Re: Traslation Help

["Youcef Rabah Rahal" <yrrahal42 at hotmail dot com>]

Salam,

> From: "Ossama Khayaat"
> Subject: Traslation Help
> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:15:30 +0300
>
> The word 'barn' is translated as follows:
> msgstr "�������"
> But what I found in Al-Mawrid is:
> (1) �������: ���� ������
> (2) ����� �������
> (3) ���� ������ �������

You could also add :
"noun:   (atomic or nuclear physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the 
effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target 
for an encounter" An excerpt from onelook.com :-))
1 barn = 10^-24 cm2, See also: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/barn.html

I am (personally) with having multiple definitions for one word. Since these 
files (Full_Wordlist*) are supposed to serve firstly for Qamoose and open 
source dictionaries (please correct me Nadim if i'm wrong ;-)). Using them 
for rough translation is a plus, but we simply can't limit the a translation 
for only one word just to rough-translate !
After a rough translation, the translator can keep the good word only and 
remove the other definitions (the rough translation process needs a check by 
a 'human translator' anyway...). Another possibilty is to use only KDE and 
GNOME translated PO files for rough translation.

For "weird words" I am for not removing them as a first step, but to only 
mark them as fuzzy. A second check will be needed to remove them.

Salam,

Youcef.


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