<div dir="ltr">Hi Avri,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing this, that is interesting for all who want to improve an aspect of ICANN internationalization : multilingualism, translation of reports etc.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Rafik</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-12 0:49 GMT+09:00 Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Subject: [council] FW: UPDATE Focus Group on Document Translation<br>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:34:04 +0100<br>
From: Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br>
Reply-To: <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br>
Organization: Afilias<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
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All,<br>
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FYI.<br>
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Please be aware of this initiative and communicate it out to your<br>
respective Groups / Constituencies for prospective volunteer participation.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Jonathan<br>
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*From:*Darris Saylors [mailto:<a href="mailto:darris.saylors@icann.org" target="_blank">darris.saylors@icann.org</a>] *On Behalf Of<br>
*Nora Abusitta<br>
*Sent:* 04 June 2014 03:26<br>
*Subject:* UPDATE Focus Group on Document Translation<br>
*Importance:* High<br>
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Dear All,<br>
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As mentioned in previous emails and calls, the ICANN Language Services<br>
Department is embarking on a new project to guarantee the quality of<br>
document translation on the ICANN website. It was intended that this<br>
would be explored through a focus group culminating with a meeting in<br>
London at ICANN 50; however, given the time constraints on all staff at<br>
this time, we are postponing the start of this project until after the<br>
London meeting so that ICANN staff and community members have time to<br>
engage fully with this initiative.<br>
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This project working group will now commence work on *July 15th*, with<br>
findings to be shared and discussed at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles.<br>
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This working group will hold regular calls with volunteered staff and<br>
with key community members whom we will be engaging in London. We will<br>
also be highlighting this initiative in London at different sessions<br>
that week.<br>
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Thank you to those who have already nominated participants. My team and<br>
I will be reaching out to you all in London to discuss this project<br>
further and connect with community members and staff who would enhance<br>
this work.<br>
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In the meantime, I would appreciate if you could send through any names<br>
of potential participants whom you think would be able to be part of<br>
this extremely important focus group. We require participants who are<br>
familiar with translation services and are able to represent the<br>
linguistic diversity of the community. The volunteers will share their<br>
thoughts and discuss with our Language Experts their views and desired<br>
outcome regarding the best way to approach translation of all the<br>
different materials (e.g. crowd sourcing translation, machine<br>
translation, preferred and third-party vendors).<br>
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Thank you in advance for your assistance with this work; I look forward<br>
to seeing many of you in London.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Nora<br>
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