India Enquiry - 1. Localising the Software - Tamil

[Dan McGarry]

Richard Weideman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am following up a call for some help from India.
> 
> Can anyone comment on whether there is any translation work in this
> direction for Ubuntu / Edubuntu ?
> 
> 1. Localising the Software
> 
> = The medium of instruction in government schools is Tamil.

IIRC, there was a significant government effort in Southern India to 
localise Linux and FOSS applications to Tamil, among others. If the 
source files are readily accessible, they should be fairly easy to 
transpose into Edubuntu.

For more info on this, see:

<http://www.indlinux.org/>
<http://www.tamillinux.org/>

Regards,

-- 
Dan McGarry		it.psl at fsp.org.vu

IT Consultant
Community Communications Project