Re: Status of Arabic OpenOffice

[Anmar Oueja <anmar at canada dot com>]

Hello Shady:

Just a reminder.. I did not hear from you regarding the openoffice.org 
person contact info you where going to send me

Anmar

Anmar Oueja wrote:
> Hey Shady:
>
> Wow.. man you are alive... hehe..:)
>
> Well i contacted Dieter to take your place cause he did not hear back 
> from you and I signed the papers and faxed them but nothing happened. 
> Could you please tell OOo that i will take your place as the lead for 
> Arabic l10n for openoffice.
>
> BTW, do you have the links to the places were i should start reading and 
> stuff  so i can start localizing ASAP.
>
> Openoffice 1.1 looks localized to me but not completely. our goal is to 
> get it localized ASAP.
>
> Anmar
>
>
> Shady Al-Nofaily wrote:
>
> > Sorry guys, I have been travelling alot lately, and I barely have time 
> > to do anything else, I think I'm going to drop out. Anyone who is 
> > wiling to take my place please let me know.
> >
> > On Sunday 28 September 2003 19:31, Anmar Oueja wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Ossama:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the update. Unfortunately, Dieter , from openoffice l10n team
> > > did not send me anything. I bugged him but nothing so far. You mentioned
> > > a name of a a person I could talk to on IRC. Can you send me his email
> > > so I can get my approval going ASAP.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Anmar
> > >
> > > Ossama Khayat wrote:
> > >
> > > > TAlzaffin at diwan.dubai.gov.ae wrote:
> > > > ---------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Dear All,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to know the status of Arabic OpenOffice,
> > > > > what is the progress on it, any time frame, etc...?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi. First of all, thanks for your interest.
> > > > Let us introduce ourselves. We are Arabeyes.org - *nix
> > > > Arabization group. I personally had interest in
> > > > OpenOffice.org and applied (with the help of Nadim -
> > > > another member) to be incharge of the Arabic Native
> > > > Lang project.
> > > > So far, I've only prepared the basic website
> > > > (ar.openoffice.org) and working on other stuff, like
> > > > tutorials and resources.
> > > > Another memeber (Anmar) is also waiting the approval
> > > > to take charge of the Localization project (Anmar, any
> > > > progress?).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I have been browsing the site
> > > > > http://native-lang.openoffice.org/
> > > > > Can you explain what is the difference between native
> > > > > project at http://ar.openoffice.org and the project
> > > > > (l10) bellow?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, the Native Lang project is more of language
> > > > tools, resources and linguestics. It involves
> > > > development, programming and building all these
> > > > resources for users.
> > > > On the other hand, l10n and i18n contains a framework
> > > > and tools for localization (l10n) and
> > > > internationalization (i18n). More information about
> > > > these two projects can be found on
> > > > http://l10n.openoffice.org/.
> > > > As far as I know, the localization work stopped at
> > > > version 1.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. I tried contacting
> > > > mr. Al-Nufaily but got no response at all.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Localization/Internationalization Project (l10n).
> > > > >
> > > > > Localization / Language
> > > > >
> > > > > Leader: Shady Al-Nofaily
> > > > > Email: nofaily at gmx.net
> > > > > Status: Looking for volunteers
> > > > > Arabic
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there an dependencies between both? Is the
> > > > > Arabization of StarOffice is tied to this project?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There is no dependency between the N/L and l10n
> > > > projects. But, since OpenOffice.org is built on the
> > > > same sources of StarOffice, the later will surely
> > > > benefit and use the same resources available.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > What can I do as a decision maker to speed up
> > > > > this project?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Actually, many things! We lack a lot of people who
> > > > would help in many areas:
> > > >  - Helping in development and support of Arabic/BiDi
> > > >    features using Java and/or C++.
> > > >  - Testing the current features and support.
> > > >  - Providing feedback, through submitting bug reports
> > > >    (Issues).
> > > >  - Translators who would be able to dedicate time,
> > > > and
> > > >    have good translation skills.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I would appreciate your reply and thank
> > > > > you in advance.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I hope this answers most of your questions and hope to
> > > > further extend the cooperation between us.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thani Alzaffin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Again, thanks for your interest.
> > > >
> > > > kind regards,
> > > > Ossama M. Khayat
> > > >
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