Add Tamil

[kevinpapst]

Hello @TamilNeram

I am super grateful that you added Tamil for Kimai. Thank you ❤️

I have two questions:

1. Could you please let me know how it should be shown in the language dropdown? Google translate gives me தமிழ் - is that okay? That's how it looks currently on the website:

2. Additionally, what is your date format?
   For example german and english:

    de: "%d.%m.%Y"
    en: "%Y-%m-%d"

[TamilNeram]

1. Yes. That is Correct, "தமிழ்"
2. (YYYY-MM-dd) is the preferred date format.

[kevinpapst]

Thanks for your feedback, will give you a ping when the page is ready for publication.

[TamilNeram]

I have fixed few translations issues with %variable% formatting in the translation website(Weblate). Please check out the latest version as well.

[TamilNeram]

Please add me as reviewer for the "Tamil" Language in Weblate so that I will proofread all messages.

[kevinpapst]

Sure, I just created a Team for Tamil and invited you. I hope that is enough, I am not that good with Weblate.

Thanks again for the great work you have done here, I really appreciate all the time that you have dedicated to help.
If you ever have a request about Kimai or its plugins, let me know!

In India many companies use Kimai, I am sure some (or many) of them will use Tamil once it is merged. I was told that most users (from India) would prefer english, not only because of the many different languages you speak, but also because software in general often isn't localized properly. Is any of that true?

Are you using Kimai? Or why did you start translating everything?
And: are you available for some testing once I incorporate Tamil to Kimai itself? I would first add it to the demo, so you could test it out online.

[TamilNeram]

Yes that works. I was able to review.
Sure. At this point of time, I am not using Kimai.

Unfortunately, we are still slaves of English (even after independence from British). So English is preferred when the mother tongue language is not available. Indian States are formed based on languages of the region. We have about 1500+ Languages in India in total. But there are only 22 official languages, So many languages will die soon as there are no speakers/written scripts, etc. Tamil is one of the oldest languages in the world, but unfortunately it is not available by default in the digital world. So people like me are helping to bridge the gap. When you want to reach bigger audience, you need to make your software available in few major languages of India, example Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali.

When I am free, I contribute my time for Tamil translation. I started it a few years back. Then tried automating it. But Machine translation is not perfect all the time. So I do review each message (proofread based on context) and fix all the messages.

Yes, I will be available for testing. So please do let me know. I have created an account on the website as well for the same.

There are about 19 components in the Weblate. Please provide the order of priority for review. I am starting with "Main Application" for now.

[kevinpapst]

Hello @TamilNeram 👋

I finally found the time to publish the Tamil pages for Kimai at:
https://www.kimai.org/ta/

For the website the Weblate components are:

• the main page at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/website/
• all plugins at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/marketplace/

The other components are all for Kimai itself, with the most important one being:
https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/messages/

I will share the success story of the Tamil pages next week.
Do you have any social media profiles that I can link when publishing these great news?

[TamilNeram]

Hi Kevin, For the credits, please use this name and website as below: Name (website): தமிழ்நேரம் (https://tamilneram.github.io/) LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/தமிழ்நேரம்/ Regards Tamil Time Team சனி, 22 பிப்., 2025, 8:28 PM அன்று, Kevin Papst ***@***.***> எழுதியது:

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Hello @TamilNeram <https://github.com/TamilNeram> 👋 I finally found the time to publish the Tamil pages for Kimai at: https://www.kimai.org/ta/ For the website the Weblate components are: - the main page at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/website/ - all plugins at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/marketplace/ The other components are all for Kimai itself, with the most important one being: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/messages/ I will share the success story of the Tamil pages next week. Do you have any social media profiles that I can link when publishing these great news? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL25TTHNJAGICDHWK7OT2RCGCZAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMNZWGI2DQMZRG4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***> [image: kevinpapst]*kevinpapst* left a comment (kimai/www.kimai.org#523) <#523 (comment)> Hello @TamilNeram <https://github.com/TamilNeram> 👋 I finally found the time to publish the Tamil pages for Kimai at: https://www.kimai.org/ta/ For the website the Weblate components are: - the main page at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/website/ - all plugins at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/marketplace/ The other components are all for Kimai itself, with the most important one being: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kimai/messages/ I will share the success story of the Tamil pages next week. Do you have any social media profiles that I can link when publishing these great news? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL25TTHNJAGICDHWK7OT2RCGCZAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMNZWGI2DQMZRG4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***>

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[kevinpapst]

One more question @TamilNeram . Does this translation make sense?

Original: Kimai website speaks Tamil!
Translation: கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழில் பேசுகிறது!

I am currently preparing a update post and the banner text should be in both languages.

[TamilNeram]

கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழில் பேசுகிறது! --> Kimai website speaks in tamil கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழ் பேசுகிறது! --> Kimai website speaks Tamil. I prefer the second one "கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழ் பேசுகிறது!" திங்., 24 பிப்., 2025, 7:24 PM அன்று, Kevin Papst ***@***.***> எழுதியது:

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One more question @TamilNeram <https://github.com/TamilNeram> . Does this translation make sense? Original: Kimai website speaks Tamil! Translation: கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழில் பேசுகிறது! I am currently preparing a update post and the banner text should be in both languages. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL23CZFM5LGIZII6NHX32RMP7VAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMNZYGQ4DCNRYHE> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***> [image: kevinpapst]*kevinpapst* left a comment (kimai/www.kimai.org#523) <#523 (comment)> One more question @TamilNeram <https://github.com/TamilNeram> . Does this translation make sense? Original: Kimai website speaks Tamil! Translation: கிமாய் வலைத்தளம் தமிழில் பேசுகிறது! I am currently preparing a update post and the banner text should be in both languages. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL23CZFM5LGIZII6NHX32RMP7VAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMNZYGQ4DCNRYHE> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***>

-- அன்புடன் தமிழ்நேரக்குழு https://TamilNeram.github.io

[kevinpapst]

The blog post is now live: https://www.kimai.org/blog/2025/tamil-website/

But I couldn't tag you on LinkedIn. It seems you have some privacy setting active.
Whenever I tried to mention your account with @ the link got immediately removed by LinkedIn.

[TamilNeram]

No worries. The announcement looks good. Thanks for the post. புத., 26 பிப்., 2025, 18:41க்கு, Kevin Papst ***@***.***> எழுதியது:

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The blog post is now live: https://www.kimai.org/blog/2025/tamil-website/ But I couldn't tag you on LinkedIn. It seems you have some privacy setting active. Whenever I tried to mention your account with @ the link got immediately removed by LinkedIn. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL2354OZNJQGL6OTRYGL2RW4OHAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMOBUHEYTOMRWHE> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***> [image: kevinpapst]*kevinpapst* left a comment (kimai/www.kimai.org#523) <#523 (comment)> The blog post is now live: https://www.kimai.org/blog/2025/tamil-website/ But I couldn't tag you on LinkedIn. It seems you have some privacy setting active. Whenever I tried to mention your account with @ the link got immediately removed by LinkedIn. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#523 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGSL2354OZNJQGL6OTRYGL2RW4OHAVCNFSM6AAAAABUX4O44KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMOBUHEYTOMRWHE> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <kimai/www. ***@***.***>