[Indic-computing-users] Query on translation work

[FN <fr...@by...>]

Could anyone help my friend Nitya Jacob in finding suitable translation
facilities? What is the state of machine translation work being undertaken
by IIIT-Hyderabad, if one recalls right? FN
PS: Nitya must apologise for the hurried end to the phone call. I was at
the police station paying a fine for wrong parking... ;-)

> Anyway, we need information on 2 things -
> 1. Who are the people in the country working on translation software and 
> Indian language fonts that is either affordable or cheap? OneWorld is 
> willing to put some money behind open source/OGL work so that it becomes 
> available to the community provided there are people doing this. We are 
> looking at a few languages, maybe 6, to begin with. Pls send me alist of 
> people or organisations you think are credible and worth approaching.
> 
> 2. Using the fonts they develop or something else that is immediately 
> availble, we will be translating material from Itrainonline and other 
> sources that is of use of Indian organisations. This will feature on the 
> OW support centre, at the moment empty.
> 
> Given this, we need to know about translators immediately!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Nitya Jacob
> Regional coordinator
> OneWorld South Asia
> 1st floor
> C1/22 Safdarjung Development Area
> New Delhi - 110016
> India.
> t: +91-11-26612008, 26532430
> f: extn 30
> http://www.oneworld.net/southasia
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