريل , مايو , يونيو , يوليو , أغسطس , سبتمبر ,
> > > > > أكتوبر , نوفمبر , ديسمبر
> > > > >
> > > > > How would I go on to translate these? Do I have to create a
> > > > > dhis2-language
> > > > > Arabic (Egypt) which uses all Arabic resources except the months?
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > David
> > > > >
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