[Ilugc] Re: Regard clarify my doubt --> Asking Questions in Tamil

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On 01-Mar-07, at 1:56 AM, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

>> Though I think typing a technical query in my mother tongue is more
>> trouble than it's worth, but if the user took the trouble to type it
>> in Tamil, perhaps he has his own reasons.
>
>         This is a point. I don't think I can ask, or answer, a
>  question in my mother tongue. I mean, what is the hindi of file?
>  directory? configuration file? script? program? how do I say init
>  script in Hindi? or tamil?

language of a list/channel or the like is decided by the admins - or  
the people who created it. This is usualy mentioned in the list  
rules. If there is sufficient demand for a new language, a new list  
gets created. This also governs international lists - like postgresql  
or python, for all one knows, the non-english speakers may be the  
majority, but they have to take the trouble to learn english. I have  
been trying to put together a hacker dictionary in various Indian  
languages and my experience shows that our languages are never going  
to catch up with the new terminology. At the most what we do is  
combine english and the local language. And I have noticed this kind  
of combination is there in popular local language publications when  
dealing with computers/software. I have also seen this in local  
language versions of manuals - for example the manual that comes with  
the Tata Sky package. We may not like the idea, but it is impossible  
in todays world to write/learn to write good code without a good  
command of english.

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