[Koha] Right To Left in Arabic KOHA

[Karam Qubsi]

Hi Sam,
I think that we can create a css templates that support all the rtl
languages and let the user select what he prefer
if his language is ltr he will select the default one , or he will
select the second choice rtl to support his language, but each
language must be translated to be supported , our group is from the
Arab world and we are working to make koha in Arabic we are working
here  :
translate.koha-community.org/ar/36/

you can ask to open a Persian translation project and start
translating , and when finishing you may find it easier if you find
koha support the style from right to left :)

and koha 3.8 know is fully supported in search and retrieve for
non-Latin languages .

I hope you will find the best way to start your  Persian project :)

kinds regards
Karam Qubsi






On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Davoodifar, H. Sam (EDU)
<H.Sam.Davoodifar at gov.mb.ca> wrote:
> Hi Karam,
>
> I think this is a great initiative. I'm fluent in Farsi (Persian) language and would be interested in helping out in developing Farsi version of the Koha that could be used in IRAN, Afghanistan, and other places. Please let me know how you are planning to proceed.
>
> Are you thinking to form a team to work on right-to-left languages?
> Let me know ...
>
> __Sam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Karam Qubsi
> Sent: April-28-12 1:57 PM
> To: Koha; koha-translate at lists.koha-community.org
> Subject: [Koha] Right To Left in Arabic KOHA
>
> Hi all .
> I'm looking to develop the result of koha translation process in Arabic
>
> as you know the Arabic language is deffer from English
>
> in Arabic we read and write from right to left
>
> this is  possible to be modified by hand but if we want to create an
> Arabic version of koha we need to make the text by default goes from
> right to left .
>
> so what we have to do to make this koha Arabic Version ?
> and make it as a choice in the installations steps when selecting Arabic.
>
> I think my group can edit the css files and make this ok (direction rtl )
>
>  but how to make this changes Permanent for every new Arabic Koha installation
>
> can we make some default template for Arabic language , or that can be
> selected from the po files in some way ?
> or it must be included in the koha package , or what  ?
>
> Both Arabic and Hebrew, and the non-Semitic languages using the Arabic
> or the Hebrew alphabet, such as Persian and Yiddish, are written from
> right to left (except for their numbers!). Urdu which is also derived
> from Arabic and Persian language and ancient indo - aryan language
> binti is written from right to left. Ancient Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek
> and the oldest Latin could be written in both directions.
> Also Chinese and Japanese can be written right to left (also written
> from top to bottom, vertically).
> Korean is NOT written from right to left
>
>
> I wish we discuss this to make the next koha version fully supported
> for Arabic language
>
> Kind regards
>
> --
> Karam Qubsi
> Koha Arab translation Team
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Karam Qubsi
Koha Arab translation Team
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Wikibrary for Arab librarians
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