Many people have not realised that their computer represents them, their personality. What do people think when the look at you computer, what language it comminicates in, what background image you have, what screensaver your using. If you have a picture of a lion on your background people will know that you love wild life or lions. That is what should happen when people look at your computer so your computer should speak your language too.
I like many people did not know that this is actually porssible until I went to uviversit studied translation got my degree and realised that this world is bigger that I thought, technology is bigger than I though. I this time I thought technology was selfish. I have been part of a team that translated one of the biggest web browsers in the world "Firefox", we were all volunteering and now it feels so good to see my browser communicating with me in isiZulu.
People have the right to have their computers communicating in their language, all languages are the same and that should show. I am proud to speak my language and type in my language, so should you. Open Source is the best thing since fire.
True indeed I second you Priny, we have to take initiative to use our language and give them the prestige that they deserve for them to be sustained throughout the years.
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