If you are an application or web developer and wanting to get into using Telugu (or any other non-English language) in your applications, the following links would help you understand the basics of how natural languages work on computers and web:
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Firefox one billion downloads site in Telugu
Mozilla Firefox recently reached one billion downloads. To celebrate and promote it, Mozilla community has built a website called One Billion + You.
This site is also available in Telugu. You can see the site in Telugu if you have set Telugu as preferred language in your browser. Or, you can select Telugu from Other Languages drop down at the bottom of the page in that website.
One Billion + You site in Telugu (Click on the image for bigger view.)
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Setting your preffered language in a web browser
Generally, your web browser—while requesting a web page from a website—asks for pages in your preferred language(s). Some websites serve their pages in the preferred language of the user. So, if you set your preferred language to Telugu, websites will serve you content in Telugu, if available.
Your web browser comes with a default choice of languages. If you download a web browser in your language, this setting might be right. Else, if you use English web browser, you can set ‘Telugu’ as preferred language in your browser.
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Random bits 2009-06-19
Some random bits about what is happening on the web about Telugu:
- TED talks are now available in Telugu. We can participate in translating the talks into our native languave via TED Open Translation Project.
- You can also find some videos with Telugu subtitles in dotSUB. Not all of them are translated 100%. But, you can help out.
- TeluguNow.com, a new website in (Unicode) Telugu
- Here is yet another way to type in Telugu: Transliteration Bookmarklet.
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Searching the Web in Telugu
Telugu content on the web is growing in many ways: blogs, micro blogs, webzines, forums, portals are popping up. With the growing content, there is also a growing (though at a lower rate) trend of searching in Telugu.
All most all search engines today can (and do) index content in Unicode. So, if one knows typing in Telugu, one can enter a keyword in any search engine and get results in Telugu. Here is a screen shot of Google search for Telugu keywords:
Facebook in Telugu (and other Indian languages)
I’ve learned that Facebook is now available in Telugu (via). Here is a screen shot of Facebook’s Telugu home page (click on the image for bigger view):
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MCX Stock Exchange website in Telugu
MCX Stock Exchange (MCX SX) launches their website in Telugu language also.
MCX SX’s Telugu website (click on the image for bigger view)
Telugu Ratna, a social networking site in Telugu
Telugu Ratna (teluguratna.com) is a new generation, social, web 2.0 site for Telugu people by Telugu people in Telugu language. The membership and other services of the site are free.
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Social Networking Sites in Telugu
As the awareness that people can now see and type Telugu on their computers and on the web generally increases, the Telugu content on the web keeps growing. A part of the Telugu content lives on the social networking sites. Here are some of the Telugu social networking sites that I came across. The specialty of these sites is that they are not only for Telugu people, but also they are in Telugu.
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e-Telugu stall in 23rd Hyderabad Book Fair
e-Telugu, an organization working for Telugu on the web, is operating a stall (Stall No. D, next to Eenadu stall) in the 23rd Hyderabad Book Fair.
If you didn’t know yet: 23rd Hyderabad Book Fair is taking place at People’s Plaza, Necklace Road, Hyderabad. The timings are 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm for 10 days starting from 19th of December to 28th.
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