Re: [gnome-cy] Press release on Welsh support

[David Chan <david sheetmusic org uk>]

Sgrifennodd Kevin Donnelly:
> As promised, a draft of a possible release (which I will translate
> later, unless somebody volunteers), on which comments would be
> welcome.  [...] I think it makes sense to attribute this to some sort
> of "body", so I have (for the time being) invented one, which I have
> called the "Welsh Free Software Collective" - suitably vague.  But if
> anyone has any better ideas for a name, let's have them.

[English below]

Dwi'n licio'r syniad o enw am y "corff", ond yn bersonol dwi'n meddwl
fod "Collective" yn swnio'n rhy hipi - dim byd yn erbyn hipis, ond
efallai fasai "the Welsh Free Software Project / Prosiect Meddalwedd
Rhydd Cymraeg" ddim yn poeni pobl cymaint ...

Mae'r datganiad yn swnio'n iawn, ond ydy o'n rhy dechnegol?  Mae'n
dibynnu ar pwy ydy'r targed, efallai.  Beth am grynodeb ar y cychwyn
sy'n egluro, mewn ffordd syml, beth sydd ar gael?  (e.e. "bydd y
dewislenni, bocsys deialog a negeseuon ar eich cyfrifiadur yn Gymraeg -
er enghraifft, yn lle File->Open, bydd Ffeil->Agor")  Nes i sylwi yn yr
Eisteddfod nad oedd llawer o bobl yn deall y gwahaniaeth rhwng
OpenOffice Saesneg a+ cywirydd sillafu Cymraeg a OpenOffice a+
rhyngwyneb Cymraeg.

Ydy hi'n werth pwysleisio bydd Linux Cymraeg ar gael am ddim?  Mae hynny
yn gwneud i lot o bobl yng Nghymru wrando, yn fy mhrofiad i :-)


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I like the idea of a name for the "body", but personally I think
"Collective" sounds too hippy - nothing against hippies, but perhaps
"Welsh Free Software Project" wouldn't worry people so much ...

The announcement sounds fine, but is it too technical?  It depends on
who the target is, perhaps.  What about a summary at the start which
explains, in a simple way, what will be available?  (e.g. "the menus,
dialog boxes and messages on your computer will be in Welsh - for
example, instead of File->Open there will be Ffeil->Agor")  I noticed in
the Eisteddfod that lots of people didn't understand the difference
between English OpenOffice with a Welsh spell-checker and OpenOffice
with a Welsh interface.

Is it worth emphasising that Welsh Linux will be available for free?
That makes lots of people in Wales listen, in my experience :-)


Hwyl,
David
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