Congratulations UNESCO and the open education community! That's a great achievement and we are well on our way to achieving the target of 100 languages.
Wayne On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Caine, Abel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wayne, all**** > > ** ** > > With many thanks to Jonathas <http://www.jonathasmello.com/>, we’re very > pleased to announce that we now have translations of ‘open educational > resources’ in 20 languages.**** > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Educational_Resources**** > > ** ** > > We have several more which are pending community consensus at: **** > > http://wikieducator.org/UNESCO_OER_logo_translations**** > > ** ** > > If your language is not listed please don’t hesitate to update the > WikiEducator page, or send us your phrase and we’ll update and monitor the > page for consensus.**** > > ** ** > > If you know someone who’s a native or fluent speaker of a non-listed > language, please forward this message. Let’s try to get 100 languages by > the end of 2012 (a quantum year for OER).**** > > ** ** > > Finally, please share this message with your contacts and social networks. > **** > > ** ** > > Regards, > Abel **** > > ** ** > > UNESCO OER Programme**** > > www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh > *Sent:* Monday, 27 February 2012 11:03 > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Open Educational Resources - an online discussion forum; > WikiEducator; [email protected]; > Mello, Jonathas > *Subject:* Re: [OERU] Re: [OER] Translations of "Open Educational > Resources" for UNESCO OER logo**** > > ** ** > > Hi Abel,**** > > ** ** > > We sure will do our best to help with the translations and as an open > community our friends at UNESCO can monitor progress and copy these over as > they reach the appropriate level of consensus. **** > > ** ** > > Good idea to upload them to the Wikimedia Commons -- this way the logo's > can easily be shared across multiple wikis around the world. See for > example how WikiEducator benefits from sharing > images<http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Images/Basics#Using_an_image_from_Wikimedia_Commons>from > our friends at the Wikimedia Commons. > **** > > ** ** > > I think you may have suggested this previousal - but what about a UNESCO > promoted activity to translate the concept of "Open Educational Resources" > during open education week for the UNESCO OER logo? How many languages can > be achieved?**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Wayne**** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Caine, Abel <[email protected]> wrote:* > *** > > Dear all, > > Once agreed translations have generally been agreed, please forward them > to Jonathas Mello ([email protected]) who can create the logo and upload > them to the Wikipedia pages. > > Regards, > Abel**** > > > On 27/02/2012, at 9:38, "Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Here's my suggestion in Sinhala (Sinhalese): > > > > Vivurtha Adyapanika Sampath > > > > The word "Sampath" describes a very valuable resource such as gems or > > gold. Generally, "Vivurtha Adyapanika Sampath" describes OER as a very > > valuable open resource for education. > > > > I've added it onto the Wikipage. > > > > Thanks Wayne! > > Ishan > > > >>>> Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> 2/27/2012 3:09 PM > >>>> > > Hi everyone, > > > > Thanks for the submissions for suggested translations of "Open > > Educational > > Resources" for Hindi, Bengali, French etc. > > > > Rather than using the email list for suggested translations, I > > recommend > > posting these on the wiki to keep track of the discussions. I've set up > > a > > wiki page for those who may want to contribute to translations. See: > > > > http://wikieducator.org/UNESCO_OER_logo_translations > > > > Now that the logo is licensed under a CC-BY license, the community has > > the > > necessary legal permissions to provide translations for the logo. > > > > Let the translation begin - -I wonder how many languages we will > > generate? > > > > Wayne > > > > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > > WikiEducator<http://www.wikieducator.org> > > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > > Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > > Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> > > > > Wawasan Open University is committed to helping preserve the global > > environment. 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