Re: Tibetan in India (was Re: (no subject))

["Christopher Fynn" <cfynn gmx net>]

> sön 2004-12-12 klockan 19:42 -0800 skrev Jonas Bonn:
> > I'd like to announce a new team for the GNOME Translation Project: 
> > bo_IN. (Tibetan, India)
> > This team will focus on the translation of GNOME for the Tibetan
> > language in the region India.  The reason for having a separate bo_IN
> > project when the Tibetan project already exists is that the terminology
> > used in India (outside Tibet) is quite different from that used in
> > Tibet.  The influence of English is large outside of Tibet, whereas
> > Chinese is the dominant influence within Tibet proper.
> > We currently do not have a website, but I will return to this list with
> > an announcement of such when we have one.
> > 
> > Jonas Bonn
> 
> Christopher, you're the Tibetan coordinator in the GNOME Translation
> Project. Can you confirm the above, and do you support a seperate
> "Tibetan in India" (bo_IN) effort?
> 
> 
> Christian
> -- 
> Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>


Yes, there *is* a difference in Tibetan computer terminology used in Tibet
which is often based on Chinese,  and terminology in the Tibetan diaspora in
India - where words are often adopted from English or Hindi. 

However it would be nice to co-operate on this as far as possible. Many
words that will be needed are not yet "standardized" in either place and if
we can come up with *Tibetan* terminology that would be clearly understood
by Tibetan speakers *no matter where they are living* I think that would be
best. 

- Chris


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