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Re: [ga] FW: Assistance with translation
- To: GA <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [ga] FW: Assistance with translation
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- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:35:30 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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<P>Mr. Dierker and all,</P>
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<P> Indeed true Mr. Dierker. However getting paid for doing so does not</P>
<P>deminish the pride factor what so ever. With ICANN's huge budget</P>
<P>and cash on hand, seems to me it can easily afford to PAY individuals</P>
<P>for this service, instead of wanting it done for free. Human translators cost</P>
<P>real money. Electronic translation applications are many and varied</P>
<P>and the good ones are not cheap up front, but are far cheaper over time</P>
<P>and do a very good job of translating text than a human translator as well as are</P>
<P>often more accurate in doing language translation than are human translators.<BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Hugh Dierker <HDIERKER2204@xxxxxxxxx><BR>Sent: Aug 30, 2007 8:52 AM <BR>To: Roberto Gaetano <ROBERTO@xxxxxxxxx>, GA <GA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR>Subject: Re: [ga] FW: Assistance with translation <BR><BR>
<DIV>Just a note to bring this back up again. The actualy doing of this work is something to be very proud of indeed. Talking multiculturalism and multilingualism is just that, talk.</DIV>
<DIV>But actually helping in a realtime real personal way is fantastic.</DIV>
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<DIV>Eric<BR><BR><B><I>Roberto Gaetano <roberto@xxxxxxxxx></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=633503220-29082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=633503220-29082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Roberto</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Dear Colleagues:</DIV>
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<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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><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>
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<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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">If the answer to either of those questions is "yes" please send an email to: <A href="mailto:trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx";><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0006f0>trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx</FONT></A>, with the following information:</DIV>
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<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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The languages we need are:</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><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>
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<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="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><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>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">We hope you will pass this along to suitable potential checkers and thanks in advance for your help!</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial>The ICANN Translations Committee</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><A href="mailto:trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx";>trans-comm@xxxxxxxxx</A></DIV>
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