There is also a series of recordings in about 35 languages, of the declaration by Librivox: http://librivox.org/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-by-united-nations-volume-02/
---Seth On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Chris Leonard <[email protected]>wrote: > I've been downloading to get materials locally (size estimates, etc.). > One thought that occurs to me is to leverage the "Region" field they > display on the website to create a handful of bundles (say 5-7 > variants). See attached spreadsheet. This overcomes individual > language tracking and puts a grouping of indigenous languages together > by region (e.g. numerous African and South American indigenous > languages shared across national boundaries). A small handful of > bundles would be easier to manage manually in the build process. All > bundles could be sent to school server where available. The only > overhead it should add would be the concept of creating an index page > with links to each individual language, simple enough HTML to build as > long as local storage directory is predictable. > > cjl > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +100 > > > > I like the idea of include the UDHR and the idea of a e-Rosetta. > > The size is not a problem, I have tried with spanish: > > The pdf size is 186K, the html is 38K, but we can clean it and have a > html > > version of 14K (ziped is 5K) > > We can start with a content bundle (.xol) > > > > We can do a better job with the content bundles we include. > > Almost all are from Wikibooks Junior > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior > > but we continue including the same books from may be 2007. > > > > Gonzalo > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Chris Leonard <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear OLPC developers, > >> > >> I would like to propose including the United Nation's Universal > >> Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the content bundles provided in > >> the 11.2.0 libraries. > >> > >> http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml > >> > >> It is translated into over 400 languages (found here) > >> > >> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx > >> > >> Many deployments are apparently interested in English language > >> instruction and I believe that distributing English and local language > >> copies of the UDHR together not only provides an opportunity for a > >> "Rosetta Stone" type pairing of texts, but it might also serve as a > >> launching point for discussions in civics or social studies classes. > >> > >> I have sent an e-mail to the Secretary of the Publication Board, > >> United Nations to specifically ask about any restrictions they might > >> impose on electronic redistribution of the UDHR text and translations > >> downloaded from their site. However, given the following quote from > >> the UHDR website, the intended use seems entirely consistent with the > >> intent of the UN in publishing the UHDR. > >> > >> "On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations > >> adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the > >> full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this > >> historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to > >> publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be > >> disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and > >> other educational institutions, without distinction based on the > >> political status of countries or territories." > >> > >> Article 26 is of particular relevance to OLPC's efforts. > >> > >> Assuming there is consensus on pedagogical value and a clear answer on > >> the copyright status of the UDHR, the remaining question is how to go > >> about packaging this content for OLPC distributions. The material > >> downloads primarily as PDF files. I haven't checked them all, but > >> some are text selectable "composited" PDFs, some may be scanned image > >> PDFs, and a few are possibly available as HTML. > >> > >> I would like to do as little rework as possible on packaging these (in > >> part to get them ready in time for the 11.2.0 release), so I am > >> inclined to stick with the 8 page PDF as downloaded. One possibility > >> would be to include all of the languages, but this seems wasteful of > >> precious space. > >> > >> I am not aware of any storage structure currently available for > >> content management by language in the way that Pootle handles strings > >> and the individual languages in the /po directory in git. I'm unsure > >> of how this could be managed with the build process to pick up the > >> appropriate localized version of the UDHR. > >> > >> Let's be clear that I am not really a developer, so I would be happy > >> to see someone take this idea and run with it. I am more than willing > >> to collaborate with anyone on bringing this to fruition, but I > >> probably can't pull it off all by myself without some assistance (at > >> least advice and feedback on appropriate technical issues). > >> > >> cjl > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Devel mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > >
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