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Siguro ay nahuhuli na ako sa balita tungkol sa pagsasalin ng mga malayang programa sa Tagalog at Filipino. Sisikapin kong matapatan muli ang mga iba't ibang mga pagsulong sa gawaing pagsalin matapos na matagumpay akong makapaglipat sa bago kong opisina.

Naninibago ako sa aking gagampanan dahil napakatagal kong nanilbihan bilang sysadmin ng UPM, at naiiba ang aking trabaho ngayon sa dati kong nakasanayan na. Gayunpaman, malaki ang tiwala ko na magiging mahusay at mahalaga ang maibibigay kong tulong sa larangan ng malayang software dito sa ating bansa sa hinaharap.

Sa mga kaibigang tumatangkilik ng software na malaya at bukás ang pinagmulan, patuloy natin itong itaguyod at palakasin sa pamamagitan ng pamamahagi, pag-gamit, pagsulong at pagpapaunlad ng mga ito.

<title>I got my svn.gnome.org account</title>
I just got email that my svn.gnome.org account is now active! Yipee!
I can update any Tagalog/Filipino translations from downstream and fold them in.


My plan is to fix the headers with proper attributions to translation contributors from wherever after doing a cursory review of the translations. Just doing that will take a lot of time, so I suppose I will have to plan for this.

Pumasa ako ng LPI exams 101 at 102. LPI-1 certified na ako!

Medyo matagal yung paghihintay para sa resulta, pero ayos na.

Hindi naman ako nagkaroon ng duda na papasa ako, yun lang, nakakainip na maghintay ng resulta kapag alam mong may resulta na yung mga kasabay mong nag-exam.

Naaalala ko nung nag-interview ako sa G, at napakatagal bago ko nalaman na hindi ako pasado. Medyo malayo na rin yung naabot ko sa interview process, kaya nakakapanghinayan.

Hindi rin ako gaanong nakapag-review para sa exams, kaya may konting kaba na baka sumablay noong una. Nung natapos na ang exams, medyo nakahinga ako dahil alam ko na kung saan ako nagkaproblema at hindi ganoon karami ang hindi ko masagot na tiyak.

Sa mga may balak mag-exam sa LPI, mag-aral kayo ng matagal bago mag-exam at mag-hasa kayo sa mga karaniwang ginagamit sa Linux. Maganda rin na yung bihirang gamitin na kaalaman ay mapag-aralan din, lalo na kung wala kayong alam talaga dito.

It's the last day of "review classes" before the LPI-1 community exam in Manila. The LPI-1 exam, is open to all. However, I think registration is already closed because the exams had to be ordered in advance. Next time there's an exam, and you aren't yet certed, I think it is worth spending the low cost fee of $30 per exam. Outside, the cost is $150, I understand.

I was checking my email last night when I realized that there was a lot of activity on debian-i18n in the run-up to rc1 for etch d-i. Christian Perrier had sent me several email asking about the status of debian-tl and I had replied that nothing was wrong, just that I had been busy.

I should have posted about this on the mailing list in order that some of the work can be offloaded to others, but it may be a little too late for that.

Checking the status of d-i tl translations for levels 1-5, and considering what bubulle told me (he's not worried about tl since I replied in email), we're not in bad shape. However, we're not at the level of translation that I'd like TL to be in (i.e. 100% in all levels). It will need care and feeding, but maybe I can catch up before rc2. I need to put in some time on it after I take the LPI-1 cert exams on Saturday.

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Somewhat related to TL, in discussions with Ariel, we are thinking of getting more involvement in localization work outside our current circle of influence. Rosetta is an excellent tool for doing collaborative translation that helps draw input from volunteers who are new to translating open source. As an introduction to l10n, it is okay. But for serious work, and for long term commitments, I feel that using l10n tools that are on the desktop are more efficient. I should look into the existing tools and see how they can be integrated with some form of network communication for coordination and revision control. Or are there methods that are already there, but not well documented? I should investigate this and write up something about it so that others who are interested in l10n can get into it.

I wasn't able to attend yesterday's training, which covered X primarily, which wraps up the topics covered in LPI 101. I should probably review my X again since it's been some time since I last configured X from scratch.

