proposal to translate tellico to hindi during season of kde 2024

[Akash Kumar]

Project abstract

This project requires translating tellico application to hindi. tellico has
translations in a lot of languages but it lacks support for hindi language.
lokalize translation tool will assist in translation.
<#proposal>Proposal

Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million
speakers. Adding hindi language support to a kde application would mean
Increased Accessibility, Cultural Inclusivity, and Enhanced User Experience.

Tellico is one of the most starred projects in the office subgroup. It is
used by thousands of people around the world to manage collections of
books, videos, music, etc. This project aims to translate all sentences
displayed to the user into Hindi.

A translation tool like lokalize will be used to translate every sentences.
According to lokalize, there is a total of 2070 statements in need of
translation. These statements are divided into two groups docmessages and
messages. I would be starting of with translating messages and then
docmessages.

I will regularly update the Hindi team about my progress and ask for review.
<#timeline>Timeline

week 1 (January 17, 2024) - week 4 (February 14, 2024) I will translate all
the messages files. There are a total of 730 sentences.

week 4 (February 14, 2024) - week 8 (March 13, 2024) I will translate all
the docmessages files. There are a total of 1340 sentences.

week 8 (March 13, 2024) - week 10 (March 31, 2024) I will re-check every
translation from my end to ensure correctness before submitting for final
review. During this period, I would also make a comprehensive report about
my work.

I would be devoting 20-25 hours a week for the completion of this project.
<#foreseen-challenges>Foreseen challenges

If ambiguity arise in the choice of words to use, I will have a detailed
discussion with my mentor and the hindi team and come to a choice which
will not harm anyone's sentiment, culture or religious beliefs.
<#references-relevant-background-info>References / relevant background info

To demonstrate my work, I have added hindi support in three widely used kde
application: kcharselect, kruler and ktimer. My work can be found here:
https://github.com/AkashKumar7902/translations-kde-applications.

I have submitted my work on hindi mailing list for review:
https://mail.kde.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kde-l10n-hi

Apart from translation work, I am interning at keploy which is a cncf
landscape project. https://github.com/keploy/keploy

I have a deep understanding of hindi language as I am a native hindi
speaker. I have also performed very well in hindi paper in my 10th standard
board exam which is final examination in high school.
<#how-to-reach-you>How to reach me

Element: Akash Kumar @akashkumar </akashkumar>:matrix.org

email: meakash7902 at gmail.com

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akashkumar7902/

github: https://github.com/akashkumar7902


*P.S.: I would like to invite the hindi team to connect with me on any of
my handles so that we can discuss further on which files to update and how
to review the files.*