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ne55i

Seems like chess.com is being translated to other languages now. I would like to volunteer on translating to Malayalam Smile

notmtwain
ne55i wrote:

Seems like chess.com is being translated to other languages now. I would like to volunteer on translating to Malayalam 

Did you see the link on the bottom of the page? :

Help Translate:

Translate Chess.com into Your Language

Chess.com wants to be available in your language! The game of chess has such a specialized vocabulary, we decided to let our very own chess-experts contribute to the translation. If you meet certain requirements, then you can select a language we're currently translating in the sidebar to the right and then start translating!

 http://www.chess.com/translate/

// As far as I have seen, they are only posting translations of the basic menus and commands.  I haven't seen much effort demonstrated in translating help menus, frequently asked questions, etc.  or any place for speakers of various languages to get help from other native speakers. Instructional content is also not being translated. 

I looked up Malayalam and see that it is a language spoken by as many as 38 million people in southwest India. I see that it is the 34th most spoken language on the planet.  

The list of translation projects currently in the chess.com  dropdown list is 25 languages.  Unfortunately, there are no non-European languages in the list (other than Turkish).   I imagine there may be special technical challenges in merging in non-European langages (like alphabets, writing direction, etc.)  I am not sure how they came up with their list.

There are some languages on the list, like Norwegian, Finnish, Catalan, etc. with far fewer speakers than Malayalam. (Each has 5 million or fewer speakers.)

If you honestly believe that such a project would be helpful to native speakers of Malayalam, I would write in directly to support and offer your services.  I am sure that chess.com appreciates your interest in helping out!

ne55i

Please let them know I am ready to do the translation. I believe such a project will honestly help native speakers of Malayalam, especially students.

nishadtv

തമിഴും ഹിന്ദിയുമൊക്കെയുണ്ടല്ലോ പിന്നെ ഇവര്‍ക്ക് മലയാളം സൈഡ് ബാറില്‍ കൊടുത്താല്‍ എന്താ??

SillafuTheIntrepid

I am fluent in three languages and I think that it is important for all languages, but I think that languages that are more used, like Chinese, French, and Spanish, should be the first languages.

(following translated by TheAbroadTraveler, siguente traducido por ElViajeroalExtranjero, suivant traduit par LeVoyageuraL'Etranger)

Yo tengo fluidez en tres lenguas y creo que es importante para todas las lenguas, pero creo que las lenguas que son utilizados mas, como el chino, el frances, y el espanol, deben ser los primeros que Chess.com traducira.

J'ai de l'aisance en trois langues et je crois qu'il est important pour toutes les langues, mais je pense que les langues qui sont plus utilises, comme le chinois, le francais, ou l'espagnol, doivent etre les premieres langues.