>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kenneth Bengtsson [mailto:kenneth@alfa1lab.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 10:03
>To: John Borras
>Cc: 'Jon Bosak'; Peter F Brown
>Subject: Re: [ubl] Fwd: Request for volunteers to help translate TGF
>documents
>
>Hi John
>
>I promised to follow up with you on this. I am very happy to be able to
>announce you that you will have a first draft of the translation already
>Monday next week. The translator is Pierina Cornejo. She is a
>professional Spanish<->English translator who works at Repsol (the
>Spanish oil company). Before that she worked at the Peruvian internal
>revenue service, which is from where I know her. I've known her for years
>now, and she is very good.
>
>I propose that I send the first draft to you as soon as I have it Monday
>(I may be traveling that day, so might be in the evening) so that Peter
>can have a look at it and make his comments (if any). I will also
>proofread so Peter and I can compare notes and compile the final document.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Kenneth
>
>
>On 5/17/12 12:38 PM, "John Borras" <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Brilliant, thank you very much for making the effort and please go
>>ahead and share it with your network. As you say if there are problems
>>with translating any particular term we can explain that and we have
>>already put a disclaimer on our website about that problem.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kenneth Bengtsson [mailto:kenneth@alfa1lab.com]
>>Sent: 17 May 2012 18:15
>>To: John Borras
>>Cc: 'Jon Bosak'; 'Peter F Brown'
>>Subject: Re: [ubl] Fwd: Request for volunteers to help translate TGF
>>documents
>>
>>Hi John
>>
>>I would like to first reach out to my network in the public sector to
>>see if I can convince someone to do the translation. If not, then I can
>>find the resources in Alfa1lab to do it. It's not even 10 pages, so
>>really it is no problem to translate, and the document will be of value
>>to us as well. So consider it done :-) With your permission I would
>>like to include the document in the email that I will send to my
>>network today.
>>
>>From a first glance, the terminology seems well explained and presented
>>within a context so it shouldn't cause problems. I myself only stumbled
>>upon "silver bullet", which i'm not sure has been coined in Spanish. A
>>question is how literal you want the translation to be. For example:
>>"One-Stop Service" is most often used in Spanish as "Single-window"
>>(ventanilla única), however you may have reasons to want a literal
>>translation and then make a note in the explanation.
>>
>>I will know in a few days time how and when the document will be
>>translated and will let you know. I think I can promise you that it
>>will be finished this month.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Kenneth
>>
>>
>>On 5/17/12 11:31 AM, "John Borras" <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Kenneth
>>>
>>>Thanks very much for you offer. The document we would really like
>>>translated is the attached but if you have time and stamina after that
>>>there is another longer one we would like but I won't push my luck
>>>right now!
>>>
>>>What we have found in attempts to translate into other languages is
>>>that there is often some difficulty with some of the terminology.
>>>Peter Brown from our TC has some knowledge of Spanish and may be able
>>>to help you with any words or phrases that you are unsure of.
>>>
>>>If this is all too much, we really will understand if you do not have
>>>the time to undertake it for us.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>John Borras
>>>
>>>Chair OASIS TGF Technical Committee
>>>
>>>m. +(0)44 7976 157745
>>>Skype: gov3john
>>>www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=tgf
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Kenneth Bengtsson [mailto:kenneth@alfa1lab.com]
>>>Sent: 17 May 2012 17:20
>>>To: johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk
>>>Cc: Jon Bosak
>>>Subject: [Bulk] FW: [ubl] Fwd: Request for volunteers to help
>>>translate TGF documents
>>>
>>>Hi John
>>>
>>>I could possibly help with the Spanish translation (or part of it).
>>>What is the amount that need to be translated?
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>Kenneth Bengtsson
>>>
>>>
>>>On 5/17/12 11:16 AM, "Jon Bosak" <bosak@pinax.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello UBL members and implementers,
>>>>
>>>>Since many of you have a connection with government, it is thought
>>>>that some might be interested in helping out with this. Please
>>>>contact John Borras at the address below to follow up.
>>>>
>>>>Jon Bosak
>>>>Chair, OASIS UBL TC
>>>>
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>>>>=
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>>>>
>>>>Volunteers sought to help translate TGF documents
>>>>
>>>>OASIS seeks volunteers to translate a small amount of material on the
>>>>Transformational Government Framework from English into other
>>>>languages. A French translation is already underway, and there is
>>>>particular interest in also making this material available in
>>>>Spanish, German and Dutch, but translations into other languages
>>>>would also be valuable. Transformational Government is a shift from
>>>>e-Gov that fundamentally redefines the relationship between the
>>>>public sector and users of public services.
>>>>
>>>>Interested translators are asked to review the OASIS Translation
>>>>Policy
>>>>(http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/translation) and
>>>>contact John Borras (johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk), the chair of the TGF
>>>>Technical Committee, for more details.
>>>>
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