ANLoc Project

ANLoc Project

ICT is necessarily adapted to human languages in order to enable its use by non-specialists. For historic and economic reasons, however, certain languages dominate in this role, regardless of where ICT is used. So, when technology is used where the language and culture are different, it will exert an unintentional influence on the latter that could be negative. Localisation – the adaptation of ICT to the language and culture where it is used – allows that cultural pressure to be reduced, eliminated or even reversed.

By addressing the issue of localisation this network and its sub-projects aim to address these dimensions to indeed turn ICTs into a positive force for all of the above dimensions.



ANLoc conference 2010

26/04/2010
30/04/2010
Africa/Johannesburg
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ANLoc Project
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Fonts
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Keyboards
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Locales
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Localisation Tools
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Localise software
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Network activities
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Spell checkers
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Terminology
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Training
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Hartbeespoort, South Africa

Several ANLoc partners are meeting in South Africa to report on the year's activities and discuss the way forward.

ANLoc at the Centre for Next Generation Localisation

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Localisation Tools

Friedel Wolff, the lead of the ANLoc tools project, represented ANLoc at the CNGL (Centre for Next Generation Localisation) in Ireland. You can view his presentations on ANLoc and the tools project.

HLT Day for the National HLT Network - 2010

27/01/2010
Africa/Johannesburg
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ANLoc Project
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Localisation Tools
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Network activities
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Spell checkers
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CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria

Dwayne and Friedel will be presenting speed papers and doing a presentation and poster sessions at the HLT day for the National Human Language Technologies Network.

ANLoc Newsletter November issue

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ANLoc Project

I am Busy updating changes, will update shortly

ANLoc to attend the 4th Internet Governance Forum

15/11/2009
18/11/2009
Africa/Harare
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ANLoc Project
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Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

The fourth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting will be held from 15-18 November 2009 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. ANLoc will be participating in the workshop Equality in access to knowledge society through language and cultural diversity

Achievements and Lessons learned by the African Network for Localization (ANLoc)

27/05/2009 12:00
27/05/2009 13:30
America/Montreal
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ANLoc Project
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150 Kent St., Room 649 (6th floor), Ottawa, Canada

Presenter: Martin Benjamin

Description: The African Network for Localization (ANLoc) has been established by Acacia to overcome the limitations of technology on language that prevent most Africans from participating in the digital age. ANLoc is addressing localization from many angles,

Presentation at the ANLoc Workshop in Egypt, March 2009

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ANLoc Project

A brief history of the Translation Bureau, TERMIUM®, terminology and our partnerships with African countries

AGIS '09

21/09/2009
Africa/Harare
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ANLoc Project
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University of Limerick, Ireland

AGIS '09
Action Week for Global Information Sharing
Promoting Equality through Language and Cultural Diversity
21-25 September 2009
University of Limerick, Ireland

International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2009

21/02/2009
Africa/Harare
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ANLoc Project
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Locales
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Network activities
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Paris, France

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Pan-African researchers unlock computers for African languages on Mother Language Day

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, a Pan African Network of computer and language experts is ensuring that computers are unlocked for mother tongue speakers.