[Ubuntu-PH] Pagsalin sa Filipino WAS: newbie pow

[Roberto L. Sanglay]

Good day guys,

After all has been said and done about translating Ubuntu to Filipino, at 
the end of the day, it would all depend on the user or the one who will 
install it what language of choice he will use/install it.

Although much has been said about us adopting Tagalog for official 
communications (ex. in government offices) it would still take much effort 
to use it for the whole country (ex. in school, and private offices, etc.)

I am from Pasay City.  I grew up and worked there for a while before I 
decided to permanentlly transfer here in the Visayas.  I have been here long 
enough to appreciate the differences between Tagalog and Cebuano dialects. 
One thing I can say is that the Cebuano dialects vocabulary is a little more 
specific in some terms which doesnt have direct translation in Tagalog.
                English       Cebuano    Tagalog
Example:  husband  -    bana       -  asawa (generic, either husband or 
wife)

Another point is that, you guys from Metro manila talk and speak in what we 
call now as tagalog (taglish),  we have to agree that we have lost the real 
Filipino vocabulary. We use a mixed medium (with english) in our everyday 
communication as opposed to the vernacular. Who among of you would say "ay 
siyang tunay" to mean "oh yeah"  or "I agree" or "it's true".  Even our 
elementary brothers and sisters would scratch thier heads if you ask them 
what is a "watawat" or "aklat".

All I know is that visayans (most if not all) despise tagalog.  Imagine 
hearing in a restaurant somebody asking a waiter for a cold bottle of coke, 
"bay! bigyan mo nga ako ng isang botelya ng coke, yung maginaw! (maginaw 
means the same as malamig which both translate to cold in english).

I dont want to be a devils advocate about a very noble effort in translating 
Ubuntu in tagalog, but if you are talking about what is for the common good, 
I would tend to stick with the english version.

Another 2 cents worth.

Robert Sanglay
Infomate Computer Systems
Dumaguete City

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerome Gotangco" <jgotangco at ubuntu.com>
To: "Mailing List para sa Ubuntu Pilipinas (Philippines)" 
<ubuntu-ph at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: [Ubuntu-PH] Pagsalin sa Filipino WAS: newbie pow


Wow. ok to ah. Maganda nga pakinggan sa Filipion.

Mas mabibigyan linaw tayo sa darating na a-kinse kung saan itatalakay
ni Eric Pareja ang tugkol sa pagsasalin sa wikang pambansa.

Jerome Gotangco
jgotangco at ubuntu.com | jgotangco at gmail.com
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