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Uganda: Translate ICTs Into Local Languages - Don New Vision (Kampala) http://www.newvision.co.ug/ March 28, 2006 Posted to the web March 28, 2006 Kampala A MAKERERE University lecturer has advised stakeholders to translate the Internet and other modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into local languages, reports Paul Ocen. F. F Tusubira, a director in the Directorate for ICT at Makerere University, said the translation would promote the wide use of modern ICTs in communities. Higher institutions of learning can assign some of the students to translate the computer wares as part of their study programmes through which they can be awarded degrees. Tusubira said this at the third public dialogue of Makerere University Business School at Grand Imperial Hotel, Kampala on Friday. The theme of the function was "Information and communications Technology: The Emumbwa of the Knowledge society or the rebirth of ignorance." The Internet programme has already been translated into Kiswahili, he said. "It has already been done in Kiswahilli and the users can access their information in that arrangement," he said. He said most people in rural areas would be encouraged to use computers and other modern ICTs after the programmes are made user-friendly. Tusubira was reacting to a question posed by Patrick Onen-Ezaga, the MUBS spokesman, on why computer systems are not translated into other local languages. Tusubira asked other universities to adopt the translation system to ease their work. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
