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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'').

 * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Constitution#Chapter_II_.5BArticle_15_to_18.5D:__Official_Language.2C_Script.2C_Calendar.2C_.26_Flag_of_Country|Iranian Constitution, Article 15]] (English Wikipedia)

 * [[http://fa.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86#.D8.A7.D8.B5.D9.84_.DB.B1.DB.B5|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.

 * [[http://www.persianacademy.ir/fa/das.aspx|Persian Script Guideline (دستور خطّ فارسى)]] (Persian)
 * [[http://www.persianacademy.ir/fa/wordspdf.aspx|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 [[http://farsilookup.com/e2p/?lang=fa|farsilookup.com]] for other works that do not exist in the Glossaries, but Please don't forget to add it to the glossary.