I am interested will translate from English to Ga and will talk to a couple of friends i think would be interested as well.
Regards Edmund. On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Raphael Berchie <[email protected]> wrote: > I am interested I can do from Englist to Asante Twi > > Raphael Berchie > +233243882047 > P.O Box CT 10469 > Cantoments Accra > Ghana > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Nkansah Rexford < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Interested in translating Ebola-related articles and other medical >> articles on Wikipedia into your local language, like Akan, Ewe, or Dagbani? >> >> Please get in touch with Carl below >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Carl Fredrik Sjöland <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:17 AM >> Subject: Re: Medical translations - Ebola - South Africa & Ghana >> To: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]>, James Heilman < >> [email protected]>, Ildiko Santana <[email protected]>, Enrique >> Cavalitto <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi Rexford, >> >> I'm sorry for the late reply, I've been away and for some reason this >> mail didn't go out from my usual account. >> I'd be very grateful for any contacts interested in working on the >> project, and we are also looking for community organizers for specific >> languages. Also, we are looking into various Ghanan languages, if you know >> of anyone who may be willing to translate the Ebola article for example. As >> for regional banner, do you mean on specific Wikipedias? And who do I in >> this case turn to? >> >> Best, >> Carl Fredrik Sjöland >> >> On Aug 13, 2014, at 08:03 PM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Carl, >> >> Thanks for getting in touch and I'm glad the medical translation is in >> progress. >> >> The need to get those medical articles into Afrikaans and Xhosa is very >> important. >> >> I can help in trying to reach out to as many persons as possible who >> speak these languages. >> >> I, for myself, I am a Ghanaian by birth and can't speak nor understand >> nor write any of the South African languages except for English. >> >> However, I think I can be of assistance by putting up a call for persons >> to who can speak that language to help in the translation. >> >> One area I would suggest you exhaust is also putting a regional banner on >> Wikipedia inviting persons who speak that language to volunteer. >> >> I'll start right away in trying to reach out to many people as possible, >> and I hope I get persons who will be interested and be of assistance. >> >> Thanks >> >> rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone >> On Aug 12, 2014 11:51 AM, "Carl Fredrik Sjöland" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We spoke briefly at Wikimania, and I was delighted to hear that you may >>> be able to put us in touch with Xhosa and Lhasa speaking people. We spoke >>> about possibly reaching out to a number of medical students, and Victor was >>> even able to tell me that one of the girls who participated in the video >>> was studying medicine now. >>> If we could work on spreading the translations of Ebola as fast as >>> possible it could bring about an increase in the awareness of the project. >>> Currently we are translating into a large number of languages, but have >>> found no translators from any South African language. >>> >>> To see the full extent of our current translation work on Ebola please >>> go to: >>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RTTS >>> and look for group 7 or 8, where most of the African languages we are >>> working on are grouped. If you are able to put us in contact with anyone >>> willing to help in a language not on this list currently, we are very open >>> to expanding it - even if this Wikipedia doesn’t exist yet, we also have >>> content on the incubator. >>> >>> Best, >>> Carl Fredrik Sjöland >>> Wikiproject Medicine >> >> >> >> >> -- >> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center >> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR >> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | >> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- Edmund Laryea <https://www.facebook.com/edmund.laryea.3> Social Media Enthusiast Skype: seedeblay Twitter: @SeeDeblay <https://twitter.com/SeeDeblay> Tel: +233 (0) 249046581 Blog: www.eddylaryea.wordpress.com <http://eddylaryea.wordpress.com/> www.seedeblay.tumblr.com <http://seedeblay.tumblr.com/> The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.....
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