On 2004-11-07(Sun) 20:07:18 -0500, Michael Terry wrote: > Hello all. I apologize in advance if this is an inappropriate place to > which to send this. My app is GTK+ not GNOME, but I wasn't sure where > else to get this information. > > I maintain a simple math puzzle game (Multiplication Puzzle - > http://mterry.name/gmult/ - you can see all that you need from this > screenshot: http://mterry.name/gmult/gmult-big.png) from which I am > trying to iron out any i18n issues. > > I'm curious about how non-Western peoples are taught math. > Specifically, are they taught long multiplication in a similar manner to > the West? What would need to change if not? Should I allow the > characters and digits used to be translated as well? For Chinese, it is taught just in the same way. > Or is a game like this inherently untranslatable? I saw your post on gnome-games list, here is a suggestion: If you can replace the latin letters with some colors or simple patterns, then all problems related to latin latters are gone instantly. Abel > > Thank you for your time and help. > > -- > Michael Terry > http://mterry.name/ > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n -- Abel Cheung Linux counter #256983 | http://counter.li.org GPG Key: (0xC67186FF) | http://deaddog.org/gpg.asc Key fingerprint: 671C C7AE EFB5 110C D6D1 41EE 4152 E1F1 C671 86FF
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