| ITWeb: Linux speaks Xhosa fluently |
| Wednesday, 31 October 2001 | |
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Linux now speaks Xhosa fluently thanks to the efforts of an organisation called translate.org.za. Founded earlier this year by Dwayne Bailey to “spearhead” the translation of desktop software into African languages, translate.org.za has completed the translation of KDE, a desktop environment for Linux. Bailey says the project was sponsored by Obsidian Systems, a local Linux support and development company. Obsidian director Evan Summers says “supporting this translation effort has been a way in which Obsidian Systems can make a big impact on the lives of fellow South Africans”. “The translation does not remove all barriers to computer access, but it helps to eliminate one. Translation together with low cost computers, open source software and low cost Internet access will go a long way to making a dramatic IT impact on South Africans, especially the poor.” http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2001/0110311130.asp?A=LIN&S=Open%20Source&T=Section&O=C |
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