Kaeru had the class do a quiz this morning, which was pretty easy. I suppose it's hard to forget basic concepts if you use them constantly. There was also another quiz yesterday morning which experienced linux/unix users shouldn't have trouble with.

Today, the class will start going through LPI 102 objectives.

I'm at the IOSN-ASEAN+3 Training of Trainors in Manila assisting Khairil in the two week training. We are at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus, in their DILC laboratory. It's pretty cool, having two score or so people from various ASEAN countries, alongside Filipinos, participating in a review of LPI level 1 for certification.

Right now, the participants are working through the different text processing commands available in the *N*X environment. Standard fare for getting the most out of your *N*X system and invaluable tools for sysadmins everywhere.

If you are new to *N*X, an old but still very useful text on this is The UNIX Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike. I found it a helpful introduction to many of the concepts that have made UNIX a powerful environment to work in.

Another book that made working in UNIX easy to understand was UNIX Shell Programming by Kochan and Wood.

I don't know if these books are easily available, but if you spot a copy of either, they are great finds and worth spending on.

It's 5AM and I'm packed, ready to go. Trix and the kids are upstairs asleep. Anxious and excited. This will be my second sponsored trip abroad for training. I expect to meet people who are into FOSS and maybe collaborate on work despite the distances between us. I already do that in Debian, but not with Asians.

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For those of you who are working on FOSS translation, do you have an English word that you have difficulty translating into Filipino? Join the Debian Tagalog/Filipino Translation Team and send email. There are a few of us actively translating software into Tagalog/Filipino and we may have suggestions, or discussions about how to translate certain terms.

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English-Filipino word for today:

File - Talaksan

When I was first doing translations for the Debian Installer (d-i), my initial translations used tipunan as a translation for file. It was a coined word, as far as I could tell, that has its root in tipon, meaning "to gather together". Some words that use this root word include katipunan, pagtitipon (no, I am not sure of this, but I should consult UPDF to be certain.) However, sometime last year, we got wind of Rio Alma's work, commissioned by Microsoft, a glossary of computer terms in Filipino. They had chosen to use talaksan to refer to file. Since then, I have been using talaksan instead. We shall see how things turn out.

It has been almost 9 years since I last visited Singapore. If all things come together, I will be there again on Sunday to attend CICC's Asia OSS Master Trainers Workshop as a representative of IOSN ASEAN+3.

I still have to meet with Dr. Marcelo this afternoon to tie up some loose ends, and drop by the office to check on some paperwork.

I checked yesterday if there were any Debian Developers in Singapore. To my dismay, there are none. I had hoped that it might be a chance to get my GPG/PGP key signed by a DD, but it seems that that won't happen on this trip. Unless someone in the workshop is a DD, that is.

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d-i is a fast moving target. Every day, there are strings that are changed or added. So I can never really sit contentedly about the state of my translation.

There are a myriad other packages that need translator attention, but keeping the d-i Tagalog translation up-to-date is what I am focussing on right now. Having little time makes one reduce the amount of things one has to do.

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Today's English-Filipino word for f/oss translators:

Install - Luklok
Installation - Pagkaluklok
Installer - Tagaluklok
Installed - Nakaluklok
Other forms: iniluklok, iluklok (imperative)

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I really need to brush up on my Filipino grammar if I want to keep the translations correct. However, like I've said before, the immediate objective in translating to Tagalog (and as a consequence, Filipino) is to get the first step done. A rough translation that is understandable and workable is all that is needed. Fixing, fine-tuning, and reviewing the translation can all be done easily after. Since the translation is not fixed in stone, we have leeway to make mistakes initially. Subsequent releases of the software and the translation provide plenty of room to get it right eventually. Polish and nuances can be honed in over time. Of course, if you can get it right the first time, go ahead and do it.

Photo-finish nanaman ako bago makalipad patungong Singapore. Kahapon ko lamang nai-file ang passport renewal ko sa DFA courtesy lane. Sa Miyerkules ng hapon ko makukuha ang pasaporte ko at saka lamang ako makakapag-book ng flight ko.

Sabi sa akin ni Eloy Marcelo ng IOSN ASEAN+3 node, na grant ang ibibigay para sa pagpunta ko sa Asia OSS Master Trainers Workshop na gaganapin sa Singapore.

Sana ay matuloy ako, pero kung hindi...

... ay may ibang pagkakataon.

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