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[Language Request]: Russian #30
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Hi, thanks for opening this. To add Russian as a text language to Keypunch, I'll need the request to be more elaborate. The "name" fields should contain the name of the language, and the "Orthography" section should contain information on how the language is typed (what kind of letters there are, what kind of punctuation there is, etc. If you're able to provide this information, just edit the request directly and notify me afterwards 🙂 |
English NameRussian Native NameРусский OrthographyRussian is a Slavic language. It uses a Cyrillic alphabet. Sentences and proper nouns begin with a capitalized letter. The punctuation marks used are , ; : to break up sentences, and . ! ? to end them. Punctuation marks come directly after their corresponding words, and are followed by a space before the next word. Expressions can be wrapped in « ». Implementation Assistance
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Thanks for the help, @UrtsiSantsi! Implemented in #40 |
One thing to note here - currently the implementation is using |
As a native Russian speaking, I think I haven't seen anybody using |
It is not fancy, it is the rule:
I must admit I don't remember ever using |
AFAIK there are no languages where using typewriter quotation marks (") is typographically correct, it would at least be ” and “ instead. However, I’ve found that the typographical traditions of a language often don’t align with how people casually type it out, similar to how spoken and formal written language are different in their own ways. That’s at least how it seems to be here in Norway, where « and » are used in professional typography, but people use the " key in practice. Most word processors and such can transparently change typewriter quotation marks to the typographically correct ones based on the language used, so generally I’d like Keypunch to reflect which keys people actually use when living their lives, chatting with friends, working on assignments, etc. |
It is a correct alternative to
I think it all comes down to 3 problems:
People don't always use word processors - most chat applications, forums, GitHub 😄 - don't have such capabilities. And as a typing trainer I think it should promote healthy habits. Related to this - I think you should create a language description file, something like ru_RU.desc next to the ru_RU.txt word list. Otherwise text_generation.rs is bound to get ugly 😄. |
English Name
Misha
Native Name
NeMo
Orthography
Russia language
Implementation Assistance
Additional Information
Russia
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