Re: Wordlist is well done for round-1

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Ahmad Al-rasheedan <asr at baldi dot cc> wrote:
> I just uploaded the last file of the 26 po files of the dictionary. This 
> concludes phase-1 of our beloved, first open source dictionary. Many
> thanks to Osama & Obeid for their efforts.

Aleeef Mabrook - way to go !!  For those not having a clue what this means,
its the translation of over 88,000 terms - yup eighty-eight THOUSAND terms.
An incredible accomplishment to say the least.  Mabrook to all and after
round-2 we can go on the hunt to release this to the public and get it
adopted all over the globe.

  http://www.arabeyes.org/misc/wordlist_status_bar.html

> I would like to proceed with the 26 files so your kids can get some
> meaningful translations. This is how I would like to proceed. Share
> your 2cs.
> 
> 1) City name, person translations are to be unfuzzied.
> 2) A word that can't be found by 954 dictionaries is to 
>    be omitted (i.e aircrafts)
> 3) I will start from Z-->A this time so to give a chance for
>    someone to fix my mistakes.

Sounds good to me.

Salam & keep 'em coming :-)

 - Nadim


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