A question to everyone from Slovenia

February 26, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Next week, Microsoft is planning to roll out the choice screen in Slovenia. Sadly, Slovenian is not an available language of Opera for Desktop.

We are wondering what language would be the best choice to offer users in Slovenia. English? Croatian? Please let us know as a comment below.

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mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 9:40:32 AM
*raises hand*
irczasFriday, February 26, 2010 9:43:47 AM
Slovenian,Slovene
mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 9:54:19 AM
I know Slovene is correct word, but i never use it ... sound rather weird.
Slovenian. shh. lol
Ryan OctavianusFriday, February 26, 2010 9:56:13 AM
Slovene sounds more exotic imo.
irczasFriday, February 26, 2010 10:07:43 AM
Originally posted by missevilat:

it ... sound rather weird.

Thank you for information mistressEVIL.
mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 10:26:35 AM
Actually, according to Wiki (and my dictionary), both is correct!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_language

@Ryan: Slovene sounds French to me, while Slovenian (language) sound English.

Anyways, Espen got my advice and it's gonna cost him lot
irczasFriday, February 26, 2010 10:28:04 AM
what language would be the best choice to offer users in Slovenia ?
mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 10:33:31 AM
Slovenian
irczasFriday, February 26, 2010 10:34:41 AM

"Slovenian is not an available language of Opera for Desktop."
Andylee SatoFriday, February 26, 2010 10:49:18 AM
*votes for english*

and no, I am not from slovenia
GroovyFriday, February 26, 2010 11:14:58 AM
Answer is: If Slovenian is not available, then go for English.

Older people speak Croatian, but not young ones. While all young people know English very well. My estimate is that more than 90% of Slovenians who use Opera, use it in English language.

There is some unofficial Slovenian language pack for Opera but i never tried it.
Diego Schild SmithsFriday, February 26, 2010 11:20:02 AM
English.
irczasFriday, February 26, 2010 11:30:56 AM
A question to everyone from Slovenia
DaneFriday, February 26, 2010 11:35:24 AM
Defaulting to croatian would pretty much be an insult to many slovenians... You better stick to english.

That said, I'm pretty sure there's enough of us here to find a volunteer to do a translation (myself included, I already volunteered in the "Help Opera succeed in your country" post years ago).
techlawsamFriday, February 26, 2010 12:47:23 PM
English its one of the main foreign languages spoken and taught, english will be more than enough and can hold up as translation of opera is being worked on for slovenia
sabisanFriday, February 26, 2010 1:07:44 PM
"Answer is: If Slovenian is not available, then go for English."

Yup, this is the only way.
DaneFriday, February 26, 2010 1:30:26 PM
Perhaps you can translate the introduction landing page to slovenian?
mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 1:48:04 PM
Ce je kdo zainteresiran, naredila sem skupino: http://my.opera.com/operacija/
Rafael LuikFriday, February 26, 2010 1:52:43 PM
I vote for you to translate Opera to Slovenian, and do it fast.
Ide StoutjesdijkFriday, February 26, 2010 2:54:24 PM
Just translate it
Charles SchlossFriday, February 26, 2010 7:07:43 PM
What are the official languages of Slovenia (to start with)?

Wikipedia says: Slovene

Tho I am not going to say that is true, it would be better to hear it from someone who knows the country better
mistressEVILFriday, February 26, 2010 7:18:17 PM
Originally posted by Chas4:

Tho I am not going to say that is true, it would be better to hear it from someone who knows the country better

It's true. And it's been answered.
I've also started a group (had plan to do it for a while now) to gather people in case any translation is needed (and to offer help to others etc)
Now i'm waiting for an order or sth from "above" ;p
Rafael LuikFriday, February 26, 2010 10:10:36 PM
Both terms "Slovene" and "Slovenian" are accepted as right.
Stop to ask this lots of times! O.O

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_language
Cutting SpoonFriday, February 26, 2010 10:38:44 PM
Make the standard download International, with default language English. So, if a user is more familiar with Croatian or some other supported language, it will be easy to change.
indian citizenSaturday, February 27, 2010 9:00:25 AM
one can use english, it may useful.
LindiweSaturday, February 27, 2010 3:44:54 PM
It have 2 be the english.let the slovenia to it own pple :-)
sekgotheSaturday, February 27, 2010 6:09:35 PM
English will be the best
EmmanuelSaturday, February 27, 2010 7:40:43 PM
I vote for opera in slovenia cause it makes opera well known everywhere
Cutting SpoonSaturday, February 27, 2010 8:43:14 PM
From Haavard's latest post, perhaps a few of your releases need to convert Microsoft pages into Bork-speak again.
GroovySaturday, February 27, 2010 11:48:33 PM
Opera translated to Slovenian: http://andrej.mernik.eu/razno/projekti/opera_v_slovenscini/
Rafael LuikSunday, February 28, 2010 12:09:06 AM
Originally posted by Micky:

Opera translated to Slovenian: http://andrej.mernik.eu/razno/projekti/opera_v_slovenscini/

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angelmohanSunday, February 28, 2010 3:15:41 AM
gappaniSunday, February 28, 2010 11:18:57 AM
Slovenian or English. Since Slovene is not an option then definitely English.
ANI ANI UKPONGSunday, February 28, 2010 1:02:22 PM
In the abscence of a suitable language for solvenia,I think English should be considered since it is a universal language for communication and the people should try to cope with it instead of loosing everything.HALF BREAD IS BETTER THAN NONE.
JovicaSunday, February 28, 2010 8:52:01 PM
What about Serbian?
Or just English...
mistressEVILSunday, February 28, 2010 9:05:02 PM
Originally posted by jovica:

What about Serbian?

As default selected install language? You must be joking.

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This might sound rude, but i honestly have no idea why some people who've probably never even heard for a country on Sunny side of the Alps are trying to answer this question. (aka spam)
irczasSunday, February 28, 2010 11:06:22 PM
ANI ANI UKPONGSunday, February 28, 2010 11:18:39 PM
As I said earlier,English is an international language so it should be used.
JovicaMonday, March 1, 2010 4:07:46 PM
Originally posted by missevilat:

As default selected install language? You must be joking.

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This might sound rude, but i honestly have no idea why some people who've probably never even heard for a country on Sunny side of the Alps are trying to answer this question. (aka spam)

First part of my mesage was joke,
but if You want more precise answer Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian language are similar and Slovenian people recognise it like Serbo-Croatian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_language

And by the way I was in country on Sunny side of the Alps and have friend from Slovenia. We was same country 20 years ago.

On the end just put English and don't worry!

Regards, Jovica
mistressEVILMonday, March 1, 2010 4:20:34 PM
@Jovica: I am from Slovenia, so i know how things are/were. And as much as languages are similar, they are different. I was last generation to have Serbo-Croatian class in school and i cant say i totally understand it.

And that second part, i was referring to all this Africans spamming
JovicaMonday, March 1, 2010 4:24:40 PM
Ok we understand each other,
keep working on Slovenian translation and no problemo.

Regards.

PS: In Serbian Survivor riality show my fav was Klemen from Your Slovenia.
bswargiaryMonday, March 1, 2010 11:25:52 PM
i like english , it uses the world .