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PersianTranslationTeam

Team Rules

If you want to help this team, please follow the following basic rules:

Name of the Language

The native name of the language is فارسی /fâr-sii/ (not پارسی /pâr-sii/)

The English name of the language is Persian (not Parsi, not Farsi).

• Iranian Constitution, Article 15 (English Wikipedia)

• Iranian Constitution, Article 15 (Persian Wikisource)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

Keyboard Layout

You probably need to get the Iranian Standard keyboard layout, so you can type Persian characters correctly and easily.

• http://www.farsiweb.ir/wiki/Standard_Persian_keyboard

Script Guideline

Academy of Persian Language and Literature is a body presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries.

• Persian Script Guideline (دستور خطّ فارسى) (Persian)

• Persian Academy Glossary (واژه‌های مصوّب) (Persian)

  • You can buy the printed version from their bookstore on 3rd avenue, Bokharest St., Tehran.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Persian_Language_and_Literature

Zero-Width Non-Joiner

Also known as Nim fāseleh, Fāseleh-ye majāzi, Fāseleh-ye sefr, Pseudo-space.

It's wrong to use SPACE in the middle of a word to break the joining. You should use ZWNJ in this cases.

• You can type this character by pressing:
  • Windows:

    • Shift+B (On Iranian standard keyboard layout)

    • (FIXME: How to type ZWNJ on Microsoft keyboard layout?)

  • Linux: Shift+Space or Shift+B

Examples:

• Correct form with ZWNJ: می‌خواهم
• Incorrect (with space): می خواهم
• Incorrect (joined) : میخواهم

Find out more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_non-joiner and http://www.laits.utexas.edu/rfpit/persianword/zwnj.htm

Glossary

Please use ../Glossary. You can use farsilookup.com for other works that do not exist in the Glossaries, but Please don't forget to add it to the glossary.