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Re: Hi

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:32:14AM +0400, almuhairi wrote:
> Hi!
> My name is Abdulla.  I am maintaining the Arabic translation of a GPL 
> accounting program.  It is called sql-ledger, and located at 

Ah, never used it.

> www.sql-ledger.com.  I am not a programmer but I would like to see if 
> there is any way I can help.  The reason that I am subscribing is to 
> warn you not to translate the whole KDE interface (malaf for file, 

Gee, thanks! You want us to drop the entire project? Heh. I don't think at
this point this is going to happen.

> etc..).  Most Arabic windows users that I know prefer to use the English 
> version but with Arabic enabled.  They do this for the simple fact that 
> Arabic is not really a computer language (I am sorry to say this but to 

others have answered this better than I would, so I'll just leave it at that.

> that they are the dominant ones.  Thats all for now, and good luck.
> 

I just want to mention that, that target audience of this translation is not
necessarily experienced computer users, but rather, newcomers to the computer
use.

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