Will be assisting Edward with the GA
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Can help translate into Dagbani. > > User:Masssly > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* Edmund Laryea > *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2014 2:27 PM > *To:* Wikimedia Ghana User Group > > 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..... > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*
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