African languages in a digital age: challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Osborne
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, DIGITAL DIVIDE, INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, LOCALISATION
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Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6250
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4355
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4355
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Osborne
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, DIGITAL DIVIDE, INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, LOCALISATION
Web link: http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2269&cat=1&page=1
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6250
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4355
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4355
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Abstract
With increasing numbers of computers and diffusion of the internet around the world, localisation of the technology and the content it carries into the many languages people speak is becoming an ever more important area for discussion and action. Localisation, simply put, includes translation and cultural adaptation of user interfaces and software applications, as well as the creation and translation of internet content in diverse languages. It is essential in making information and communication technology more accessible to the populations of the poorer countries, increasing its relevance to their lives, needs, and aspirations, and ultimately in bridging the 'digital divide'. Localisation is a new and growing field of inquiry. This book identifies issues, concerns, priorities, and lines of research and is intended as a baseline study in defining localisation in Africa and how it is important for development and education in the long term.-
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