[gnome-cyr] Fwd: [Openfontlibrary] [Fwd: [Icommons] Open Translation Tools 2007 - Call for Projects and Participants]

["Alexandre Prokoudine" <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

Есть желающие на три дня сгонять в Загреб на конференцию с
разработчиками софта для локализации?

А.П.

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From: Jon Phillips <jon rejon org>
Date: Sep 26, 2007 12:58 AM
Subject: [Openfontlibrary] [Fwd: [Icommons] Open Translation Tools
2007 - Call for Projects	and Participants]
To: "Openfontlibrary lists freedesktop org"
<openfontlibrary lists freedesktop org>, Behdad Esfahbod
<behdad behdad org>


Heya, this is right up some of your guys' alley wrt to translation
tools, fonts, and so forth...they have travel funding!

Jon

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Allen Gunn <gunner aspirationtech org>
> To: icommons lists ibiblio org
> Subject: [Icommons] Open Translation Tools 2007 - Call for Projects
> and Participants
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:08:48 -0700
>
> Hey iCommons friends and future friends,
>
> Hope you've all been well since iSummit. Aspiration and Multimedia
> Institute - [mi2] are co-organizing an event entitled "Open
> Translation Tools" in late November in Zagreb, and we'd love to get
> plenty of iCommons energy in the mix!
>
> The full description is below, but the basic plan is to get folks with
> open content translation needs and developers of open source
> translation tools together to both discuss what open source tools are
> available and brainstorm what's missing and how to improve what
> exists. We'll generate both an inventory of tools available to open
> content translators, as well as a list of what types of translation
> "workflows" need to be supported. The agenda will be developed in
> collaboration with participants in the months leading up to the event.
>
> Full details are at
>
> http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation
>
> The event is in Zagreb from 29 November to 1 December 2007, and we
> have budget to get some folks there. The event will probably be 30-50
> people.
>
> Please let me know of questions!
>
> And *please* feel free to forward or post the prose below.
>
> thanks & peace,
> gunner
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Open Translation Tools 2007
> Call for Projects and Participants!
>
> Aspiration is delighted to announce our first-ever Open Translation
> Tools Convergence. This 3-day event will bring together two passionate
> communities: those creating open source software tools to support
> translating open content, and those with a need for better tools to
> support translation of the open content they create.
>
> The event will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, from 29 November to 1
> December 2007, and is being co-organized by Aspiration and
> MultimediaInstitute - [mi2].
>
> Full details are at
> http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation
>
> We invite you to answer the call for projects and participants now!
>
> The event is being convened to:
>       * Document the open source translation tool landscape - Whats
>         out there? And what should we create to fill the gaps?
>       * Inventory open content translation use cases - What
>         translation support is needed?
>       * Strengthen the network around open source translation tools
>         for open content, with a particular focus on delivering value
>         to nonprofit and non-governmental organizations (NPOs and
>         NGOs).
> The agenda will be collaboratively developed by participants in the
> time leading up to and during the gathering. Also see additional event
> background. Visit the event wiki for the latest details and to add
> your input! And please join the discussion on the event mailing list.
>
> Overall, we will follow a user-driven approach to map tools to use
> cases, assessing what is supported by currently available open source
> software tools and services, and identifying the most pressing needs.
> Primary focus will be placed on supporting and enabling distributed
> human translation of content, but the role of machine translation will
> also be considered. Open content will encompass a range of resource
> types, from books to manuals to documents to blog posts to multimedia.
>
> Interested parties are encouraged to tell us about your projects and
> translation needs.
>
> The event will target three complementary outcomes:
>       * A mapping of the open source translation tool landscape,
>         enumerating tools and tool categories as well as services,
>         projects and resources, and assessing gaps and opportunities
>         for development. There is currently very little in terms of a
>         directory of translation tools for content publishers, and
>         this event will serve to create such an inventory.
>       * An inventory of open content translation use cases, with open
>         content creators and publishers describing how they would like
>         open source software tools and technologies to support their
