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'''This page refers to capabilities of XO Software Release 8.2.0 (AKA build 767). See the 8.2.0 release notes [[Release_Notes/8.2.0|here]]'''
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== Languages and keyboards ==


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= Languages and keyboards =
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OLPC relies on volunteers and country experts for keyboard knowledge and for translations of the Sugar user interface and all the Activities that many contributors have provided. Translations are not tested or approved by OLPC. Both translations and Keyboards must tested and approved by the country designated experts or by volunteers.


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OLPC relies on volunteers and country experts for keyboard knowledge and for translations of the XO user interface (called Sugar) and all the Activities that many contributors have provided. Translations are not tested or approved by OLPC. Both translations and Keyboards must be tested and approved by country designated experts or by volunteers.
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Thanks to members of the worldwide [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ OLPC Translation Project], who can be found on the [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization localization mailing list], the following languages show more than 80% of the Sugar interface has been translated:

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Thanks to members of the worldwide [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ OLPC Translation Project], who can be found on the [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization localization mailing list], the following languages show more than 80% of the Sugar interface has been translated in release 8.2:


* Brazilian Portuguese
* Brazilian Portuguese
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* Urdu
* Urdu


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If you want to get involved in the volunteer driven translation efforts, visit the [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ OLPC Translation Project].


In Release 8.2, the Amharic Keyboard has been developed and has begun detailed testing in Ethiopia.
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* Amharic, [[OLPC_Amharic_Keyboard]]


OLPC can test that each existing keyboard can boot properly and the characters look like the ones printed on the keys. We depend on volunteers and our deployment technical leads to provide feedback to us if the complex functionality of a keyboard is not meeting expectations. OLPC reviewed the following keyboards XO release 8.2:
The following table lists the locale code for each language and the corresponding control panel entries.

{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Locale'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Language'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Control Panel Entry'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
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| pt_BR||Brazilian Portuguese||Portuguese (Brasil)||
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| en_*||English||English (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: English (USA), English (Great Britain), etc)
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| fr_*||French||French (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: French (France), French (Belgium), etc)
|-
| de_*||German||German (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: German (Germany), German (Austria) etc)
|-
| el_*||Greek||Greek (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: Greek (Greece), Greek (Cyprus), etc)
|-
| it||Italian||Italian (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: Italian (Italy), Italian (Switzerland), etc)
|-
| ja||Japanese||Japanese (Japan)||
|-
| rw||Kinyarwanda||Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)||
|-
| ht||Kreyol||Kreyol (Haiti)||Locale data not integrated into glibc (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459547)
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| mr||Marathi||Marathi (India)||
|-
| mn||Mongolian||Mongolian (Mongolia)||
|-
| ne||Nepali||Nepali (Nepal)||
|-
| pt||Portuguese||Portuguese (Portugal)||
|-
| si||Sinhala||Sinhala (Sri Lanka)||
|-
| es_*||Spanish||Spanish (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: Spanish (Peru), Spanish (Uruguay) etc)
|-
| te||Telugu||Telugu (India)||
|-
| tr_*||Turkish||Turkish (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: Turkish (Turkey), Turkish (Cyprus), etc)
|-
| ur||Urdu||Urdu (Pakistan)||
|}



The builds also ship the following languages, with more than 50% user interface coverage.
{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Locale'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Language'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Control Panel Entry'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
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| ar_*||Arabic||Arabic (*)||Locales for multiple regions are supported with a single translation (eg: Arabic (Egypt), Arabic (Lebanon), etc)
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| fa_AF||Daro||Dari (Afghanistan)||
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| ps||Pashto||Pashto (Afghanistan)||
|-
|
|}

Languages which are not in the official builds can be installed by means of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization/LanguagePacks Language Packs]

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Apart from the languages mentioned above, a number of languages have more than half of the user interface strings translated. Please note that none of the translations are officially supported by OLPC. If you want to get involved in the volunteer driven translation efforts, visit the [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ OLPC Translation Project].



Keyboards that were tested by OLPC with country support for this release include:
* English, [[OLPC_English_Keyboard]]
* English, [[OLPC_English_Keyboard]]
* Spanish, [[OLPC_Spanish_Keyboard]]
* Spanish, [[OLPC_Spanish_Keyboard]]
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* Amharic, [[OLPC_Amharic_Keyboard]]

All keyboards that are currently shipping have been booted up with the 8.2 release, but we have not had confirmation that the following are working properly. This list includes: <br>
* Portuguese, [[OLPC_Portuguese_Keyboard]]
* Portuguese, [[OLPC_Portuguese_Keyboard]]
* Arabic, [[OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard]]
* Arabic, [[OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard]]
* Thai, [[OLPC_Thai_Keyboard]]
* Thai, [[OLPC_Thai_Keyboard]]
* Urdu, [[OLPC_Urdu_Keyboard]]
* Cyrillic, [[OLPC_Russian_Keyboard]]
* Mongolian, [[OLPC_Mongolian_Keyboard]]
* Mongolian, [[OLPC_Mongolian_Keyboard]]
* Devanagari, [[OLPC_Devanagari_Keyboard]]
* Dari, [[OLPC_Dari_Keyboard]]
* Dari, [[OLPC_Dari_Keyboard]]
* Khmer, [[OLPC_Khmer_Keyboard]]
* Khmer, [[OLPC_Khmer_Keyboard]]
* French-Canadian, [[OLPC_French_(ca)(ht)_Keyboard]]
* Kreyol, [[OLPC_French_(ca)(ht)_Keyboard|Kreyol Keyboard]]
* Amharic, [[OLPC_Amharic_Keyboard]]

The keyboard layout can be changed by following the process described [[Localization/Changing_Keyboard_Layout|here]].

Latest revision as of 14:50, 18 December 2008

This page refers to capabilities of XO Software Release 8.2.0 (AKA build 767). See the 8.2.0 release notes here

Languages and keyboards

OLPC relies on volunteers and country experts for keyboard knowledge and for translations of the XO user interface (called Sugar) and all the Activities that many contributors have provided. Translations are not tested or approved by OLPC. Both translations and Keyboards must be tested and approved by country designated experts or by volunteers.

Thanks to members of the worldwide OLPC Translation Project, who can be found on the localization mailing list, the following languages show more than 80% of the Sugar interface has been translated in release 8.2:

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Kreyol
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Nepali
  • Portuguese
  • Sinhala
  • Spanish
  • Telugu
  • Turkish
  • Urdu

If you want to get involved in the volunteer driven translation efforts, visit the OLPC Translation Project.

In Release 8.2, the Amharic Keyboard has been developed and has begun detailed testing in Ethiopia.

OLPC can test that each existing keyboard can boot properly and the characters look like the ones printed on the keys. We depend on volunteers and our deployment technical leads to provide feedback to us if the complex functionality of a keyboard is not meeting expectations. OLPC reviewed the following keyboards XO release 8.2:

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