-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Looks like I'm not reading the jordan planet regularly as I used to!
Time for Arabeyes again ;-) On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:15:34AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Looks like something for the Localisation people ... > Wonder if some effort has not been done already ... > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: <nettime> Arabization Project - Call for Volunteers > From: "Cecile Landman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, July 10, 2005 1:31 am > To: [email protected] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Looks interesting, I read this call on the Jordan blog site: > http://www.jordanplanet.net/ ----> > http://www.jordanplanet.net/Bloggers/AmmarIbrahim > > >> Saturday, July 9. 2005 Arabization Project - Call for Volunteers > </archives/348-Arabization-Project-Call-for-Volunteers.html> > > Let me get straight to the point, in Arabic we have no official > reference to ICT( Information & Communication Tech. ) terms. As a > result, we can't properly translate software interfaces, relevant books > and other stuff in a standard manner. > > Relying on official entities to come up with official list is just not > gonna happen. Here's my idea of how to tackle this issue: > Manage to get a comprehensive list of ICT terms in English > Work privatley with a small group of volunteers and translate > the list > Once the list is translated, publish the list on a website > When you have something almost comprehensive, people will start > referring to the list, and day by day, it'll become the official list. So > if anybody is interested leave a comment, I spoke to some people about > this Idea, and I already have two volunteers. > > http://blog.ammar-ibrahim.com/archives/348-Arabization-Project-Call-for- > Volunteers.html#comments << > > > ~~~~~ > cheers > Cecile > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # > <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asiasource-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.tacticaltech.org/mailman/listinfo/asiasource-l > > Event info: http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource/ > Wiki: http://wiki.asiasource.tacticaltech.org/ - -- - ---------------- - -- Katoob Main Developer, Arabbix Maintainer. GNU/Linux registered user #224950 Proud Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group <www.eglug.org> Admin. Life powered by Debian, Homepage: www.foolab.org - -- Don't send me any attachment in Micro$oft (.DOC, .PPT) format please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Preferable attachments: .PDF, .HTML, .TXT Thanx for adding this text to Your signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC0xI+y2aOKaP9DfcRAteWAJwNu58G/S2JknnDSfZ5ZexXJliWMACgxjM6 5WAWzp/nAhvN3pMmA8kQJm0= =pKMX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
