Ojibwe Translation

[Matt Smith]

I love this idea ... would be a real winner for the 6 nations.

Do you have a list of what needs to be translated? I'd love to see what I
can do to help, I'm down in southeast sask, and have access to about a half
dozen nearby rez/communities.

Cheers,

Matt


On 10/19/06, Anthony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> I'm interested in starting a translation effort for Anishnaabemowin (AKA
> Ojibwe/Odawa/Oji-Cree), along the same lines as Corey's
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuInuktitut "crazy idea".  I am just
> starting to learn the language in university, so don't have a lot of
> personal knowledge yet, although I am getting some good contacts for
> this sort of thing.  I am wondering if anyone else on the list has
> connections to Ojibwe speakers that might be willing to help.  My
> professors here speak the Central dialect (Manitoulin Island), and are
> not very tech-savvy, so we may have trouble getting many of the sorts of
> words needed for an Ubuntu translation.  However, one prof in particular
> is pretty high up on the national translators stage, so I have at least
> secondary access to quite a bit theoretically.  It would be especially
> helpful if anyone knows people or organizations in other dialect
> regions, as the newer the word, the more variance there will be (meaning
> computer-related words may be totally different from one place to the
> next).  Any feedback, contacts, or suggestions welcome.
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