I sent some screen prints of the Arabic book names to an Arabic speaker and he confirmed they are fine for use in countries other than Egypt.<div><br></div><div>However, there are no short names so he has agreed to enter them for us.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 June 2012 13:34, Familie von Kaehne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:refdoc@gmx.net" target="_blank">refdoc@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 13/06/12 22:06, DM Smith wrote:<br>
> On 06/13/2012 04:38 PM, Martin Denham wrote:<br>
>> Is there any reason the Arabic bible book names resource is<br>
>> restricted to Egypt: BibleNames_ar_EG.properties<br>
>><br>
>> There does not seem to be a generic Arabic bible book names for use<br>
>> in any country.<br>
<br>
</div>The reason jsword's bible book names are "Egyptian" is that libsword's<br>
Arabic locale is also Egyptian Arabic.<br>
<br>
There appears to be no good reason for that. Despite the distinctiveness<br>
of Egyptian spoken language the Bibles we have in our repos are all<br>
universal "High" Arabic, if anything somewhat Lebanese, I would guess.<br>
As the locale have been created usually based on existing modules and<br>
texts, there should be nothing specific for Egypt in any of them.<br>
<br>
The Smith Van Dyke was created in Beirut and the modern one is also in<br>
collaboration with Lebanese Christians AFAIK. Both are used routinely in<br>
Egypt. There is a third reasonably common Arabic translation, created by<br>
UBS/Lebanese Bible Society, but we do not have it.<br>
<br>
My suggestion is to delete the country - distinctive locale ending and<br>
make it a general Arabic one. This applies to jsword and to sword.<br>
<br>
I am cross-copying this onto the sword-devel list where I think someone<br>
else, more knowledgeable hangs out. I am sure he will pipe up if there<br>
is a problem with my suggestion.<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
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