Re: [ga] FW: Assistance with translation
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Arabic hand over here.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">sent an email a day or two ago to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx";>trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Best Regards,</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Bashar<br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Roberto Gaetano wrote, On 8/29/2007 11:52 PM:<br> </p> <blockquote cite="mid:200708292052.l7TKq3Gr002514@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name="GENERATOR"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="633503220-29082007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Any volounteer?</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="633503220-29082007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Cheers,</font> </span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="633503220-29082007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Roberto</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="633503220-29082007"></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="633503220-29082007"> </span>------</div> <div> <div> <div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Dear Colleagues:</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">As you know, ICANN is working to provide more access to its key documents in non-English editions.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">What you may not know is that each translated document must be checked before it is made publicly by someone either on the staff, or in the ICANN community, who is fluent in both English and the language of the translated text, to ensure that the quality of the translation is good, but also that ICANN-specific terminology and phrases are correctly rendered in the translated text.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">The increase in volume of translated documents means that the existing pool of translation checkers is no longer sufficient to the task.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">If we could get an additional five checkers in the languages listed below, by rotating through the list of checkers we could ensure that the 'fatigue factor' was removed for a good while - and also increase the capacity of the system to release translations in a more timely fashion.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Do you know anyone who would be happy to help? Do you speak any of these languages (alongside English) with sufficient skill to volunteer yourself? </div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">If the answer to either of those questions is "yes" please send an email to: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx";><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0006f0">trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx</font></a>, with the following information:</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">1) Name of the Checker</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">2) Languages they can check</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">3) Contact info for the person (an email address and, if possible, a phone number too)</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">The languages we need are:</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Spanish</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Brazilian Portuguese</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">French</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Arabic</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Russian</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Chinese</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Please note that no assumptions should be made that the above-listed languages represent anything more than languages in which translated texts of some documents will be made available from time to time, and for which we need checkers in the interim period whilst a more holistic enterprise-wide approach to multilingualism is developed in concert with the community.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">There will be some special 'thank yous' to the people who help with this task over time - but the biggest thank you will be from the community themselves. Because of these key people, more people will be able to participate in the work of ICANN throughout the world, and a greater diversity of views and a richer debate will be had by all stakeholders.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">We hope you will pass this along to suitable potential checkers and thanks in advance for your help!</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">--</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </font></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Regards,</font></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The ICANN Translations Committee</font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx";>trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx</a></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> Attachment:
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