[tei-council] more on internationalization

[Julia Flanders]

I would suggest that we make a longer list of languages in which we 
know text encoding work is being done (as determined, for instance, 
by the range of countries in which we have members), and use this as 
a master list to track our progress. That list could be cast into 
rough groups:
--highest priority: languages where there is a great deal of TEI work 
being done;
--middle priority: languages where there is some TEI work being done;
--low priority: languages where there is little or no TEI work being 
done but where we believe there is potential;
--not on the list: languages where we believe having a translation 
would not have any appreciable influence at the moment (e.g. Tlingit)

Then submit a call and see what proposals we receive. We could fund 
all the proposals in our high-priority group, and keep the others for 
a more substantial EU proposal, or a proposal to another funding 
body. Creating a master plan in this way would help us make a 
persuasive funding proposal and also provide a sense of long-term 
goals and progress.

It may be in any case that the ALLC wishes to give priority in any 
case to European languages (I can check on this with Harold). I'll 
also check on the timeline to see whether this proposal can wait 
until P5 issues have been firmed up.

best, Julia

At 9:47 AM +0100 5/24/05, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>M. J. Driscoll wrote:
>
>>  But here the everybody-speaks-English-don't-they?-attitude is even 
>>less appropriate, since in Bulgaria, as in most of the world, 
>>everybody doesn't speak English (thank God), and shouldn't have to. 
>>Which I thought was the whole point of this exercise.
>>
>
>indeed. so what is the algorithm for priorititizing languages? we can choose
>between:
>
>1 easy to do (ie we know someone who can control the work, like 
>Laurent for French or Alejandro for Spanish)
>2 number of native speakers (in which case Bahasa might be on the list)
>3 number of known interests in text encoding (er, thats hard.)
>4 perception of "importance" of language (er, thats hard too)
>5 sticking pins in a world map
>
>to my mind, no 1 is the practical choice. no sense in picking, say, 
>Korean and then
>not being able to locate a good person.
>
>if we ask the ALLC for money to try and do (say) 6 languages,
>then we can ask the members first and then  TEI-L second
>for bids.
>
>--
>Sebastian Rahtz
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