So I dared to download the Windows XP interface pack of my native language, Malayalam from the Microsoft website. Very interesting to note that even the download page was written in Malayalam. Too excited to read, I went ahead, downloaded and installed it.
This is what I got (click to enlarge):
It was extremely funny. I mean, I'm glad it's localized to my own language but the words used were ... er.. preposterous. An 'ordinary' Keralite like me will better understand the English version. :-)
- Download the Malayalam Language Interface Pack
- The Microsoft Bhasha Project
7 comments:
ha ha lol. yeah it sure is funny..
haha
i would take 8 mins to read every command prompt
daa its damn funny....people like me who's mallu is a bit weak will go mad..de words r awesome.heeeheee..heeeeheee....
but da its good for those who dont kno english n still wanna use pc...
Now my grandma can use Windows XP..
lol...now a lot of people can actually understand waht they were doing ;)...lets say Microsoft 1, CPM 0...actually it would be 100-0....but anyways they will come up with new opposition...I should lay hands on gujrathi version for mom...
guIts nice to C our malayalam in windows,tht was a very good article,I am ready to pay for Microsoft rather than compromise on linux.I dont know wot achu mama will say after seeing this..
LOL nice one.... What is the malayalam word for delete according to the project?
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