Hi, Amy, Thank you for helping this work. I will check out our translation and send you by another email. Best, Song
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Feng (Amy) Gao <[email protected]> wrote: > Cameron, > > This is good enough to get me and my team started. We might ask you, Song, > and Wang questions down the road. > > Thanks, > Amy > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Amy, >> I'm delighted to hear that you will be able to help with the Chinese >> translations. >> >> You will find the process for translating explained here: >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Translate >> >> And you can see the latest status of our translated documents here: >> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/zh/index.html >> >> Song, Wang, >> Do you have any suggestions for Amy with regards to the style you are >> making use of in the translation? >> >> On 30/04/2012 11:06 AM, Amy wrote: >> >> Hi Cameron, >> >> I'm not currently helping with FOSS4G. What you suggested sounds like a >> perfect starting point for me and my team to get involved. We do have >> translation skills. Please send me a few pages to be translated and we can >> go from there. If you, Song, or Wang could also send me the translated >> pieces for language style reference, that would be great! >> >> Thanks, >> Amy >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Cameron Shorter >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Amy, >>> >>> It is very kind of you to offer your services to help with FOSS4G and >>> OSGeo. I'm not sure if you have already been recruited into the service of >>> FOSS4G? >>> >>> If you still have some spare volunteer time, one thing which Song, Wang >>> Jing have started, as part of running FOSS4G in Beijing, is to translate the >>> OSGeo-Live [1] documentation into Chinese. >>> This documentation provides a comprehensive high level overview of the >>> best Open Source Geospatial applications. And the OSGeo-Live DVD is handed >>> out at geospatial conferences and workshops around the world, including at >>> FOSS4g in Beijing. >>> >>> Amy, >>> If you have the skills to translate into Chinese, then it would be hugely >>> valuable if you and your team could extend Song and Wang's initial >>> translations to be more comprehensive. >>> >>> Are you interested? >>> >>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org >>> >>> On 17/04/2012 12:00 PM, Amy wrote: >>> >>> Thanks a lot Tim! >>> >>> Let me first introduce a little bit more about myself: My name is Amy >>> Gao. I'm the President of Spatial Front Inc., a Spatial IT company located >>> in Washington DC area. My clients are mainly U.S. Federal agencies and >>> Fortune 500 companies. We use both open source software and commercial ones, >>> but the use of open source software is definitely on the rise. I was really >>> impressed by the good work from the nice, smart, and passionate people like >>> Tim and wish to contribute back to the open source community. A handful of >>> my employees are also native Chinese speakers. If there's any way that I or >>> my company can help, please don't hesitate to let me know. >>> >>> I will be on a business trip to China in July for a couple of weeks. It >>> would be great if I can meet with some of you in Beijing. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Amy >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tim Schaub <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'd like to introduce Amy Gao to this group. I met Amy last week at >>>> the FOSS4G-NA conference - she lives and works in the Washington DC >>>> area. She expressed an interest in helping with the FOSS4G 2012 >>>> effort in any way she could. Amy is a native Chinese speaker, and I >>>> thought she might be able to help facilitate communication between the >>>> organizing committee and others within the OSGeo community. >>>> >>>> Ang Gao, could you suggest a way that Amy might be able to help with >>>> the effort? If you have a list on your side that she could subscribe >>>> too, it might be a good way for her to get involved. >>>> >>>> Amy, I cannot provide details on the various lists & people copied >>>> here - but I'm hoping that someone else copied here can help make >>>> introductions. Can someone describe the purpose of the >>>> [email protected] and [email protected] and >>>> suggest if Amy should sign up for either/both? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> 2012/4/15 OSGeo China <[email protected]>: >>>> > Dear all, >>>> > >>>> > We are sorry about our slow progress in comparison with the timeline >>>> > that we set up in February. The current problem is caused by the delay of >>>> > our online conference management system. About two months ago, we made a >>>> > contract with a company for system development. But our testing on this >>>> > system showed that there were some problems on the payment part in >>>> > registry >>>> > system, and the abstract submission system also did not run well. For >>>> > safety, we have to postpone the registry and call for papers. >>>> > >>>> > Now we are urging the development company to speed up, meanwhile we >>>> > are trying to find an alternative company as soon as possible. We hope to >>>> > fix it next week. The following is a draft about our progress. >>>> > (1) We have signed the contract with Beijing Conference Center to be >>>> > the conference venue.(Late February) >>>> > (2) We negotiated with Beijing Conference Center and achieved an about >>>> > 10% discount on the hotel (4~5 star level) for the participants who pay >>>> > through the payment system set up by LOC. (Late February) >>>> > (3) The conference committees have been established (Middle March) >>>> > (4) We have got three Chinese sponsors, including Supermap, LREIS, >>>> > CAS. And several others are under contacting. >>>> > (5) About 40% of OSGeo-Live Docs have been translated into Chinese to >>>> > promote OSGeo software in China. Both English and Chinese versions are >>>> > expected to be handed out in FOSS4G 2012. >>>> > (6) The Foreign Liaison Office of Chinese Academy of Sciences has >>>> > granted LOC to invite foreign participants. (Early April) >>>> > (7) We had a meeting with Prof. John P. Wilson, the editor-in-chief of >>>> > TGIS on 12th April, and he would continue to support FOSS4G-2012 academic >>>> > paper publishing (Thank Kobben and Helena for their past works). >>>> > By the way, Dr. Ntin-Tripathi, the editor-in-chief of International >>>> > Journal of Geoinformatics, has also agreed to support one special issue. >>>> > He >>>> > will be in Beijing in early May, and we can further fix the details. >>>> > (8) We will update the information of keynote speakers to foss4g 2012 >>>> > website soon. >>>> > >>>> > We apologize about our work again. Once the registry system is well >>>> > done, we will catch up our schedule fast. >>>> > >>>> > Best regards, >>>> > Ang Gao >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > OSGeo China >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Conference_dev mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tim Schaub >>>> OpenGeo http://opengeo.org/ >>>> Expert service straight from the developers. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Foss4g2012 mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cameron Shorter >>> Geospatial Solutions Manager >>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >>> >>> Think Globally, Fix Locally >>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >>> http://www.lisasoft.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cameron Shorter >> Geospatial Solutions Manager >> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >> >> Think Globally, Fix Locally >> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >> http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
