[sword-devel] Mobile App Translators - Help Wanted

Mon May 27 13:17:01 MST 2019

Why do we assume that for each language, there is a unique abbreviation for each Bible book?

Translations in different traditions use a different book name for some books, hence the abbreviation is also different.

Example: Ecclesiastes vs Qoheleth.

There are many more such examples.

Best regards,

David

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On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 18:10, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:

> Dear Fr. Cyrille,
>
> Thank you!  There is one last thing we need.  Could you give us a list of French abbreviations for each book?  The format for this is OSISID=Preferred French Abbreviation and I will include the Portuguese as a template:
>
> [Pref Abbrevs]
>
> Gen=Gn
> Exod=Ex
> Lev=Lv
> Num=Nm
> Deut=Dt
> Josh=Js
> Judg=Jz
> Ruth=Rt
> 1Sam=1 Sm
> 2Sam=2 Sm
> 1Kgs=1 Rs
> 2Kgs=2 Rs
> 1Chr=1 Cr
> 2Chr=2 Cr
> Ezra=Esd
> Neh=Ne
> Esth=Est
> Job=Jb
> Ps=Sl
> Prov=Pr
> Eccl=Ecl
> Song=Ct
> Isa=Is
> Jer=Jr
> Lam=Lm
> Ezek=Ez
> Dan=Dn
> Hos=Os
> Joel=Jl
> Amos=Am
> Obad=Abd
> Jonah=Jn
> Mic=Mq
> Nah=Na
> Hab=Hab
> Zeph=Sf
> Hag=Ag
> Zech=Zc
> Mal=Ml
> Matt=Mt
> Mark=Mc
> Luke=Lc
> John=Jo
> Acts=At
> Rom=Rm
> 1Cor=1 Cor
> 2Cor=2 Cor
> Gal=Gl
> Eph=Ef
> Phil=Fl
> Col=Cl
> 1Thess=1 Ts
> 2Thess=2 Ts
> 1Tim=1 Tm
> 2Tim=2 Tm
> Titus=Tt
> Phlm=Flm
> Heb=Heb
> Jas=Tg
> 1Pet=1 Pe
> 2Pet=2 Pe
> 1John=1 Jo
> 2John=2 Jo
> 3John=3 Jo
> Jude=Jd
> Rev=Ap
>
> 1Esd=1 Esd
> 2Esd=2 Esd
> Tob=Tb
> Jdt=Jdt
> AddEsth=AddEst
> Wis=Sb
> Sir=Sir
> Bar=Br
> PrAzar=PrAzar
> Sus=Sus
> Bel=Bel
> PrMan=PrMan
> 1Macc=1 Mac
> 2Macc=2 Mac
>
> On 5/27/19 8:47 AM, Cyrille wrote:
>
>> See in the attached file a french translation. Parts are not translated because I don't know  the signification or the context. Please see the comments, or the gibberish place.
>>
>> Il 27/05/2019 15:41, Troy A. Griffitts ha scritto:
>>
>>> Yes, exactly. Leave the English to the left of the =, and replace the gibberish on the right with French.
>>>
>>> https://git.crosswire.org/main/bishop/raw/master/www/bundledResources/uilocales.d/de-utf8.conf
>>>
>>> On May 27, 2019 1:29:04 AM MST, Cyrille [<lafricain79 at gmail.com>](mailto:lafricain79 at gmail.com) wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can help you with translating it in French. I just need to download
>>>> your locale de example and replace all with the French?
>>>>
>>>> Il 26/05/2019 21:46, Troy A. Griffitts ha scritto:
>>>>
>>>>> As I mentioned in my previous email.  This past weekend I have spent
>>>>>  some time internationalizing one of our Android and iOS apps:
>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.crosswire.bishop
>>>>> I have created a "gibberish" translation file for testing, but now am to
>>>>>  the point that I believe it is mostly complete.  If you might be willing
>>>>>  to translate this gibberish file into a language with which you are
>>>>>  natively familiar, I am sure that people group would be very grateful
>>>>>  for your work, and so would I.  Here is the file for translation.
>>>>> https://git.crosswire.org/main/bishop/blob/master/www/bundledResources/uilocales.d/de-utf8.conf
>>>>> The format should be straighforward to understand.  Generally it is:
>>>>>
>>>>>  English Text=Translated Text
>>>>>
>>>>>  There are a few occasions where buttons are split into 2 lines, e.g.,
>>>>>
>>>>>  Variant Study L1=Variant
>>>>>
>>>>>  Variant Study L2=Study
>>>>>
>>>>>  This should be generally intuitive to figure out while translating.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Finally, there are some very long strings in the "About" screen and
>>>>>  Install Manager Warning screens which can be seen as the last 10 lines
>>>>>  or so in the file.  I decided to use shorter keys than the entire
>>>>>  English text so these have keys like:
>>>>>
>>>>>  App About Header=
>>>>>
>>>>>  App About L1=
>>>>>
>>>>>  App About L2=
>>>>>
>>>>>  I hope you can figure out from my gibberish here what the original
>>>>>  english actually is.  My giggerish dialect is generally a conversion of
>>>>>  non-initial vowels to zero (0).  You may need to find these long strings
>>>>>  in the app if you can't figure out my gibberish.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I will post development bundles with translations included as they come
>>>>>  in, so you can see how your work looks in the app before we publish the
>>>>>  next version.  If you'd like to try your work out as you translate, on
>>>>>  Android, the app will look on your SD card for locales at:
>>>>>  /sword/uilocales.d/, so if you place your locale file there, it should
>>>>>  be recognized and available to choose under settings.
>>>>>
>>>>>  A developer preview of 1.2.0 which includes locale support is available
>>>>>  at:
>>>>> http://crosswire.org/~scribe/bishop.apk
>>>>> Thank you for any help.  Blessings,
>>>>>
>>>>>  Troy
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