Re: help required in translation of a few words

Anwar wrote:

> For those who cant type malayalama transliterated word word would
> also do. Well to start with I am sending a list of a

I suggest that we use a three column format for discussions like this.

<word>		<transliteration>        <malayalam>

Here is an example of the format

normal   sadharana       ??????

This way, even those who have ancient/non-free/nonstandard rendering
systems can understand what is there in the third column by looking at
the second.

I am also aware that there is a iTrans (or something like that) which
maps upper and lower case letters. Thus, ?????? would be represented
using something like saaDHaraNNa or similar. IMHO, this would be a
right-royal PITA. So, we will stick to simple alpha representation.

But, do remember to think of ambiguous spelling, like `manam' as in
`sky' and not `smell'. In such situations, please clarify.

So, here is my 2 paisa worth.

> 1.configuration

chitta    ????? is the word used in GNOME.

> 2.custom-

Surely, we did not mean ????? (aacharam) or ?????? (chunkam) here. So,
what is the context? If it is customise,

kramam (or should it be cramam as in `cram') ?????

Btw, should we use it ?+ ? + ? or ? + ? + ??

> 3.normal-

sadharana    ??????

> 4.general-

pothu     ????

> 5.add-

Hmm. what is the context?

koottuka    ???????
and

cherkuka   ??????????

Depending on the context.

> 6.background-=20

paschathalam ???????? (hmmmm..... mark it fuzzy)

7.foreground-

if this the antonym of background, should'nt it be

poorvathalam ????????????

8.shadow

chhaya  ???

> color-&#3368;&#3391;&#3380;&#3378;&#3405;

Was this supposed to be ???? (niram)? ???????? (varnam) is another option=
=2E

> 7.crash-&#3368;&#3382;&#3391;&#3354;&#3405;&#3354;&#3394;=20

takarcha       ????????

> 8.application-&#3370;&#3405;&#3376;&#3403;&#3351;&#3405;&#3376;&#3377;&=
#3390;&#3374;&#3405;

gee ... as in `application for a job'? If so, how about ???????

> 9.configure-=20

literal translation - rooparekha     ??????

> 10.documentation-=20

A literal translation - rekha (???) will not help here.

how about `vivaranam' ??????

> 11.comments

Unless you mean those words in program which are not supposed to be=20
visible to the compiler or user, we could have used

'vyakhyanam' ??????????

but for those invisible words, well ....

> 12.manager(as in login/file manager)-

karyasthan  ??????????? (fuzzy)

 > 13.display-

I do not have a translation here, but `screen' will not do, coz. on=20
posix system, you do a `ctrl+alt+F*', and you get a different display on =

the same screen.

> 14.select(i feel transliterated word isfine)-&#3384;&#3398;&#3378;&#334=
9;&#3405;&#3377;&#3405;&#3377;&#3393;&#3405;

What is wrong with ??????????????  or its variants?

>  15.editor-=20

?????????? is out of question ...

> 20.documents-

See 10 above.

> The above text was written in utf8. If anyone finds trouble reading

You can see for yourselves what I can see here. Maybe, your mailer=20
converted the message to 7bit ascii?

PS:- 1. can you sort the English words next time?

2. Is it possible to use HEX notation so that we can look up directly in =

the unicode chart? Alternately, is there a sensible way of converting=20
&XXXX into a unicode code?