Adding Hindi as a part of i18n.

[abhieshekumar]

Nature of issue?

• Existing feature enhancement

I will like to add Hindi to as a part of i18n.

[SundeepChand]

@abhieshekumar That's a great idea.

[catarak]

This is a great idea! There are actually more web editor users in India than in English-speaking countries, so I think this is super important.

[abhieshekumar]

Great. I have gone through the steps on adding a new language and will start the process.

Thank you.

[koji]

@abhieshekumar
https://github.com/processing/p5.js-web-editor/blob/develop/developer_docs/translations.md#technical-part

Recently, I added Japanese translations and update the translations guide.
I'm happy to support you if you need something from me since my Indian friends have helped people to learn programming via p5js.

[abhieshekumar]

There are several instances where instead of using the translated version of a word, the word's pronunciation can be written in Hindi.

For example 'Share' can be written either as -

• 'साझा करें' which is the actual Hindi translated equivalent of Share, or,
• 'शेयर' which is nothing but the pronunciation of the word 'Share' written in Hindi. One will pronounce both Share and शेयर in the same way. This approach is fairly common for a lot of words such as Home, Comment, File, et cetera.

However, which approach should be followed in the project.

@catarak and @SundeepChand what are your thoughts about it? @koji how did you handle it while translation?

[koji]

@abhieshekumar
Actually, I used the words' pronunciation instead of translating because sometimes a translation doesn't really make sense to people.
I recommend you to get feedback from people who know both languages because I did that to make a decision.

[abhieshekumar]

Thanks @koji.

It is also pretty common to do the same here. A lot of websites/app use the same approach.

[SundeepChand]

Thanks @koji.

It is also pretty common to do the same here. A lot of websites/app use the same approach.

Yeah @abhieshekumar, it makes most sense to use words' pronounciation wherever it is appropriate.

[catarak]

@abhieshekumar let me know if you need help soliciting feedback on the Hindi translation! I'm happy to post on p5.js/Processing social media, reach out to folks in the Processing India community, etc.