<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hello KDE translation coordinators,
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am writing to urgently request the addition of Sicilian (ISO 639-3: scn) language support to GCompris.
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>BACKGROUND:
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I attempted to contribute a Sicilian translation via GitHub PR #300 in June 2025
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- <br>The GCompris maintainer (petitlapin) redirected me to follow the official KDE translation process
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Issue tracking: <a href="https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/issues/70">https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/issues/70</a> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>I have an organized Telegram team ready to work on this translation immediately.<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">URGENCY:
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The GCompris 26.0 release has a string freeze deadline on January 31st, 2026 (only 24 days away). <br>To be included in this release, we need to achieve at least 70% translation completion before this date( i hope)<br><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">TECHNICAL DETAILS:
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Language code: scn (Sicilian)
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Sicilian is already included in glibc locale definitions<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I have previous experience with FOSS translations (contributed to Blender Italian translation)
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Our team on telegram is committed to maintaining this translation long-term (>70% completion)
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>REQUEST:
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Given the tight deadline, could you please:
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">1. Expedite the approval process for adding Sicilian (scn) to the KDE translation system
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2. Provide access to the translation files or templates so we can start working immediately
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">3. Guide me through the official procedure to add a new language
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">4. Confirm which additional KDE files we need to translate
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am ready to start working today and my team is standing by.
<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Thank you for your time and support!
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Best regards,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Paolo Lo Bello</span></div></div></div>