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Microsoft Forced To Translate Office Into Nynorsk

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wanna-sell-here-do-ya dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Beeb reports, "The main organisation working for the Nynorsk language got most of Norway's high schools to threaten to boycott all Microsoft software if they didn't come up with a New Norwegian version of Office." Which brings up questions for Open Source developers: What's involved in translating programs? Is there a process that can be followed to make the inevitable easier? Is there a group providing guidelines for this already? -- Do you work in program translation? Step up and do tell."

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  1. Microsoft and The Weird by Teun · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I'm not generally inclined to feel sorry for Microsoft but here I'm getting close.
    The fact that the 4.5 million Norwegians think they can make (or have to make) such a demand is, for what is mainly a quaint political issue, largely based on their oil-wealth.
    For years now they have been fighting about what their language should be like and only because of this wealth can they afford to have several versions "official" at the same time.
    And then they have major spelling changes on top of it!

    Spoiled children they are..

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  2. Re:One of the best reasons for Open Source... by Michael+Dorfman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >Someone with a better command of other languages can do the translations instead.

    Better command than what? Than the people Microsoft will hire? Chalk this up as "One of the lamest reasons for Open Source..."

  3. Re:very true by geek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    you're an idiot