Hello, I thought I should share this thread on technology task force list. I think this is a project that would be of interest to our region as well (in other to further bridge the language digital divide). I hope it's not too late to suggest that afralo push this to the FCSB by supporting the initiative and calling for the inclusion of afralo list in the initiative as well. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dev Anand Teelucksingh" <admin@ttcsweb.org> Date: 22 Jan 2016 6:23 p.m. Subject: Re: [technology taskforce] TTF proposal to ICANN for FY17 - Fixing the bugs in ICANN’s machine translation tool used for the LACRALO mailing lists To: "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> Cc: "Dev Anand Teelucksingh" <devtee@gmail.com>, "Technology Taskforce WG" < ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Hi Seun, thanks for the question. It is very straightforward to implement for other regions like AFRALO for any two language lists. I'll suggest that AFRALO through the FBSC express support for the proposal so that the tool can be used in AFRALO. Because the existing new code is not ready for use (currently HTML mail works, but plain text email doesn't) Once the bugs have been fixed, I've even proposed an alternative approach that would scale for multiple language groups in regions. See page 11 of the TTF abridged presentation done at ICANN53 on the https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-li... wiki page. But, (sigh) all things in time. Dev Anand On 22 January 2016 at 10:17, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

While no cost is indicated in the proposal, i expect that it should not have been too expensive to fund at ICANN level and wonder why this did not happen. I support this as well, however i think perhaps it could be done as a joint proposal to address that of AFRALO as well.

I note that the proposal indicated that the tool could be used by AFRALO (English <> French) but its not clear whether a new set of code development will not be required. So it may be be good if that part is updated to include the AFRALO region. Although i understand this is normally a regional thing, if what i suggest is not possible, perhaps AFRALO could also submit something similar and then it gets combined at a later time? I am available to take that up if required

Regards

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dear All,

Today is the deadline for budget proposals to be submitted to the At-Large Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC).

One longstanding technology issue is the machine translation used on the LACRALO mailing list. This has been documented extensively by the TTF at

https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-li...

Currently, the key issue is that ICANN doesn't have any dedicated persons to fix this software tool. There is only one person from ICANN IT staff who attempts to work on a new version of the translation tool in his spare time, outside of ICANN hours. As this ICANN IT person is very busy at ICANN and his volunteer efforts are appreciated, he has little to no spare time to work on fixing the outstanding bugs in the software. It is clear that a person is critically needed at ICANN with a mandate to fixing this software.

Hence this budget request is for funding to be made available to ICANN IT staff for ICANN to hire a programmer to work on ICANN’s new machine translation tool and fix the remaining bugs so that the new software tool can be installed and ease the communication difficulties faced by LACRALO, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff over the past 6 years.

Although this proposal was submitted to LACRALO earlier in the week, it appears that LACRALO will not be considering any proposals for submission.

Hence, the TTF will be submitting the attached proposal to the FBSC for their review.

Kind Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh, TTF chair

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