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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Outreach, Incorporation and Latest statistics on Net use...
Judyth and all stakeholders or other interested parties,
espresso@e-scape.net wrote:
> From the article quoted below, it seems to me that one high-priority task under the heading of outreach is to find the means for translating all our materials into the Scandinavian languages and Chinese. I.e., either translators into those languages (and others, of course) who might be interested in volunteering, or else a substantial translation budget.
This is a good thing for people/members to volunteer for...
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> Within our group are native speakers of several languages who might not be translators but could do rough translation at a pinch. However, when it comes to things like a Constitution and bylaws, not to mention good public relations materials or committee reports, I suspect rough isn't good enough.
I think your right here Judyth! However there are a number of software
translation tools available that could do much of this work...
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> As for the text of documents for incorporation, it can't be prepared without knowing the jurisdiction of incorporation -- most places have compulsory clauses and what's legal in one country may not be acceptable in another.
Also a good point here as well. One, BTW, that has been hashed and re-hashed
on a number of other forums...
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> Having had some experience with charters and bylaws for other organizations, I'd gladly translate into French when the time comes but would hesitate to do it for multiple versions.
I can get just about any kind of document translated into Chinese (Several dialects),
Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and of course Russian.
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> Regards,
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> Judyth
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> --Fwd---
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> Europe may lead in Net access
> By JACK KAPICA
> Globe and Mail [Toronto, Canada]
> Tuesday, August 13
>
> Re: http://www.nua.net/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358259&rel=true
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> The number of Europeans with access to the Internet may have surpassed the number of North Americans, a survey company says.
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> The latest report from Nua Internet Surveys, an Internet consultancy based in Dublin, also says that just under 10 per cent of the world's population has Internet access. The statistics, compiled from data collected in May, reported that 580.78 million people are on-line, as opposed to 407.1 million in December 2001.
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> There are now 185.8 million Europeans on-line, Nua reported, and 182.3 million in the United States and Canada combined. A further 167.9 million are on-line in the Asia-Pacific region.
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> [snip]
> That would still leave the United States well ahead in terms of the rate of access to the Internet as a percentage of the population.
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> Nua, however, is calling these figures "guesstimates."
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> "Given that Nua relies on figures from reputable research firms around the world who don't all use the same methodology to arrive at their conclusions, the best we can offer is an aggregate total which we believe comes close to the actual numbers of people with Internet access," the survey company said in reporting the statistics Monday.
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> [snip]
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> Still, the "digital divide" - the economic gap between developed and developing countries - continues to exist as Latin America, the Middle East and Africa lag behind other geographic regions in technological terms.
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> Europeans, Nua reported, make up 32 per cent of the world that can go on-line, while 6 per cent of the global Internet audience is based in Latin America. The Middle East and Africa combined account for just 2 per cent.
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> ...France, the survey company noted, has more Internet users than in
> the whole of Africa and the Middle East.
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> According to Nua's survey, the country with the highest rate of Internet penetration was Iceland, where 69.8 per cent of it's the population is on-line.
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> Sweden is next with 64.7 per cent, followed by Denmark (60.4 per cent), Hong Kong (59.6 per cent), and the United States (59.1 per cent).
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> Completing the top 10 are the Netherlands (58.1 per cent), Britain (56.9 per cent), Norway (54.4 per cent), Australia (54.4 per cent), and Canada (52.79 per cent).
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> The figures, Nua added, suggest that "without a conscious worldwide effort to help developing nations get on-line, the Internet will remain a privileged communications tool for a minority of people."
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> The company estimates that the number of people with access to the Internet will reach one billion by 2005.
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> Judyth Mermelstein "cogito ergo lego ergo cogito..."
> Montreal, QC <espresso@e-scape.net>
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