I want to Translate English to Bengali!

[srabon]

Hello,
I am new here, so forgive me for any mistakes.
I would like to translate English MX Linux into Bengali.
Please let me know what to do or how to start?
Thanks in advance.

[Jerry3904]

Welcome, and thanks! Take a look at this Wiki article to start with:

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/translations/m ... ranslator/

[Utopia]

And if your language isn't in the list at the antiX language page, there's a "Request language" button at the top right.
Henry

[srabon]

And if your language isn't in the list at the antiX language page, there's a "Request language" button at the top right.
Henry

I requested for a new language. It's pending I think.

[Fibogacci]

Hello,
I am new here, so forgive me for any mistakes.
I would like to translate English MX Linux into Bengali.
Please let me know what to do or how to start?
Thanks in advance.

Hello and welcome

According to Wiki (here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language) there are 260-300 million speakers worldwide, so you can do a great favour to a huge number of users by translating MX Linux.

Actually, making such a translation, you can have a big, positive impact on their lives.

I wish you strength and perseverance in translating. Good luck!

Edit:

I've checked Transifex, there is Bengali 0%, so probably your request was already accepted or maybe it was there earlier, because I can see date 23rd of June.

[srabon]

You are right! A lot of people speak this language! Actually It was one of the main languages in South Asia.




Yes, now I am working on that! I am trying to install Bengali keyboard on MX Linux. I am used to use Phonetic Bengali keyboard on Windows. On MX Linux, only Provat layout is available which is I am not known of.

[rasat]

You are right! A lot of people speak this language! Actually It was one of the main languages in South Asia.

Namaskar, amar nam Markku. Bangla has a Sanskrit root so there are similarities in South East Asia such are Malaysia and Indonesia. I was in South EA (1983-1997), also visited often Calcutta (Kolkata). Bangla is spoken in West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh (~250 million). If you get MX Linux translated to Bangla will be great. It has its own script (50 characters ??), or will you use phonetics?

[Fibogacci]

You are right! A lot of people speak this language! Actually It was one of the main languages in South Asia.




Yes, now I am working on that! I am trying to install Bengali keyboard on MX Linux. I am used to use Phonetic Bengali keyboard on Windows. On MX Linux, only Provat layout is available which is I am not known of.

Maybe I could help. Is it Phonetic Bengali (screenshot below)? (Sorry for random letters, I don't speak/write Bengali (yet )





There is also very nice application to learn touch typing - Klaviro. But I don't know what type of Bengali (phonetic or not) it is there.





So, if on the first screenshot is Phonetic Bengali, I've found the solution here:
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2396

I've tested it in Virtual Box, with such steps:

1. I've downloaded .deb file in terminal (keyboard shortcut F4, full screen F11) with:
wget https://github.com/maateen/avro/release ... -1_all.deb

(or it can be downloaded in browser)
https://github.com/maateen/avro/release ... -1_all.deb

2. Installation in terminal:
$ sudo dpkg -i avro_2.0-1_all.deb

(or in Thunar file manager: right click on the file and Open it with GDebi)

3. There was dependency error so in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get install -f

4. Next, I've installed ibus (Inteligent Input Bus) - it is in MX Package Installer, tab Stable Repository

5. In start menu (Whisker) I've typed ibus and run the program

6. In second tab, Input methods, I've chose Add, found Bengali and chose Avro Phonetic.

7. In Notification area there should be icon, which allows changing keyboard type (click with left mouse button).

[rasat]

So, if on the first screenshot is Phonetic Bengali...

Phonetic Bengali is not a different script but using English letters. Same how I introduced myself in my previous post: "Namaskar, amar nam Markku (Salute, my name is Markku). With Bengali scripture it would have been something like this (not sure if its correct): নমস্কার, আমার নাম মার্ক্কু