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SUCRE, Bolivia (AP) - Just click "Qallariy" to begin. The word — pronounced "KAH-lyah-ree" — replaces "Start" on Microsoft Windows' familiar taskbar in a new Quechua translation of the program, which got its Bolivian debut Friday.
Microsoft Corp.'s chief of Bolivia operations, Nelson Cuentas, tried out a little of his own Quechua at the launch event, where translations of both Windows and Office were demonstrated on a large screen before a gathering of Quechua Indians in striped red and black ponchos and colorful hats.
"Anchay agradeseiki ('Thank you' in Quechua) for trusting us," Cuentas said. "Microsoft Bolivia wants indigenous culture to form a part of the information age."
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