Opensource software and localisation in indigenous South African languages with Pootle

Dalvit, Lorenzo; Terzoli, Alfredo; Wolff, F

Title: Opensource software and localisation in indigenous South African languages with Pootle
Creator: Dalvit, Lorenzo
Creator: Terzoli, Alfredo
Creator: Wolff, F
Date Issued: 2008
Date: 2008
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428496
Identifier: vital:72515
Identifier: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1andtype=pdfanddoi=912f3d0d94f0268467e1d790fd7780f14d9c4e44
Description: The majority of the South African population is not fully proficient in Eng-lish. Besides access to the necessary infrastructure, many Africans lack epistemological access to the ICT world simply because of linguistic reasons. Limited availability of resources and lack of interest for the promotion of African languages in the ICT domain among their speakers are often blamed for this. The opensource community has been particu-larly responsive to the needs of this portion of the population, and a vari-ety of software is already available in African languages. Translate. org. za, an NGO committed to the development of opensource software in all 11 South African languages, has been particularly active with respect to this. On the one hand, they have developed a Webbased application to support collaborative translation online. On the other, they have part-nered with various institutions to organise translation efforts, mainly rely-ing on volunteers. In this paper we describe an experience showing how these two models can be used to address issues of lack of resources and support for the use of African languages in the ICT domain.
Format: 6 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Proceedings of Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC)
Relation: Dalvit, L., Terzoli, A. and Wolff, F., 2008, September. Opensource software and localisation in indigenous South African languages with Pootle. In Southern Africa Telecommunication Network and Application Conference, Durban, South Africa (pp. 1-6)
Relation: Proceedings of Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) volume 2008 number 1 1 6 2008 Conference
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Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SA TNAC) Statement (https://www.satnac.org.za/)

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