TRF First Anniversary Newsletter No 4/2010 (September 2010)
Can you believe it has already been a year since The Rosetta Foundation was launched! Last September volunteers, NGO representatives and technology providers from Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States gathered at the University of Limerick, Ireland, for the global launch of The Rosetta Foundation at the Action for Global Information Sharing Conference – AGIS ’09.
For us it was an exciting first year with stumbling blocks as well as successes and a lot of experience gained. We look forward to many years to come!
Also, to begin our second year as The Rosetta Foundation we introduced a new Community Profiles Section to our Newsletter, where we look at why TRF team members enjoy being an active part of our community.
Thank you for your support - we couldn't have done all of this great work without you!
- The Rosetta Foundation Team
Recently at The Rosetta Foundation
Community Eye Health Journal
The Rosetta Foundation is happy to announce the commencement of a new project with Community Eye Health Journal (CEHJ). CEHJ “addresses the elimination of avoidable blindness and focuses on countries where the burden of preventable blindness is greatest.”
Read more about their initiative on the CEHJ website.
In the last month we recruited eight qualified English to Spanish translators with experience in medical translations. They all went through a screening process and their sample translations have been rated as very high quality by Dr Van C. Lansingh, the editor of the CEHJ Spanish Edition. Amy Moreno, Carlos Garcia, Conchita Chinchilla-Weller, Jose Luis Alvarez, María José Torrillo, María Teresa Jones Acebal, Marisa C. de Nohara, Raquel Luengos and Valeria G. Ricca will support The Rosetta Foundation by donating their time, linguistic skills and know-how and will translate articles from English into Spanish. Together we will support CEHJ in the dissemination of eye health knowledge to regions that rarely receive adequate healthcare information.
Coming up at The Rosetta Foundation
Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius Lithuania: September 14-17, 2010
Reinhard Schäler and Stefanie Scheeder will be representing The Rosetta Foundation at the United Nation's fifth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 14-17, 2010. At this conference we hope to continue spreading the word about The Rosetta Foundation and join together with IGF to make the internet accessible to everyone in their own language.
Founded last year at IGF in Egypt, the Dynamic Coalition for a Global Localization Platform, Localization4All, will hold a session at this year's IGF on Thursday 16 September at 11:30 am. Localization4All works to coordinate the development of communities and the deployment of technologies that will enable localization for all.
Visit the Dynamic Coalition for a Global Localization Platform on the web to learn about Localization4All and the IGF's website to read more about the session.
The Rosetta Foundation Board Meeting in Limerick, Ireland: September 21, 2010, 10:00 am
The Board of the Rosetta Foundation will be meeting face-to-face this coming September. Together we will review, analyze and evaluate the first operating year of TRF as well as setting objectives and aims for the next year. We also will be discussing our current projects with Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia, HIFA2015, MediSend, CEHJ and Solar Cookers International. Reinhard Schäler, our Founder and President, will also bring the Board up-to-date on the progress of NTTech, The Rosetta Foundation's translation platform program.
Brave New World: Localisation Research Conference in Limerick, Ireland: September 22-24, 2010
Join us this coming September for the 15th Annual Internationalization and Localization Conference organized by the Localisation Research Center (LRC) and supported by the Center for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL). At this year's LRC conference we will be looking toward the future of localization and preparing our industry for the challenges of this decade. We know that The Rosetta Foundation will have a strong presence in this shared future and we look forward to working together at this year's LRC Conference to increase our industry's social awareness.
Visit the LRC website for more information and registration details.
The Rosetta Foundation Community Profiles
Volunteer Profiles
Name: Alexandra Tapia
TRF Role: Volunteer Translator, Spanish to English
"I am a freelance translator English - Spanish and I volunteer because it is a way for me to support and collaborate with fair causes and missions that benefit helpless people around the world. I feel happy to volunteer and give happiness, support and hope through my work."
Name: Carla Costa
TRF Role: Volunteer Translator, Portuguese to English
“The first reason for becoming a volunteer is solidarity. The best way to put this into practice is by devoting some of my time to others and helping them to overcome some of their difficulties and also by providing an answer to specific needs. By collaborating with The Rosetta Foundation, I’m contributing to the accomplishment of its mission. It is my strongest belief that if we want a better society, we must, as citizens and to the best of our efforts, contribute to it. As a native Portuguese translator, I expect to contribute to the elimination of language and cultural barriers, by making information accessible to millions of people all over the world whose mother tongue is Portuguese.”
Staff Profile
Name: Joanna Spalding
TRF Role: PR and Operations Intern
"Working with an NPO has been a long term goal of mine. After moving from the US to Germany and then Ireland, I have become very familiar with cross cultural interactions and language barriers. I am happy to aid in lessening the difficulties experienced by people who speak less common languages than English. Everyone has equal right to education and knowledge and I am incredibly lucky to work with The Rosetta Foundation to extend this right to all languages."