Great hearing all the positive responsive. Please get in touch with Carl directly and talk over. He's got ideas and precesses that I think will smoothen the process for you guys.
I think I'll be a good idea to put him through this mailing list too. I'm doing that now On Aug 22, 2014 7:25 PM, "Enock Seth Nyamador" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr. Ewe will do his part too! :-D > > - Enock > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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