On 04/27/2013 12:39 PM, Javad Hoseini-Nopendar wrote:

Dear Mike and Mahyar I could finally manage to use POEdit for translating Mailman.PO file. I translated 50 phrases of the file and saved them successfully, but since I am not sure whether or not I am doing the job correctly, I thought it would be better to ask for your confirmation before continuing. Attached please find the sample file and also consider the following notes: 1- Mahyar has already translated 300 phrases of version 2.1.14, but since I didn't know how to merge them with version 2.1.15, I ignored those translations and started from scratch from the template file Mailman.POT. 2- Mahyar has given me Gnome Dictionary which contains 1300 recommended Farsi equivalents for particular phrases, but since it will take about a year untill I can memorize all those recommended phrases, I only reviewed them, but not necessarily used all the recommended phrases. I basically relied on my own experience as a translator with IT grounding. Best Wishes Javad Hoseini www.IranNopendar.com <http://www.IranNopendar.com>

Hi I am very glad that you are so enthusiastic about this and hope the project will get somewhere. 1-I am going to merge the two po files and send it to you soon. I suggest that you use this one, because finally I'll have to do the proofread the translations and also merge it with previous proved works. 2- I also highly suggest that you use the dictionary, actually it's not gnome dictionary but the gnome folks are using it same as guys in kde and ubuntu translation teams. It is of high quality and it was produced in "National Linux project" according the "culture and language academy" suggestions. And it's almost accepted by the translators. You don't have stick to it, sometimes when you feel the need you can use your own equivalent but most of it's words are often the best choice. You won't have to memorize it, you can just use it as a dictionary and refer to it when you feel the need. But believe me, it is your best friend in doing the job and saves you a lot of time Regards 3- I looked over your work, it's fascinating and you are doing good, just be aware of the zwnj as you type, you should use it in appropriate places instead of space. Mahyar