>         translation needs. These use cases will cover a range of tasks
>         (I need to translate a document into a second language) and
>         usage scenarios (I need a widget for my blog that links to
>         open content translation request services and lists available
>         translated versions of my content).
>       * A strengthened community of practice around translation tools
>         for open content for NPO and NGO needs. While many amazing
>         projects are in play all around the globe, there are
>         relatively few opportunities for practitioners in the field of
>         open content translation to meet and collaborate as a
>         community. Open Translation Tools 2007 will provide such a
>         venue.
> At this point we are reaching out to all interested parties and
> contacting the networks and communities of practice that touch on
> these fields of practice. Our hope is to identify a passionate group
> of 30-40 participants for the event.
>
> Interested parties are encouraged to tell us about your projects and
> translation needs. Answer the call for projects and participants now!
>
> For more information, email opentranslation aspirationtech org or call
> +1.415.839.6456.
>
> About Aspiration
>
> Aspiration is a global leader in the design and delivery of innovative
> technology gatherings for nonprofit and nongovernmental audiences. Our
> event philosophy and facilitation focus on maximizing collaboration
> and peer sharing, while making sparing use of one-to-many and
> several-to-many session formats such as presentations and panels. We
> believe the ultimate potential and power of any convening lie in the
> collective untapped knowledge and experience of the participants, and
> we strive to tap that vast store by maximizing dialog, creativity and
> idea exchange.
>
> Over the past several years, we have convened and co-organized over 45
> highly interactive events across the globe
> (www.aspirationtech.org/events/history). We focus agendas around
> user-oriented dialog that connects all the stakeholders in software
> design and development, and model our events to reflect the diverse
> and network-oriented nature of the communities we convene.
>
> Aspiration is also developing the Social Source Commons
> (www.socialsourcecommons.org), a platform for collaboratively mapping
> and documenting the universe of software tools relevant to nonprofits
> and non-governmental organizations.
>
> As part of our community building work, Aspiration operates the San
> Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center (www.sftechcenter.org). The
> Center is home to 6 organizations working in nonprofit and social
> change technology, and offers training and meeting space as well.
>
> For more information about our work and programs, see
> www.aspirationtech.org.
>
> About Multimedia Institute - [mi2], Zagreb, Croatia
>
> Multimedia Institute [mi2] is a Zagreb-based non-profit organization
> that sprang up in 1999. [mi2] brought together an emerging generation
> of local civil activists, media practitioners, independent cultural
> actors and social theorists who are pursuing five principle tasks:
>
> 1) to present digital culture and to pursue new media practices
> relevant for critical social and cultural action,
>
> 2) to promote and develop socially inflected approaches to
> technologies, particularly free software, free culture and open acces,
>
> 3) to protect public space and advocate inclusive urban policies,
>
> 4) to present contemporary philosophy, social and media theory,
>
> 5) to strengthen independent cultural sector and to advocate
> progressive cultural policies in order to support progressive
> tendencies of socio-cultural reformism.
>
> [mi2] is internationally mostly recognized through the activities of
> its free content publishing label - EGOBOO.bits, its meetspace -
> net.culture club MAMA and its free software work. It's in house mi2lab
> development team is working on four free software projects: most
> notably, on its own flavor of wiki optimized for heavy handling of
> multimedia content - TAMTAM, and a set of financial administration
> tools optimized for NGOs - NGOde. To complement the free software
> development, the mi2lab had a residency program for free software
> developers from the Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia.
>
> [mi2] is committed to promote, advocate and educate in the free
> software, open standards and free content and to reflect on their
> impact on wider social and cultural context. In 2003 together with
> Amsterdam based Tactical Tech it organized the SummerSource social
> software camp. In 2007 together with iCommons it organized iCommons
> Summit. It is regularly organizing education in free software tools
> and free publishing. Wishing to enable the local creators to license
> their creative works under the adequate free content licenses, the
> [mi2] did the Croatian localization of Creative Commons public
> licenses.
>
> For more information about Multimedia Institute [mi2], see
> www.mi2.hr .
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