Invitation for Marathi Translators and Wordlist Editors Empanelment

On behalf of "janabhaaratii" a Govt. of India funded project, we are very glad to invite

"English-Marathi Translators" having

* Computer Operation knowledge * Fluent with Marathi language and Computer Terminologies

Desirable:

* Familiarity with Indian Language text processing using GNU/Linux platform * Familiarity with different kinds of translations & issues thereof * Familiarity with tools to support translations * Knowledge of Data Entry in Marathi is essential

Also "Marathi Wordlist Editors" who are expected to contribute to the wordlist having variety of words from various domain, in terms of editing existing wordlist and also making it qualitatively and quantitatively better.

For registration visit:

http://www.janabhaaratii.org.in/page_gen.php?lang=en&body=/announcement/...

or send in your mail at

"Alka Irani" alka@cdacmumbai.in, "Priti Patil" <prithisd@cdacmumbai.in >, "Gracy Abreo" gracy@cdacmumbai.in

No registration fees, but registration is the MUST.

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Agenda for "1st Orientation Programme for Marathi Translators and Marathi Wordlist Editors" will be

Date: 10th Nov 2006

Venue:C-DAC Mumbai (Formerly National Centre for Software Technology) Air-India Bldg, 8th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai- 400 021 Telephone: +91 22 2202 4641, +91 22 2283 6924 Fax: +91 22 2204 9573

Time 10:00 - 17:00

10:00 - 12:30

* Concept Introduction (30 min) * Dos and Don't of Translation and Wordlist Edition (60 min) * Introduction of Translation Tools (60 min)

Lunch Time 12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 17:00

* Practice Session (60 min for getting familiar with Marathi text input process) * Actual work (till 17:00)

No registration fees, but registration is the MUST. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Priti Patil janabhaaratii, C-DAC Mumbai (Formerly National Centre for Software Technology) Air-India Bldg, 8th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai- 400 021 Telephone: +91 22 2202 4641, +91 22 2283 6924 Fax: +91 22 2204 9573

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