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Translating for kasahorow

A startup guide

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Tools 3

The Translation Procedure 3

Getting Paid 3

Introduction

kasahorow's mission is to enable local languages remain a viable form of communication for all aspects of life.

An important part of fulfilling this mission is to enable communication between languages by translation. Anyone who can acquire information in one language and explain it in another is a translator. This document provides some straightforward guidelines for improving your written translation work.

Tools

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A computer with an Internet connection
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A dictionary
kasahorow provides online dictionaries for use at www.dictionary.kasahorow.com

The Translation Procedure

1. http://pm.suuch.com:8080/scheduler gets you access to the kasahorow Translators' Manager.
2. The kasahorow translation manager aims to make translations easy in such a way that they can be made online.

The translation manager encompasses several separate entities working together:

1. The user management system where users log in with a password so as to get the tasks assigned to them
2. The file management system whereby a user may manage files from (upload, download and convert into different formats
3. The actual translation manager where users can edit files assigned to them as tasks

This manual aims to bring to light the general functioning of the core of the system. I will describe how to

> Create a task
> Upload a file
> Convert a file
> Use the editor

Lets look at each one at a time.

Creating a task
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On successful logging into the system, a user can create a task by clicking on the link labelled "New Task" on the main pane of the application. This action will open a page where you may enter the details of the task such as its title, the person you are assigning it to, etc. Since these are mainly translation tasks, there is need for a file to be attached to the task you are creating. The easiest way to do this is to upload a file first before you create the task. I will describe how this works in the next section.

Uploading a file
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File upload works with files of the formats PDF, ODT, txt and doc. Other file formats are yet to be given support. The file upload utility may be accessed from the 'File Manager' link on the main panel. Sinply browse for the file you desire to be uploaded and click upload and the rest will be done.

The uploaded file is then copied, and the original is stored as is, for backup purposes. the copy is then renamed and converted to text format so that it can now be manipulated from a HTML text area. The converted file is renamed to kw_ so as to differentiate it from the original.

Any translation work is done on the copy so that there always is a backup to turn to incase anything goes wrong.

Converting a file
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Files can be converted from any format that OpenOffice can open to any other format that OpenOffice can export to. This is possible from the file manager on the left pane.

Using the Editor
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So far, the editor is a pretty simple HTML text area that you may type in. Clicking on the icon of the floppy diskette saves your file, clicking on the 'abc' icon opens a spell checker.

Enjoy your translations.

Getting Paid

To get paid you must have an account with fienipa.com.

WORKING WITH KASAHOROW'S DICTIONARIES

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kasahorow's Dictionaries are for quick keyword searches in any of the kasahorow languages
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Have a wordlist for a language you'd like to add? Send it as a spreadsheet to dictionary @ kasahorow . com
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URL for local dictionaries: http:// www.dictionary.kasahorow.com//all/ha
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When looking for kasahorow keyboards they are available to freedesktop.org. It is available on the Ubuntu platform from version 6.06 (LTS)/Dapper Drake. For more info see http:// kasahorow.org/ims
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For specific languages, append “/;language” to the end of the above address
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For file formats you have to deliver the translations in, use .pdf and .doc files
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All translators need to have counted the number of words available or sent for translations for appropriate billings to be made.

All Dictionaries

THESE ARE THE RECORDED LISTS OF EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO CHANGE WHEN A CURRENT INFO INTERCEPTS;

AkanHelp

kasahorow Akan Dictionary

Covers Twi, Fanti

Edited by kasahorow Kyeame, Fiifi Adinkra

EweHelp

kasahorow Gbe Dictionary

Covers Ewe

Edited by KORANKYE FRED/ ENOCH BROWN

HausaHelp

kasahorow Hausa Dictionary

Edited by kasahorow Kyeame, Aliyu Odamah Musa, Angela Amaki Adusu

YorubaHelp

kasahorow Yoruba Dictionary

Covers Pidgin

Edited by kasahorow Kyeame,

More...

Afrikaans, kasahorow Afrikaans Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame

English, kasahorow English Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame, Michelle de Saram

French, kasahorow French Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame, Michelle de Saram, , Charles Riley, Marcel Diki-Kidiri

Ga-Adangbe (Ga, Krobo) , kasahorow Free Ga-Dangme Dictionary by Emma Broadbent, Paul Opare-Addo, Rev P E Addo

Igbo (Central Igbo) , kasahorow Igbo Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame, Obi Ocha

Luo, jaluo.com Luo Dictionary by , Tom Onditi

Nguni Languages (isiNdebele, isiSwati, isiXhosa, isiZulu) , kasahorow isiNguni Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame, Fiifi Baidoo

Kinyarwanda, kasahorow Kinyarwanda Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame, Geoffrey Rugege

Sango, Bakarî Sängö by Marcel Diki-Kidiri

Swahili (Kiswahili) (Sheng, Malagasy) , kasahorow Swahili Dictionary by kasahorow Kyeame

Vai, Athinkra Vai Dictionary by Charles Riley

Wolof, Athinkra Wolof Dictionary by Charles Riley

Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Pinyin) , kasahorow汉语词典 by kasahorow Kyeame, Shaojing

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The program you can use to do the translations is the Omega T.