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btk / aac-native

Multilangual react native AAC application for autism or non-verbal spectrum.
https://www.dreamoriented.org
MIT License
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Added traditional chinese translation (zh-TW) #40

Closed janeliutw closed 4 years ago

janeliutw commented 4 years ago

issue #2 This is translation to Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

btk commented 4 years ago

Hey @janeliutw thank you so much!

Could you tell me how much difference is there between zh-CN and zh-TW is it noticeable or like en-US vs en-GB?

janeliutw commented 4 years ago

@btk yeah, the file zn-CN is using Simplify Chinese, and zh-TW is using Traditional Chinese. So a lot of the characters are different, also the use of names/terms could be different as well!

btk commented 4 years ago

Ok thank you, also could you tell me about zh-Hans_HK vs zh-Hans_TW

I'm also going to add your name in app as contributors!

janeliutw commented 4 years ago

Sure. Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan are the only places that are primarily using Traditional Chinese in the world, we share the same characters but might use different names/ terms in some cases. So it's more like en-US vs en-GB e.g., Taxi in HongKong and Macau would be called "的士", but in Taiwan we call "計程車". If you would like to just have a general classification for Chinese, it would be Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified), google translate is using this classification. But since this is a Language learning app, people might be using it when they travel to different countries, I would suggest to include different translations for Simplified (zh-CN), Traditional (zh-HK), and Traditional (zh-TW) as the usage of words are different.

More info if you are interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_localisation But I am also happy to answer any other questions you have!

Also, I am sorry but I just found out there was some typo in my PR, I was working late last night my eyes just got tired. I'll update it and create another PR if you don't mind.

btk commented 4 years ago

Thank you for the info, since this app targets kids with autism, using the exact terms are crucial, I will do as you suggest.

Also, I am sorry but I just found out there was some typo in my PR, I was working late last night my eyes just got tired. I'll update it and create another PR if you don't mind.

Sure you can always come back and do changes and add a new PR as I try to update the app every month.