[ANN] Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 is now available in TAMIL [Soon in Hindi and Telugu]

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

Welcome to my 1000th post on the BTCitcointalk forum.  

Introduction

I luckily got to know about bitcoin only in 2016 and registered here in this forum at the start of 2018. Right from the beginning, India was never favorable to Bitcoin in general and our media has been promoting the underlying technology and bitcoin in a bad light. Recently, we just got back our trading rights through the Supreme Court Judgement! Though we speak English for majority of the time in our country, Regional Languages or Languages being used in rural/urban India plays a major role in bringing any kind of web/mobile application to a wider reach among the targeted users.

An Indian High school student should speak better English than this regional local language to cherish in his career. This is how we have been taught and this is how most of us had been brought up but I would never argue this is wrong and at the same time betraying our own local language for the promotion of a foreign language like English shouldn't be encouraged upon. English had become mandatory for every one of us to survive in a corporate world and in order to sustain in India. But I have a firm belief that Regional Languages still play a role to connect any new idea to the regional people. This has been quite evident from the sales of newspapers. Even today, a regional language newspaper sells higher in number than a English paper like "The Hindu" or "Indian Express" .

Similarly I feel like the primary satoshi Bitcoin client should be present in our Regional Languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali as well.

I've been working on the translation work for over 6 months (both bitcoin.org and Bitcoin Core) when my real life allows me to do so. I speak, read and write 3 of the major languages and Tamil is one among them. There was over 10-20% automated translations made by various Indians prior to myself getting involved in the process and I started the Tamil translation from scratch. I thereby tried to re-edit and translate majority of the whole software in Tamil.

Finally after the recent translation merges in github and the release of 0.19.1 Tamil becomes the First Indian Language to be present in Bitcoin Core.  

How to Upgrade Bitcoin Core to Tamil

Download link:

https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac)
or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).

Once you have installed Bitcoin Core in your PC, click on

Settings -> Options -> Open Configuration File

Once you have clicked upon the "Open Configuration File", an empty notepad will be opening up. Type

Code:

lang=ta

in the notepad, click on Save and close the notepad. Close the Bitcoin Core application and reopen it again. You will be viewing and using the Tamil Version of Bitcoin Core.

Please Note : The Tamil translation is in final stages of review and I would probably be finishing it up in the 0.20 release. Till then, there would be minor bugs in grammar and stuffs. I have started working on the bitcoin.org Tamil translation and simultaneously working on Hindi and Telugu versions of Bitcoin Core as well.

Screenshots:

How to translate Bitcoin Core in other Indian Languages:

The translations of Bitcoin Core primarily occurs on a translation website called Transifex

The complete process for translating Bitcoin Core in your native Indian languages is listed here : Translating Bitcoin Core


Thanks to akhjob for motivating and helping me in translating the application in Tamil.

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[akram143]

Feels proud to be a Tamizhian  after saw this,first Indian language in Bitcore don't know how much I am excited after reading this.

வாழ்க தமிழ்! வளர்க தமிழ்!
No sMerits! someone please rain him some merits.

[akhjob]

Wow, superb effort. I know how translating via transifex can be a pain in the ass because sometimes you can't clearly identify the context of the text. Completing the Tamil translation singlehandedly via transifex is really praiseworthy effort. Thanks on behalf of the Tamil community.

Thanks to akhjob for motivating and helping me in translating the application in Tamil

Dude, I don't deserve the credit. I promised that I would help with the translation but I couldn't be of any help. Sorry about that.
But if you think that I motivated you somehow, I am really happy  Thanks.

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

BTCumping for better visibility and also looking out for volunteers to help me with translating 0.20.0 version in Hindi and Telugu which is scheduled to launch on 03rd June 2020. Regarding bitcoin.org, theymos has stepped out from the position of being the domain owner and it is solely being owned by Cøbra. The website changes and contributions are being taken care by open source contributors. Though bitcoin.org is unofficial source for bitcoin related information but they have been created by Satoshi and is of a historical importance.

I don't have much free time as I had during September - December last year and only a fair amount of time per week can be spent on translating the whole site. The Hindi translation is being taken care by webtricks (AFAIK) and as of now, we have a current broken Hindi translation for the site. So, you could collaborate with webtricks for fixing the current broken Hindi translations and myself for Telugu and Tamil versions respectively.

If anyone willing to contribute for these translations and get them sorted out before the release candidates which could possibly happen around May 15th reach out to me via forum PM or telegram.

[webtricks]

I don't have much free time as I had during September - December last year and only a fair amount of time per week can be spent on translating the whole site. The Hindi translation is being taken care by webtricks (AFAIK) and as of now, we have a current broken Hindi translation for the site. So, you could collaborate with webtricks for fixing the current broken Hindi translations and myself for Telugu and Tamil versions respectively.

If anyone willing to contribute for these translations and get them sorted out before the release candidates which could possibly happen around May 15th reach out to me via forum PM or telegram.

That's correct.

I have been upgraded to the role of Coordinator for Hindi language. My present goal is to translate untranslated strings which are around 400 and then review the 118 un-reviewed strings and re-review 550 strings which are not translated properly.

If anyone wants to help, he/she can PM me or message me on Telegram @webtricky. Together we can help Bitcoin reaching wider Indian audience since bitcoin.org is an important knowledge base on Bitcoin both from the aspect of quality content as well as Search Engine rankings.

[pawanjain]

I don't have much free time as I had during September - December last year and only a fair amount of time per week can be spent on translating the whole site. The Hindi translation is being taken care by webtricks (AFAIK) and as of now, we have a current broken Hindi translation for the site. So, you could collaborate with webtricks for fixing the current broken Hindi translations and myself for Telugu and Tamil versions respectively.

If anyone willing to contribute for these translations and get them sorted out before the release candidates which could possibly happen around May 15th reach out to me via forum PM or telegram.

That's correct.

I have been upgraded to the role of Coordinator for Hindi language. My present goal is to translate untranslated strings which are around 400 and then review the 118 un-reviewed strings and re-review 550 strings which are not translated properly.

If anyone wants to help, he/she can PM me or message me on Telegram @webtricky. Together we can help Bitcoin reaching wider Indian audience since bitcoin.org is an important knowledge base on Bitcoin both from the aspect of quality content as well as Search Engine rankings.

Hello guys,

It feels good that you guys are doing so much for the community. I would love to help you guys in this process.
I think I will be able to contribute both in Hindi and Tamil as I can read and write both of these.
Though the Tamil is not my primary language I would at least be able to help you in whatever way possible.
Let me know how can I help. Ping me on Telegram for quicker communication.