Opened 16 hours ago
Last modified 16 hours ago
#19216 new task
Change userguide language code for Chinese
| Reported by: | humdinger | Owned by: | waddlesplash |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Website/Userguide Translator | Version: | R1/beta5 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
As there's currently some activity for Chinese translations, I wonder if we can change the language code for Chinese.
Right now we use "zh_CN" for Chinese, but this has some problems:
- this is a country code, not a language code
- currently our "zh_CN" user guide is in "Chinese simplfied". There interest to translate to "Chinese traditional"
Often "Chinese traditional" seems to use "zh_TW", but as we should move away from country codes, this wouldn't be a preferred solution.
Pootle already uses "zh_HANS" and "zh_HANT". Can the userguide (and Welcome package) do likewise?
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I've just had a look at this stackoverflow page. It appears like it's not just a matter of different character - zh_HANS vs. zh_HANT, but that translations differ between regions. For example, there could be zh_HANS_HK and zh_HANT_HK for the Chinese variant that's spoken in Hong Kong...
Maybe we need some more expert input from out Chinese users in the forum.