Translation files, ISO 639-1 or 639-2 prefered?

[David T.]

The problem is that ISO has multiple code versions, and Jeff wants to know which version GnuCash will use. According to ISO:

   ISO 639 is composed of six different parts

Part 1 (ISO 639-1:2002) provides a 2 letter code that has been designed to represent most of the major languages of the world.
Part 2 (ISO 639-2:1998) provides a 3 letter code, which gives more possible combinations, so ISO 639-2:1998 can cover more languages.
Part 3 (ISO 639-3:2007) provides a 3 letter code and aims to give as complete a listing of languages as possible, including living, extinct and ancient languages.
Part 4 (ISO 639-4:2010) gives the general principles of language coding and lays down guidelines for the use of ISO 639.
Part 5 (ISO 639-5:2008) provides a 3 letter code for language families and groups (living and extinct).
Part 6 (ISO 639-6:2009) provides a 4 letter code, useful when there is a potential need to cover the entire range of languages, language families and groups and language variants in a system.
All 5 languages listed originally have both two and three letter codes.


David

On Sep 25, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Probably the former, 2-letter codes...
> Whatever the official locale codes are.
> 
> -derek
> 
> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Jeff Earickson" <jaearick at colby.edu>
> To: <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Translation files, ISO 639-1 or 639-2 prefered?
> Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2014 7:34 PM
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> What is the preferred language code for the po directory, 639-1 (two
> letter) or 639-02 (three letter)?  Should something like Hindi be "hi.po"
> or "hin.po"?
> 
> I am looking at the pile of Indian translations sent in tonight.  The po
> files are nice and clean, some of the new ones will replace earlier
> releases.
> 
> Jeff Earickson
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