[Koha-devel] RE: MARC Label in English

[Ambrose Li]

If the UNIMARC stuff need to be translated to English, I can try to do it; but I will need some directions since I haven't done anything related to Koha or library science for months (sorry again).

If it is just the labels, I envision that we can convert the original strings to English, and let the normal translation process convert it back to French. Back when the Chinese translation was still worked on, this seemed to have the intended effect (translating the French strings to Chinese); the only problem with keeping original strings in French is that it can't be translated to English because English is not a real locale (it's more like the "default" locale).

Or maybe someone might have a better idea.


On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:09:53AM +0000, Alan Hopkinson wrote:
> I hope that a version of KOHA will be done for UNIMARC as well as MARC21. It is widely used in Europe, the Far East and developing countries particularly outside the Anglo-American world.
> 
> Alan Hopkinson
> Chair, IFLA Permanent UNIMARC Committee
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: maolins at gmail.com [mailto:maolins at gmail.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:46 AM
> > To: koha-devel at nongnu.org
> > Cc: Alan Hopkinson
> > Subject: Re: MARC Label in English
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all and Mr. Hopkinson from PUC,
> > 
> > 
> > 2006/3/3, Paul POULAIN <paul.poulain at free.fr>:
> > > ë‘cµ a ¨¦crit :
> > > > Before going further I was confused with Koha on
> > > > "MARC tag structure admin for default MARC framework".
> > > >
> > > > The label is in French only. Could I change it to English?
> > >
> > > During install, you have choosen "UNIMARC". UNIMARC tables are in 
> > > french only, where MARC21 tables are in english only.
> > 
> > Can I load UNIMARC English table up for Koha?
> > 
> > We, China and Taiwan library authorities, do not use MARC21 
> > for non-English materials.
> > 
> > I hate to tell you that most of Chinese librarian can not 
> > understand French.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Best regards
> > 
> > ë‘cµ, Anthony Mao, mao at lins dot fju dot edu dot tw
> > ICQ 30941847
> > Department of Library and Information Science 
> > http://www.lins.fju.edu.tw/mao/index.htm
> > TEL +886 2 29052334, FAX +886 2 29017405
> > Fu-jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
> > 
> 
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Regards,
-- 
Ambrose LI Cheuk-Wing  <a.c.li at ieee.org>

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