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[nukul sehgal <nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think everybody except alok is on gmail.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Ashutosh Kumar Singh
<akapribot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Its nice too. But where would be the sheet? Google docs? But then we need
> all to have google account.
>
> I need the views of others too. I request everyone to tell what they think.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:19 PM, nukul sehgal <nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ya sure.. Nice idea. One more suggestion - Why not we make an excel sheet.
>> Give privileges and rights to change then and there. Also it will be easier
>> to manage and will be available for future purposes also.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Ashutosh Kumar Singh <
>> akapribot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I think creating a list of such words will be the best idea and putting
>>> that on our translations page. As I said before too, there are many
>>> computing words that are alien in regular Hindi spoken by people. I prefer
>>> them to be just written in Hindi without translating as below because
>>> instead of learning that extra words (exact translated words), people would
>>> be more comfortable with these :-
>>>
>>> click as क्लिक
>>> pointer as pointer
>>> Desktop डेस्कटोप
>>> Laptop लैपटोप
>>> Screen स्क्रीन
>>> Monitor मौनिटर
>>> Printer प्रिन्टर
>>> Speaker स्पीकर
>>> Microphone माईक
>>>
>>>
>>> I request all to contribute that words (and their translation) which they
>>> think should be on the list. Lets do it soon and work to make our dream come
>>> true of translating Ubuntu in Hindi upto 100% in next release.
>>>
>>> Keep mailing words and its translation.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:11 PM, nukul sehgal <nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> thats all fine but what about applications, administration. Are these
>>>> words not going to be complicated. And it is not better to write click as क्लिक
>>>> and pointer as सूचक or संकेतक or better to stay with pointer as it is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Alok <alokmahendroo@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> To make a uniformity of instructions for the translators.. I'd suggest
>>>>> circulating a list of accepted terminology so that there is no
>>>>> ambiguity
>>>>> about such terminology. Also I'd suggest keeping it limited right now
>>>>> to
>>>>> the usage of an average deasktop/laptop user and not going into RAM/ROM
>>>>> etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> Desktop डेस्कटोप
>>>>> Laptop लैपटोप
>>>>> Screen स्क्रीन
>>>>> Monitor मौनिटर
>>>>> Printer प्रिन्टर
>>>>> Speaker स्पीकर
>>>>> Microphone माईक (mike is a more common usage than microphone)
>>>>>
>>>>> regards
>>>>> Alok
>>>>> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 17:18 +0530, Abhijeet K. Singh wrote:
>>>>> > So then, we are going with,
>>>>> > Mouse: माउस
>>>>> > KeyBoard: कीबोर्ड
>>>>> > Touchpad: टचपैड
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Then, i guess the same should go for screen, desktop, domputer, other
>>>>> > peripherals and other words that pertain to the computing or
>>>>> > multimedia technology and are not common or non-existent in regular
>>>>> > hindi. The translation then would be limited to instructions and not
>>>>> > creating new tricky and toungue-twisting words. Should we make a list
>>>>> > or trust our instincts?
>>>>> > How about translation of phrases like 'system settings', 'pointing
>>>>> and
>>>>> > clicking' etc. 'Click' is tricky one, at some places it works just
>>>>> > fine to replacing it with 'दबाना', other times the only viable option
>>>>> > seems to use 'क्लिक'. What would suggest to use in lieu of
>>>>> > 'pointing/pointer' and 'hover/hovering' (as in hover click).
>>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nukul Sehgal
>>>> (+91-9805577098)
>>>> nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> Jaypee University of Information Technology
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ashutosh Kumar Singh
>>> [akapribot]
>>> www.eostech.in
>>> Want Freedom - Use Linux
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Nukul Sehgal
>> (+91-9805577098)
>> nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx
>> Jaypee University of Information Technology
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ashutosh Kumar Singh
> [akapribot]
> www.eostech.in
> Want Freedom - Use Linux
>



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Regards,
Nukul Sehgal
(+91-9805577098)
nuse0111@xxxxxxxxx
Jaypee University of Information Technology