Hello World ,
Here we are going to learn how to translate English Strings into TamilStrings in ( KDE 4.3 ) Kubuntu Operating System
How to install Tamil Language Package :
Type this command in Konsole …
$ sudo apt-get install language-pack-kde-ta
1. Select “ System Seetings “ From Kubuntu Menu
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2. Select “ Regional & Language “
3. Select Tamil Language
5.How to enable Tamil Type Writing
7.Move India towards Right Side
10. Set Shortcut to change Global Tamil Font to English Font & Vice Versa
Type this link in URL to get source string from internet
http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk-kde4/essential/
Select Tamil From that
http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk-kde4/team/ta/
Select “ Extrangear-Multimedia “
Right Click On Our Application Name ( Amarok ) and Click on “ Save Link As “ and Save that into our folder with default extension as . pot
Save that extension . Pot file as . Po extension file
Installation Poedit
$ sudo apt-get install poedit
Open poedit
Open . po file ( eg : Open amarok.po )
Amarok Player in English Strings
Opened . po file in Poedit
Select English Strings and Type Corresponding Meaningful Stings in Tamil
Use Symbols as it is ( for eg: & , % , + , Numericals , etc )
Convert all Strings into Tamil and finally Click Save Button.
By default it will create . mo extention file in that same folder.
Copy this . mo file ( amarok.mo ) into
/usr/share/locale-langpack/ta/LC_MESSAGES/
$ sudo cp amarok.mo /usr/share/locale-langpack/ta/LC_MESSAGES/
Now Open that application , ( here open amarok )
Now we can see our application in Tamil String which was typed by us .
Same Procedure , we can follow to change english strings to all other languges …
Enjoy with your Mother Tounge ! ! !
You can get this document as PDf from here
Best Wishes From ARULALAN . T
Tux World 