Training
Training
This sub-project addresses the need for local localisation skills. It will create modules that cover local localisation needs within a course the covers the complete localisation process. Four partners in the various regions of Africa will develop this material and run the course.
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Wits Language School and Translate.org.za to host a course in localisation
Wits Language School and Translate.org.za are proud to host this cutting edge course in localisation.
Localisation involves translating websites, software, online documentation, etc., into the language of a specific target audience. It is also concerned with ensuring that a product’s content, style, graphics, and cultural conventions are appropriate to the country and language in which
it is to be used.
ANLoc conference 2010
Several ANLoc partners are meeting in South Africa to report on the year's activities and discuss the way forward.
Working towards a localisation manual for Amharic
Solomon and Friedel are meeting in Limerick to work on a manual for Amharic localisers. The African Network for Localisation released a Northern Sotho Localisation Manual which has already been used in training. We hope that a manual for Amharic can be a great help for localisers and localisation trainers.
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Northern Sotho Localisation Manual
South Africa has 11 official languages of which Northern Sotho is one. It is spoken by nearly 5 million people, mainly in the South African provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, and it is a home language to 9,4% of the population.
For more information, see the census of 2001:
http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/CensusKey/CensusKey2001.pdf
Northern Sotho falls under the Bantu Language Family which belongs to the Niger-Congo group.
South African translators learn how to localise
Two days of ANLoc training by Translate.org.za and Wits Language School has started 10 translators on their road to becoming certified localisers. As part of their training these students will localise a number of open source applications into various South African languages.
Certified Localisation Professional (CLP) training in South Africa
ANLoc partner Translate.org.za is proud to be hosting the first CLP (Certified Localisation Professional) course. The course is being offered in partnership with the Wits Language School. The certification is provided The Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP).
