FYI. OLPC is the One Laptop Per Child project. The laptops will include among other things, data from Wikipedia and as you can read below, dictionaries in diverse languages (including African languages). This is a request for volunteers to help. Don
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sabine Cretella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, as you might already know OmegaWiki is creating the OLPC Children's dictionary. To reach the first goal: 1100 basic words we are going a way that is slightly different from what you would expect: we are using a simple xls table to insert terminology. The table was created by Zdanek who creates mainly dictionaries combining various wordlists and he will help to integrate them. This means that completing the lists should be quite fast. The definitions you find there in English are not the ones from OmegaWiki - he just extracted them, mainly from wordnet if I understand well. Therefore the definitions will need to be checked as well. Since we are talking about basic terminology for kids the meaning of the word should be quite clear and potential questions might just be a few in the end. So what we would like to ask this list now: can you help to complete the list of 1100 words for the OLPC Children's dictionary? At this stage I have an xls file so you can work with Excel or OpenOffice.org on it. Of course all African languages are relevant. Actually we more urgently need Kinyarwanda, since this is one of the countries where the kids will get their laptop first. All other languages are needed since step by step we hope that OLPC will reach all African contries. ... If you might have the possibility to create further connections: please do so. Any help will be very much appreciated - in "all languages". All languages is a lot, I know, but consider that by having this data in OmegaWiki, that is in a relational database fashion, it will be extended and improved over time and by using the defined meaning concept we will have the possibility to create dictionaries also in very particular combinations you would otherwise never get. Furthermore your entries then can be used for spell checker, for the first steps to Apertium (http://apertium.sourceforge.net) and many more. I am preparing the languages here (just started): http://www.omegawiki.org/OLPC_Children%27s_Dictionary/Co-operation_with_dicts.info#Languages In a second stage the 1100 words we have now will be extended to a second and a third step so that we get a dictionary that over time is suitable to really learn foreign languages by this kids as well. And yes: we will need more people for one language, since it would be nice if people helped with proof reading etc. For who it can be interesting: we can hand over a certificate for the co-operation on the OLPC Dictionary (through OmegaWiki) and also create a stage if somebody adds for example the translations, hyphenation, classification. Thank you for your attention and time! Best wishes from Italy! Sabine ***** Sabine Cretella [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: sabinecretella --- End forwarded message --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
