[Xfce-i18n] POTFILES.in updated in xffm

Daichi Kawahata daichi.k at aioros.ocn.ne.jp
Tue May 10 18:11:33 CEST 2005


On Mon, 09 May 2005 10:43:58 -0500
Edscott Wilson Garcia wrote:

> > There's also bn_BD in language codes so I'm not sure it could be
> > assumed whether bn and bn_IN would have exactly same translations
> > (I'm asking about it to Bengali translator, Runa Bhattacharjee).
> 
> If the situation is akin es--es_MX--es_ES or pt--pt_BR--pt_PT, some
> translations might not be the same, but they would be understandable.
> I guess that would be better than no translations at all...

I've received his answer as follows,

    Begin forwarded message:

    Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 00:26:41 +0530
    From: Runa B <runabh at gmail.com>
    To: Daichi Kawahata <daichi.k at aioros.ocn.ne.jp>
    Subject: Re: Bengali (INDIA) [bn_IN] translation for the 4.2 branch

    On 5/9/05, Daichi Kawahata <daichi.k at aioros.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:

    <snipped>

    > Sorry for bothering you, but could you tell me if bn (Bengali) and
    > bn_IN (Indian Bengali) should be distinguished or can I assume in_BD
    > (Bengali in Bangladesh) and bn are exactly same ?

    Bengali INDIA (bn_IN) is separate from Bengali (bn).
    > 
    > Since, it's me who had moved Bengali translation in xffm desktop files
    > to PO file bn.po and I think bn.po might be removed (you're joining as
    > Bengali translator).

    I am not the translator for the Bengali (bn) files...and I would
    appreciate it if the bn_IN files are treated separately from the bn
    translations.
    >

    hth
    Runa

Also, I've asked him to that he tells his opinion to us if possible, now
I know bn and bn_IN are different certainly, still don't know how different
these are ...

Regards,
-- 
Daichi



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