2006/12/19, Christian Perrier <<a href="mailto:bubulle@debian.org">bubulle@debian.org</a>>:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You already explained me the difference between a "traditional" and<br>"simplified" way to write Malayalam. What I understand is that local<br>authorities have supported the simplified orthography (I guess with the
<br>intent to improve literacy...something that was done in China in the<br>communist years). Am I right?</blockquote><div><br>No. The alphabet were cut down to fit it into the typewriter and that is not required any more with the advancements in computing.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Is that what is called "Old Lipi"/""New Lipi"?</blockquote>
<div><br>Old Lipi is the traditional and New Lipi is the trimmed down one. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Even though I perfectly understand that wanting to keep the traditional
<br>writing style alive is a perfectly valid opinion (preserve cultural<br>heritage, etc.), I have the concern of pragmatism when dealing with<br>FLOSS localisation: I want our localisation work to be *used*. So, do<br>you confirm me that the choice of the "traditional" orthography will not
<br>make the Malayalam translation an "elite" translation?</blockquote><div><br>Traditional malyalam is already chosen by malayalm computing community (blogs, wikipedia ...). And the poular newspapers and other media has used a mix and it would not be for elite (I can testify my experience as I have been taught the new Lipi in school and I have no problem using the Old Lipi).
<br><br>As Vivek already pointed out the choice of traditional orthography alone won't block the acceptance.<br></div></div><br>Regards<br>Praveen<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history.
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