Re[P.S.]: Free Translation Project and projekti.linux.org.ba (was: Q: Can ...)

[Mirsad Todorovac]

On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Paul Eggert wrote:

> > From: address@hidden (Martin v. Loewis)
> > Date: 13 Apr 2002 12:21:33 +0200
> >
> > > Still, I'm curious to know how it was decided which dialect and
> > > orthography will be used for the Bosnian translation.
> >
> > It appears that "bs" was added 2000-02-18, but I could not find any
> > records of who made this change requests, and what the rationale was.
>
> One hint is that on that same date "sh" (Serbo-Croatian) was
> officially deprecated.  But ISO 639 says there's a "bs" (Bosnian), so
> a "bs" there can be.  One of the nice things about having an ISO
> registry is that the Free Translation Project generally doesn't need
> to worry about the politics behind the code assignments.
>
> Changing the subject slightly, I see that the Free Translation Project
> assigned the "bs" task to Mirsad Todorovac, whose email address
> <address@hidden> is served by the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb,
> Croatia.  I just did a Google search and found an active GNU/Linux
> Bosnian localization project that is based in Bosnia; please see
> <http://projekti.linux.org.ba/>.  Have they been contacted as a
> potential source of assistance to the Free Translation Project's "bs"
> task?

And yes, although I live in Zagreb, and Croats mostly have assimilated me,
(mostly by various types of pressures and threats and imprisonments and
sending to war), I still have some Bsnian very close relatives, and I have
a heart for Bosnian cause.

This is the primary reason why I accepted this duty in the first place.

Paul?

Mirsad


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