[sword-devel] BibleCS rcF3 and TRANSLATORS

[DM Smith]

Since the locale info is simply stored in a directory, I could create a 
very simple installer which would contain the language files. E.g. 
SwordSetupLanguagePack.exe
We could update this on occassion, when needed.

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>   
>> Eeli, thanks for your offer to help.  You don't actually need Sword for
>> Windows to do the translation, but it might help for testing.  If you
>> have any updates, let me know:
>>     
>
> Ok, I tried, but it's impossible to do a trustworthy translation without
> seeing the context. The recent Finnish translation is bad and it will
> not be better if I try to guess the meanings and best alternatives. One
> could always look from dictionary or take the translation of a word from
> memory, but it will lead to clumsy translation and even wrong meanings.
>
> E.g. the "Scheme" is now translated as "Schema" which is definitely not
> Finnish. Transliterated form would be "skeema" but Scheme has many
> meanings and there is no direct alternative in Finnish. I should see
> what it really means in BibleCS to decide what word to use.
>
> And this is only one example.
>
> I could try to find a friend with Windows who would let me do this but
> even that would take some weeks, I think.
>
>
>   Yours,
> 	Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
> 	e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)
>
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