Localise software

Localise software

While all of these sub-projects are important to enable African languages, build good tools, etc. – unless we actually localise we are not able to showcase the results of the project's work.

The Localise Software sub-project is looking at localising existing open source projects into different African languages. This will allow the network to expand, the tools to be used and tested and the coverage of African languages to increase.

Check Software Localisation Wiki for more details on our plans, what software will be localised, in which languages, etc.

Partners working on this project: 


ANLoc conference 2010

26/04/2010
30/04/2010
Africa/Johannesburg
Projects: 
ANLoc Project
Projects: 
Fonts
Projects: 
Keyboards
Projects: 
Locales
Projects: 
Localisation Tools
Projects: 
Localise software
Projects: 
Network activities
Projects: 
Spell checkers
Projects: 
Terminology
Projects: 
Training
Location: 
Hartbeespoort, South Africa

Several ANLoc partners are meeting in South Africa to report on the year's activities and discuss the way forward.

ANLoc releases 7 new language packs for Firefox 3.6

Projects: 
Localise software

Last September ANLoc Localise Software sub-project commenced its work to localise 5 open source software tools in 10 African languages.

After one month of hard work, ANLoc Localise Software is happy to announce the release of the first set of language packs for Firefox 3.6 in 7 African languages: Akan, Luganda, Lingala, Northern Sotho, Swahili, Wolof and Zulu.

Getting your language included in the Information Age

Projects: 
Localise software

Have you ever wondered how it would be if all the content on the web was in Kinyarwanda, and all the software interfaces where in Lingala? Think about it!

You would google something and all the search results would come back in Kirundi. We might be late in making it happen, but we can still make it happen.

Call for applications: Language Teams

27/08/2009
Africa/Harare
Projects: 
Localise software
Location: 
Africa
  • Deadline: 27 August 2009
  • Call for applications: Language Teams
  • Organisation: African Network for Localisation (ANLoc)
  • Project: Localise Software
  • Email to: localise@africanlocalisation.net

The African Network for Localisation (ANLoc) - Localise Software sub-project is excited to announce a call for language teams to localise software into TEN African languages.

ANLoc Localise Software sub project is embarking on a new localisation initiative and is urgently seeking language teams.

ICT is necessarily adapted to human languages in order to enable its use by non-spec

Localise Software Tech Team meeting

10/08/2009
13/08/2009
Africa/Cairo
Projects: 
Localise software
Location: 
Cairo, Egypt

A small group of people who will perform some of the technical support for the Localise Software project are gathering in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 13 August 2009.

The goal of this meeting is to plan the technical details for the project and set up the infrastructure to support the language teams who will do the actual localisation.

Mozilla Summit

28/07/2008
01/08/2008
Africa/Harare
Projects: 
Localise software
Location: 
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada at the Westin Whistler Resort & Spa

Just to let you know that I will be attending the Mozilla Summit with
Friedel in Canada next week.

I will be wearing my Anloc hat and we (Adel and I) will be meeting with
Mozilla to look at ideas of how Mozilla can support the 10 language
Firefox localisation effort.

Dwayne