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This is the wiki for the OLPC Afghanistan. The mission of this <b>Not for Profit Organization</b> is to create an environment for OLPC, take necessary steps to ensure every child in Afghanistan get the |
This is the wiki for the OLPC Afghanistan. The mission of this <b>Not for Profit Organization</b> is to create an environment for OLPC, take necessary steps to ensure every child in Afghanistan get the laptop and develop the Local Activities for [http://laptop.org OLPC] laptops that could revolutionize how we educate our children. The goal is to provide every child in Afghanistan with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves in a collaborative way. |
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Afghanistan is a very famous for being a multicultural country. Participation of the OLPC project in Afghanistan will not only revolutionize the way we teach children, the vision behind this "educational" project, but |
Afghanistan is a very famous for being a multicultural country. Participation of the OLPC project in Afghanistan will not only revolutionize the way we teach children, the vision behind this "educational" project, but also scale up the eco-system of sharing between the diverse set of communities existing in the central Asian countries. |
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==OLPC Afghanistan== |
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OLPC Project has started at the beginning of October 2008. Right now we are searching for OLPC deployment team members. More info about OLPC Afghanistan go to www.olpc.af. |
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The [http://www.moe.gov.af Ministry of Education], [http://www.mcit.gov.af Ministry of Communications and IT], [http://www.asmed.af USAID Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED)], [http://www.roshan.af Roshan] and [http://www.paiwastoon.com.af PAIWASTOON] are working together to improve education and bring new opportunities for economic development through low cost computing and computer literacy for the Afghanistan's future workforce. |
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First 11,000 localized XO laptops with Dari and Pashto content will be deployed to 283 schools across the country, in following provinces: Kabul (188), Mazar-e Sharif (25), Herat (25), Baghlan (20) and Jalalabad (25). |
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==Languages needed for localization== |
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Please let us know which language or languages are needed for localization for use by children in Afghanistan? |
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OLPC Project is starting in mid October 2008. Right now we are searching for OLPC deployment team members. We need to fill in following full time positions: software developers (2), project manager, user service director, user service officers (3), Dari and Pashto linguists (2), deployment technicians (2), technical trainers (2) and dispatch center officer. Salary, meals and transportation provides. Additionally for international employees we offer sponsorship of flight tickets and free accomodation. To apply please click [http://www.olpc.af/jobs here]. |
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For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website]. |
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The other important languages and their respective provinces and regions and population numbers are as below: |
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== Introduction == |
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==Localization== |
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All XO laptops will be localized into both languages. Localization takes place during first two months of the project deployment, using volunteers translations from Pootle and employing two professional linguists to translate untranslated parts and review current translations. |
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⚫ | With OLPC Pilot approaching, there are still a lot of strings to be translated ([https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ps/ status]). We would like to ask all volunteers interested to continue the great job in translation, new ones to join the localization team, get together, roll up sleeves, get some snacks n drinks ready and have a Translation Nite-out! |
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Translation HowTo specific to the OLPC XO can be found [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Translating/HowTo here]. Translation Guidelines for Pashto language can be found [[Translation Guidelines|here]]. |
Translation HowTo specific to the OLPC XO can be found [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Translating/HowTo here]. Translation Guidelines for Pashto language can be found [[Translation Guidelines|here]]. |
Revision as of 12:41, 18 October 2008
Please copy/paste "{{Translationlist | xx | origlang=en | translated={{{translated}}}}}" (where xx is ISO 639 language code for your translation) to OLPC Afghanistan/translations | HowTo [ID# 176125] +/- |
Afghanistan
This is the wiki for the OLPC Afghanistan. The mission of this Not for Profit Organization is to create an environment for OLPC, take necessary steps to ensure every child in Afghanistan get the laptop and develop the Local Activities for OLPC laptops that could revolutionize how we educate our children. The goal is to provide every child in Afghanistan with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves in a collaborative way. Afghanistan is a very famous for being a multicultural country. Participation of the OLPC project in Afghanistan will not only revolutionize the way we teach children, the vision behind this "educational" project, but also scale up the eco-system of sharing between the diverse set of communities existing in the central Asian countries.
