Jeff and all:
On November 18 we have send a proposal to help on the translation
to spanish ALL the documents, web sites, and web forms related to
the AT LARGE election.
You can see the whole proposal (in english :-) ) in :
http://www.axisnet.perured.net/1999111802.html
I ask myself how many organizations that are involved in this IFWP
can provide some translation to more languages.
I think that the, more or less, US$25,000 that the ICANN budget has
for the translation to the mayor languages NEED urgently that
the whole comunity put some translation work in the hands of the
ICANN board. This is a time for help (and in this way we can
get a more world wide process).
I guess that the mayor languages would be:
- English
- Spanish
- German
- French
- Italian
I would love to get:
- Chinese (mandarin ? cantonese?)
- Japanes
- Portugues/Brasilian
- Native North American Languages (navajo?)
- Native South American Languages (quechua, aymara)
- The many languages that are spoken in India
- Catalan, and the other original languages that are spoken daily in Spain
- Russian, Check, Holland, and other European languages
ok, ok, I will try to get someone to translate to "quechua" or "aymara"... I
will do my best... it will not be easy... but I will try...
Regards,
Javier
At 11/25/99 11:50:00 AM, you wrote:
>Javier, Dennis and all,
>
> Dennis is not on the IFWP list, which is why you might not have gotten
>his reply right away and I cc'ed him on it.
>
> Yes, "Officially", or according the the UN, Spanish is the second
>most spoken language in terms of population in the world. But I agree
>I believe that Chinese is. As I had mentioned on the NCDNHC list,
>we or ICANN should be translating all of it's documents into at least
>the top 10 most spoken languages. Why they have not done so
>is a mystery to me. I have read and heard the "Excuses", but do
>not find them creditable. Some months ago now, as I stated
>on the NCDNHC list I offered our translation software to ICANN,
>and never heard a peep. I still haven't heard anything on that note.
>In addition, there is already online Internet software free that can
>do translation in a number of languages. So I don't see how
>or where the ICANN BoD and it's helper, the Berkman Center
>gets off saying that they cannot provide translation. It is utter
>nonsense and completely untrue.
>
>Javier Rodriguez wrote:
>
>> It seems that Dennis wrote in spanish something... but I dont
>> know what is the theme... maybe his message didnt arrive to
>> me... anyway "si estimado Dennis... esta lucha o gesta de
>> formacion vale mucho y por eso no debemos desmayar
>> en el esfuerzo. Un abrazo. Javier "
>>
>> Javier
>> (sorry for the non spanish speaking people... anyway Spanish
>> is the second most spoken language in the internet... I
>> wonder Chinese is not the second one... well what Chinese ?
>> Mandarin I think... this seems that there is TOO MANY
>> things to get "Internet for everyone", a long task. Lets work!)
>>
>> Javier
>>
>> At 11/24/99 10:49:00 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Thank you, Jeff.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Y quisiera que Javier me contestaria tambien, con
>> >>iqual franqueza --- sabiendo que tu, tejano, (como mi
>> >>amigo difunto)-- tambien gozaba del don de la herencia hispana
>> >>que le permitia reconocer que esta vida vale mas que
>> >>el dinero que se gane, o el poder que se acumule.
>> >>
>> >>>Dennis (with best holiday wishes to all!)
>> >
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>Regards,
>
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