[sword-devel] Malayalam module

Mon Apr 7 21:00:06 MST 2014

Thanks David & Michael for the feedback!

In the Malayalam bible printed by the Bible Society of India,
they used both Malayalam and English in the title.
Sometimes the title span 4 lines as given here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cu6amxbue2sscgf/1Th.jpg
Use \m1 upto \mt4 ?

Should I handle this or just ignore English titles ?

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Kahunapule Michael Johnson <
Kahunapule at ebible.org> wrote:

>  Hello, Baiju.
>
> The USFM looks mostly good, but the title set seems to be in need of
> editing. Also, proper USFM requires that a paragraph type be started
> between any chapter mark and the first verse. Normally, this is just a
> plain paragraph, like
>
> \c 1
> \p
> \v 1 ആദിമുതലുള്ളതും ഞങ്ങൾ കേട്ടതും സ്വന്ത കണ്ണുകൊണ്ടു കണ്ടതും ഞങ്ങൾ
> നോക്കിയതും
> \v 2 ...
>
> Also, the \h, \toc1, \toc2, \toc3, and \mt tags should all be in the
> vernacular (i.e. Malayalam), and appear in that order.
> \h is a short title (i.e. "1 John") of the book for running headers and
> book selection links
> \toc1 is the long title (i.e. "The First Letter from the Apostle John")
> \toc2 is the short title (i.e. "1 John")
> \toc3 is the abbreviation of this book used in footnotes and cross
> references (i.e. "1 Jn")
> The \mt set can be used like:
> \mt2 The First Letter from the Apostle
> \mt1 John
>
> Normally, \h and \toc2 have the same content, give or take capitalization.
> Normally, \toc1 is the same as all of the \mt# tags concatenated together
> (but not always, as sometimes translators put both long and short titles in
> their entirety in those tags)
> If \toc3 is present, it should be a consistently-used abbreviation or it
> may be the same as \toc2 if no abbreviations are used.
>
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>    On 04/06/2014 11:24 PM, Baiju M wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have added few USFM files for Malayalam bible here:https://bitbucket.org/sathyavedapusthakam/svpm
> Please review the file structure and let me know if any changes required.
>
> I have created USFM files for those books which I proofread myself.
> So it may take more time to complete this work unless more volunteers
> coming forward to proofread the text.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Baiju M <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com> <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> The source files were uploaded by Nishad H. Kaippally to wiki source:
> http://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D:Kaippally
>
> He also maintains another source here:http://www.malayalambible.inhttp://www.malayalambible.in/docs_faq.htm (FAQ)
>
> If nobody else working on Malayalam, I would like to start working on it. I
> am very new here, so I need some pointers to start.
>
> I am thinking to use wiki source version as the base. Should I move that
> source into a different format (non wiki) ? Should I keep it under version
> control ?
>
> Looking forward to your suggestions.
>
> On Feb 27, 2014 3:03 AM, "Mike Hart" <just_mike_y at yahoo.com> <just_mike_y at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  That page is in Malayalam, but appears to claim the bible being presented
> at that wikisource page is an 1870 British and Foreign Bible Society work
> (possibly updated in 1910).  However, my ability to read Malayalam is
> somewhat nonexistent.  One of the links close to the Bottom takes you to
> individual page views of a PDF which claims on this page:
>
> Encoded by Nishad H. Kaippally 1992 From the Orignal Bible Society of
> India Bible. Please report errors in content to kaippally at gmail.com
>
> It looks like a clean source (from the standpoint of provenance) if this
> can be verified.
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:35 PM, Baiju M <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com> <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there anyone working on Malayalam (Indian language) module ?
> I found this free text here. Is it possible to use it as a source ?
> http://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82
> Regards,
> Baiju M
>
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