Re: Comments on Webizen proposal

On Mon, 12 May 2014 09:43:26 +0200, Jean-Charles (JC) Verdié  
<jicheu@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Charles McCathie Nevile wrote:
[...]
>>>>   - What does it mean in practice for a Webizen to be associated with
>>>> an Office?
>>>
>>> Not sure since I didn't write that section.  I've clarified based on
>>> my understanding.
>>
>> I hope it includes the idea that "a significant fraction of the fee paid
>> is made available to offices for translation of documents and real-time
>> interpretation of speakers at events, to encourage a more global
>> participation in W3C".
>
> If the money could be used for this, that would indeed be a great
> addition to the organization
>
> Regards
> JC

Hi chaals, JC,

Wrt "offices for translation of documents",

"translat*" is already listed in the Roles of W3C Offices; it is the 5th  
for the five primary goals of a W3C Office.
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/about/role/

In addition, W3C Offices are part of the W3C Authorized Translations  
process.
   cf. http://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy.html

And, finally, (most of) W3C Offices perform quality checks (of text) of  
volunteer translations.
   cf. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/


Now, real-time interpretation of speakers at events would certainly be  
invaluable, as would be live transcriptions, but it's so pricey that I  
doubt the funds raised by Webizens would be sufficient. My two cents.

Coralie

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