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[Gaurav Mishra <gauravtechie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anmol,

Please find my replies inline

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Anmol Sharma <unmole.in@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello and नमस्कार.
>  In order to maintain consistency and for quality control purposes, I
> suggest we setup guidelines  for translation. We need to ensure that
> the 'tone' and style remains the same throughout. Also, certain terms
> such as 'Version', 'Edition', 'Release' etc. need clarification as
> there are no  exact Hindi counterparts.  With regard to style, IMHO we
> need to set a standardized style as Hindi is not spoken in the same
> way throughout India. Eg. Hyderabadi Hindi (which I speak) sounds like
> complete gibbersh to people used to other variants.
>

The  normal method is to follow earlier translations or translations
from different other packages. There is no such defined dictionary as
such.

> I am looking forward to hearing from all you guys.
>
> -Anmol Sarma
>
> P.S. @Gaurav. Poedit is hosted at poedit.net not poedit.org. Please
> correct it in the Launchpad homepage. Also, you might consider adding
> the option of using Rosetta since it lets translators worry about only
> translators without having to know anything about a CVS or upstream
> acceptance
>

Thanks for that pointer, I plan to remove Poedit description
alltogether as mostly the people are using rosetta interface only.
Will correct the homepage description in near future.

Regards
Gaurav Mishra


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