While searching around for some related stuff, I came across the Bengali India (bn_IN) Translation for compiz. Gave a hurried look through the file and came across some bits and pieces, which imho may need a relook from the translator/reviewer.

Some examples here:

en: “Stick”
bn_IN: “চেটে যাক”
retranslated en: “Let it lick”

en: “Unstick”
bn_IN: “না চাটবে না”
retranslated en: “No, it won’t be licked”

en: “Make Above”
bn_IN: “উপরে আনোন”

en: “Forcing this application to quit will cause you to lose any unsaved changes.”
bn_IN: “এপ্লিকেছন টি যোরকরে বন্ধ করতে হবে আর আপনার সকল unsaved হারাটে হবে |”

etc. etc.

Most of the strings in these files are general terms related to desktop graphics, and can be easily fixed. So if the compiz translators need a hand, then do feel free to holler around here.

In response to the new meme started by the ever enthusiastic* Kushal, here is my personal favourite from 2009:

It was taken at the Tugun beach in Gold Coast, Qld, Australia. The sun was very bright and makes it overexposed. It was later that I noticed Parag’s shadow on the sand and even later, that the horizon is inclined. Beaches are amongst my most favourite places, especially for the wide open expanse of the sea and the solitude. It all comes together in this picture.

* this is a new meme that has started abruptly through twitter/IRC, post this tweet from Kushal.

[Warning: Long post and very little work related observations.]

First up, wishing everyone a New Year filled with lots of hope, happiness and peace of mind.

The year 2009 had started like any other groggy winter morning. The earlier evening a few of us had walked down amidst the heavy traffic to Koregaon Park after work, in search of a place to eat out. After being turned down from a few of the shiny places, we found one small little neat place to perch ourselves, with Chinese food, conversation and chaos outside on the streets. I haven’t been blogging much during the year, but there have been many occasions which perhaps I would have liked to document. I picked up a few and just to make it a little fun, added a few pictures. Here goes.

Thanks to Ramky, a few weeks into the New Year we landed at Goa for a long weekend. The cottage was right next to the beach at Calangute and we even found a beach shack nearby, where we headed each morning for breakfast. After endless seafood, sunsets and aimless walking around, on the last day we simply sat around and lazed in the shade of the shack. This little sail boat passed us by a couple of times.

There were quite a few ‘firsts’ for me this year. I traveled on the longest flight of my life (~16 hours) and found myself in another country. Australia. The skies were the brighest shade of blue that I had seen in a long time. I returned with a first hand view of an alternative way the machinery of daily life goes on. Also, I got to meet many wonderful people whom I have known for a long time now. The picture here has been taken from the Kurilpa Bridge on the Brisbane River and on the left are the skyscrapers of the Central Business District of Brisbane.

During the annual Autumn festival of Durga Puja, we visited the family home in Guwahati and the place which was my first home, Shillong. It was an potpourri of varied emotions ranging from ecstasy to dejection. Its all here. However, I am sure about one thing now: there are many places where I can trace my roots to, but none of them can ever be called a hometown.

Our home-base Pune is not very far away from Aurangabad, which is the gateway to the World Herigate Sites of Ellora and Ajanta caves. Due to general laziness, lack of time, and other blah blah excuses we never got around to visit them. Enter Piyush Yaduvanshi – master travel planner. A weekend plan was put together and off we went in a shiny black car, driving through lush green open spaces dotted with sunflower fields and windmills. At some places, the monsoon beat down at us. First stop was Ellora and the majestic Kailash temple (picture on the left), carved out from a single rock. It is hard to even imagine how this structure was slowly etched out by 6 generation of artisans. Most of the caves in Ajanta were adorned with murals, resplendent with the bright colours that were inked in 2000 years ago (picture on the right). The others have sculptures cut out of the rock.. notable among them is of the Buddha in a sleeping posture.

Sometime during the year, cia.vc said that I had made 2000 commits. yay!

After ages of procrastination, I got myself a new bicycle this year. Along with it came two trainers (pictures above). I am yet to muster enough courage to venture out into main street traffic, but every time I cycle around by myself I can hear two voices in my head egging me on. Whats more, I earned two wonderful friends in the process.

The year is dotted with the many things that kept happening during each of the 365 days. The maniacal work days, finding new craziness for the weekends, late night adventures with cupboards and racks stuck in stairwells (a story for some other time), insightful chats over cups of tea, experiments with food, serious battles over IPL loyalty, new furniture, OS releases, first day shows at movies, et al. Amidst everything its the wonderful people around who keep us grounded, an alternate family bonded by our own making and miles away from home.

Well, thats how 2009 ended for me.

As I sign off this post, the 2nd day of 2010 has already begun. Another cycle of endless opportunities and to-do lists begin. The wishes have been passed around and received, now for the serious work to bring home the bacon. (Like the guy in this picture; clicky here for the details.) And amidst it all there are the many demons to slay and choices to make. Sometimes its a choice between insanity and evanescence.

Since everyone is doing it, am also giving in to the meme started by Moodoo.

Name: Runa Bhattacharjee
IRC Nick: mishti and/or runa_b
IRC Channels: #fedora-l10n, #fedora-india, #fedora-docs, #fedora-i18n
Location: Pune, India

Photo:

My blog has moved.. again. currently it is here: http://arrbee.wordpress.com. This is a request to the planet admins of the planets where the earlier blog was syndicated, to please update the feed to the following:

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(This has already been updated for the Fedora Planet)

Thanks in advance.

More about the new blog…here.