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Translators are important members
of the Community Empowerment Team.
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of the training documents were written originally in English. |
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They
are useful, however, wherever there are people who have low incomes and
little power. |
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That means in many communities where
different languages are understood.
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you can donate some time and energy to translating even one document, you
will be contributing to the war against poverty. |
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Every
translator on this site is a member of the Community Empowerment Team. |
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a team member you are entitled to put up a profile page on the site,
and also your CV or résumé. |
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Simply
send me a couple photos and some text, and I will work up a profile page
until you are happy with it. |
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you intend to become a professional translator of web pages, it is very
useful to learn how to use Cat’s Cradle. |
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That
is a programme, free on the Internet, which allows you to put a document
in and then translate to your language of choice. |
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is nice about it is that it includes the alternate text behind graphics,
as well as head text, which is on all web pages but not shown on the screen. |
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If
you want to get a free copy of CatsCradle, and some guidelines on using
it, please look at the Useful
Links page. |
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may wish to work with somebody. Perhaps one of you has the time and
interest to translate, but not computer or access to the Internet. |
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The
other might not have as much time, but has Internet access and can
forward the translations to be installed on the site. |
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Currently, the languages for which
we are actively seeking volunteers. include: Kiswahili, Urdu, Akan, Ga,
Ewe, Yoruba, Hausa, Kikuyu, Luo, Masai, Tonga, Shona, Zulu, Maori, Fijian,
Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Australian Aboriginal, Malay, Turkish, Kurdish,
North American Aboriginal, Farsi, and Somali. Other languages include:
Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, Luganda, Igbo, Swedish, Cebuano, Kirwanda,
Tagalog, Hindi, Punjabi (both scripts needed), Sindhi, Gujarati, Danish,
Telegu, Thai, Polish, Nepalese, Catalan, French, German, Javanese, Hebrew,
Norwegian, Arabic, Armenian, Dutch, Chinese, Sinhalese, Finnish, Tamil,
Bangla, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Pashto (Pukhtoon), Italian,
Amharic, Rumanian, and Basque. We will be pleased to receive contributions
in any language.
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there is no money available to pay you for translating, there are several
advantages to joining our team. |
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You
may devise your own profile and send some text for it so as to enhance
your presence. |
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few of our volunteer translators got jobs through having their CVs on the
site, and certainly got good recommendations from u for prospective jobs. |
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Also,
your work with us can be put on your CV, which is especially good when
you are starting a career, and need to demonstrate experience. |
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you are translating into a new language not already on the site, then it
is important to include the utility phrases. |
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These
are words such as the name of the language in its own script, the translation
for “Community Empowerment,” and phrases you see at the bottom of every
page, such as “Bottom of Page,” “Translated by,” Updated:”
and so on. |
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many of these I will create graphics text files to use on the page. |
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Once
they have been done, I will simply copy them onto new pages with that same
language. |
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There
is no money available for paying
for contributions to this site. As an
NGO, our budget is zero. |
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Your
contributions are
much appreciated. |
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Most importantly, you will be working
with a team to effectively fight the global war against poverty.
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