Working Group Language Localization Initiative - Members
MEMBER | ROLES |
Jahangir Hossain, ISOC-Bangladesh | Agreed to help with localization of ICANN materials into Bangla) |
Chaitanya Ramachandran, ISOC-Delhi | Agreed to help with localization of ICANN materials into Hindi. |
Yannis Li, DotAsia | Agreed to help with pilot framework and initiatives |
Kelvin Wong- ICANN Staff | Coordination and support |
Silvia Vivanco- ICANN Staff | Coordination and support |
Ali Al Meshal | Coordination and support |
Maureen Hilyard | Coordination and support |
| Siranush Vardanyan | Coordination and support |
| Holly Raiche | Coordination and support |
| Satish Babu | Coordination and support |
UPDATE REPORT - DEC 14
MEMBER | TASK | Progress (Dec 14) |
Chaitanya Ramachandran, ISOC-Delhi | Focus Area 1: Agreed to help with localization of ICANN materials into Hindi. | [Completed] Completed translation of materials under ICANN's Language Localization Pilot into Hindi, which is an official language of India and the major native language across northern India. Translated slides: 2.1 Universal Acceptance of all TLDs (Hindi) 2.2 Internationalized Domain Names (Hindi) [Work in progress] ISOC Delhi is also currently planning outreach events in the local community. Will include the translated materials as handouts at any such events, and will also try to share outcomes. |
UPDATE REPORT - NOV 24
MEMBER | TASK | Progress |
Jahangir Hossain, ISOC-Bangladesh | Focus Area 1: Agreed to help with localization of ICANN materials into Bangla) | Already started work on translation. Trying to organize a day long event on 27 December 2014. Already has a 45 min slot for ICANN's introduction and activities considering both bangle and English content. Translation Progress update:
Should be able to provide 3 topics before ICANN52 meeting: About ICANN; Universal Acceptance of all Top Level Domains;Internationalized Domain Names For the rest of the 2 topics, hopefully will provide before ICANN52 meeting: WHOIS; new gTLD. |
Chaitanya Ramachandran, ISOC-Delhi | Focus Area 1: Agreed to help with localization of ICANN materials into Hindi. | Making steady progress with the translation. First translated slide deck (subject to final editing) is ready. Targeting Dec 2014 for completion.
Will inform about any events that we have, and will try to use the translated materials wherever possible. |
Yannis Li, DotAsia | Focus Area 3: Agreed to help with pilot framework and initiatives | Able to help with studying outreach – focus area 3. Have some statistics on the current ALSes and would be happy to study on our current demographics. |
Kelvin Wong ICANN Staff
| coordination and support | Coordinating progress with the working group members |