OLPC AfghanistanThe Ministry of Education, Ministry of Communications and IT, USAID Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED), Roshan and PAIWASTOON are working together to improve education and bring new opportunities for economic development through low cost computing and computer literacy for the Afghanistan's future workforce. First 11,000 localized XO laptops with Dari and Pashto content will be deployed to 283 schools across the country, in following provinces: Kabul (188), Mazar-e Sharif (25), Herat (25), Baghlan (20) and Jalalabad (25). OLPC Project is starting in mid October 2008. Right now we are searching for OLPC deployment team members. We need to fill in following full time positions: software developers (2), project manager, user service director, user service officers (3), Dari and Pashto linguists (2), deployment technicians (2), technical trainers (2) and dispatch center officer. Salary, meals and transportation provides. Additionally for international employees we offer sponsorship of flight tickets and free accomodation. To apply please click here. For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official OLPC Afghanistan Website. ![]()
LocalizationAfghanistan has 34 provinces and 6 to 8 commonly spoken languages with more than 36 Languages in total. The language with the largest number of speakers is Pashto and Dari. Both languages are official languages of the country, mainly used for educational, business and governmental purposes. All XO laptops will be localized into both languages. Localization takes place during first two months of the project deployment, using volunteers translations from Pootle and employing two professional linguists to translate untranslated parts and review current translations. With OLPC Pilot approaching, there are still a lot of strings to be translated (status). We would like to ask all volunteers interested to continue the great job in translation, new ones to join the localization team, get together, roll up sleeves, get some snacks n drinks ready and have a Translation Nite-out! Translation HowToA web based Pootle translation engine has been used as primary translation mechanism. But you are free to download PO files and translate it using GTranslator or any of your own favourite text editor. Translation HowTo specific to the OLPC XO can be found here. Translation Guidelines for Pashto language can be found here. To download po file and translate it in your computer (faster way), follow these steps:
What should We translatePlease edit the following table to reserve the PO file you want to translate.
XO Core (100 % of 712 to be translated)Pashto Localization chart by Usman Mansour Ansari
XO Bundled (100% of 2971 to be translated)
Terminology (100% of 148 to be translated)
Packaging (100% of 145 to be translated)
Activation Server (100% of 1344 to be translated)
Scratch (100% of 517 to be translated)
XO Core (100 % of 712 to be translated)
XO Bundled (100% of 2971 to be translated)
Terminology (100% of 148 to be translated)
Packaging (100% of 145 to be translated)
Activation Server (100% of 1344 to be translated)
Scratch (100% of 517 to be translated)
E-Toys (100% of 25014 to be translated)
external links
This page is monitored by the OLPC team.
OLPC keyboard layoutsInstructions for setting up keyboard switching in Terminal are on the Customizing NAND images page. On bilingual XOs, the multiplication/division key is replaced with a keyboard switching key. Changing the language of the keyboard is independent of changing the language currently displayed. The language currently displayed can be changed by using the Language section of the Sugar Control Panel. Membrane keyboard layoutsEnglish (US international); Spanish (Latin America); Portuguese (Brazilian); Amharic (Ethiopic); Arabic; Nigerian (Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba); French; Thai; Urdu; Cyrillic (Russian); Turkish; Nepali; Mongolian; Kazakh; Devanagari; Uzbek; Pashto; Dari; Armenian; Khmer; Pulaar; Italian; Kreyòl; German; Chinese (Simplified); OLPC AZERTY Non-membrane keyboard layoutsStarting with the XO-1.5 HS ("High School") edition, the XO laptop has a traditional (non-membrane) keyboard available as an option: English (US International); Spanish (Latin America); Blank Keyboard ArtworkArtwork defining the inner dimensions of the membrane keyboard is available here: keyboard-blank.svg
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