Re: [wg-review] Bounced Message from AFNIC, Annie

[Robin Miller <robin@minervan.com>]

Well, if you can find the budget, and those that can do it. But I am saying,
start somewhere. Right now nothing is being done. Personally I cannot translate
every single thing that I write myself. It would be too expensive - I would
have to delist! Now there are things like machine translation, which can be
done in real time, which is what you are suggesting. But its not very accurate. 

I am only aware of the UN being able to translate every single word being
spoken. I dont think ICANN has that kind of budget...

"Dr. Michael S. Gendron" wrote:
> 
> Well.  If we do not translate email on lists, and we just translate reports
> we are disentrancing non-English speakers. They need to be involved in the
> process, not just hear about on the 5 o'clock news. (excuse the sarcasm) .
> While I agree it's a daunting task, if ICANN is going to be international
> then we need translators for just about everything.
> 
> Dr. Gendron
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   owner-wg-review@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-review@dnso.org]  On Behalf
> Of Robin Miller
> Sent:   Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:42 AM
> To:     wg-review@dnso.org
> Subject:        Re: [wg-review] Bounced Message from AFNIC, Annie
> 
> Hmm, I just read a good suggestion from Joel Disini of .PH to let the ccTLDs
> do
> it...  and it could be part of how they 'pay' ICANN. I personally thought it
> was an interesting suggestion, so I am restating it in case people didn't
> pay
> attention...
> 
> Corporations with international businesses have translations done all the
> time.
> Why should ICANN be any different? Now if ICANN is going to be an
> 'international' corporation, at the very least it should act like a real
> one...
> 
> Its not like every email message on a mailing list has to be translated,
> rather
> the official public reports, documents and such... Its really not a daunting
> task.
> 
> all the best, Robin
> 
> Ken Stubbs wrote:
> >
> > how can anyone disagree with this multilingual concept...
> >
> > the only problems in accomplishing this are practical ones (I.e. financial
> &
> > manpower)
> >
> > unfortunately, I have not seen anyone stepping up with any volunteer
> efforts
> > to translate key documents into other languages (this includes the
> proposals
> > & statements from this wg) .
> >
> > it might have been a very "symbolic" outreach gesture and positive example
> > for this group to have "offered" significant output documents in other
> > languages but, to date,  no person or group  has stepped forward  to
> > volunteer
> >
> > ken stubbs
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "YJ Park" <yjpark@myepark.com>
> > To: <wg-review@dnso.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 8:45 AM
> > Subject: [wg-review] Bounced Message from AFNIC, Annie
> >
> > > Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:30:26 +0100
> > > From: Annie Renard <Annie.Renard@nic.fr>
> > > To: Eric Dierker <ERIC@HI-TEK.COM>
> > > Cc: Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>,
> > >         "Oscar A. Robles Garay" <orobles@nic.mx>, Pilar Luque
> > > <pluque@nic.es>,
> > >         yjpark@myepark.com, wg-review@dnso.org, cctld-discuss@wwtld.org
> > > Subject: Re: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Comments on review of
> DNSOby
> > Mr
> > > Park
> > >
> > >  In your previous mail you wrote:
> > >
> > > If we put the issue of money aside are we all in agreement that ICANN
> must
> > > work in a multi-lingual capacity?
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I agree, all the international organizations work in a multi-lingual
> > > capacity :
> > > UN (6), WIPO (3), EU (11), ...
> > >
> > > Is ICANN really an international organization ? currently NO.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >         Annie Renard    [nic@nic.fr]
> > >         AFNIC/NIC France
> > > c/o INRIA domaine de Voluceau BP105, 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX, France
> > > http://www.nic.fr/
> > > Personal Email: Annie.Renard@nic.fr
> > >
> > >
> > >
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