[Live-demo] Re: Translating OSGeo-Live to Chinese

Tue May 1 10:12:12 EDT 2012

Hi, Amy,
Thank you for helping this work.
I will check out our translation and send you by another email.
Best,
Song

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Feng (Amy) Gao <amygao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> This is good enough to get me and my team started. We might ask you, Song,
> and Wang questions down the road.
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Amy,
>> I'm delighted to hear that you will be able to help with the Chinese
>> translations.
>>
>> You will find the process for translating explained here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Translate
>>
>> And you can see the latest status of our translated documents here:
>> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/zh/index.html
>>
>> Song, Wang,
>> Do you have any suggestions for Amy with regards to the style you are
>> making use of in the translation?
>>
>> On 30/04/2012 11:06 AM, Amy wrote:
>>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> I'm not currently helping with FOSS4G. What you suggested sounds like a
>> perfect starting point for me and my team to get involved. We do have
>> translation skills. Please send me a few pages to be translated and we can
>> go from there. If you, Song, or Wang could also send me the translated
>> pieces for language style reference, that would be great!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amy
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Amy,
>>>
>>> It is very kind of you to offer your services to help with FOSS4G and
>>> OSGeo. I'm not sure if you have already been recruited into the service of
>>> FOSS4G?
>>>
>>> If you still have some spare volunteer time, one thing which Song, Wang
>>> Jing have started, as part of running FOSS4G in Beijing, is to translate the
>>> OSGeo-Live [1] documentation into Chinese.
>>> This documentation provides a comprehensive high level overview of the
>>> best Open Source Geospatial applications. And the OSGeo-Live DVD is handed
>>> out at geospatial conferences and workshops around the world, including at
>>> FOSS4g in Beijing.
>>>
>>> Amy,
>>> If you have the skills to translate into Chinese, then it would be hugely
>>> valuable if you and your team could extend Song and Wang's initial
>>> translations to be more comprehensive.
>>>
>>> Are you interested?
>>>
>>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org
>>>
>>> On 17/04/2012 12:00 PM, Amy wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot Tim!
>>>
>>> Let me first introduce a little bit more about myself: My name is Amy
>>> Gao. I'm the President of Spatial Front Inc., a Spatial IT company located
>>> in Washington DC area. My clients are mainly U.S. Federal agencies and
>>> Fortune 500 companies. We use both open source software and commercial ones,
>>> but the use of open source software is definitely on the rise. I was really
>>> impressed by the good work from the nice, smart, and passionate people like
>>> Tim and wish to contribute back to the open source community. A handful of
>>> my employees are also native Chinese speakers. If there's any way that I or
>>> my company can help, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>>>
>>> I will be on a business trip to China in July for a couple of weeks. It
>>> would be great if I can meet with some of you in Beijing.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Amy
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tim Schaub <tschaub at opengeo.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to introduce Amy Gao to this group.  I met Amy last week at
>>>> the FOSS4G-NA conference - she lives and works in the Washington DC
>>>> area.  She expressed an interest in helping with the FOSS4G 2012
>>>> effort in any way she could.  Amy is a native Chinese speaker, and I
>>>> thought she might be able to help facilitate communication between the
>>>> organizing committee and others within the OSGeo community.
>>>>
>>>> Ang Gao, could you suggest a way that Amy might be able to help with
>>>> the effort?  If you have a list on your side that she could subscribe
>>>> too, it might be a good way for her to get involved.
>>>>
>>>> Amy, I cannot provide details on the various lists & people copied
>>>> here - but I'm hoping that someone else copied here can help make
>>>> introductions.  Can someone describe the purpose of the
>>>> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org and foss4g2012 at lists.osgeo.org and
>>>> suggest if Amy should sign up for either/both?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> 2012/4/15 OSGeo China <foss4g2012 at lreis.ac.cn>:
>>>> > Dear all,
>>>> >
>>>> > We are sorry about our slow progress in comparison with the timeline
>>>> > that we set up in February. The current problem is caused by the delay of
>>>> > our online conference management system. About two months ago, we made a
>>>> > contract with a company for system development. But our testing on this
>>>> > system showed that there were some problems on the payment part in registry
>>>> > system, and the abstract submission system also did not run well. For
>>>> > safety, we have to postpone the registry and call for papers.
>>>> >
>>>> > Now we are urging the development company to speed up, meanwhile we
>>>> > are trying to find an alternative company as soon as possible. We hope to
>>>> > fix it next week. The following is a draft about our progress.
>>>> > (1) We have signed the contract with Beijing Conference Center to be
>>>> > the conference venue.(Late February)
>>>> > (2) We negotiated with Beijing Conference Center and achieved an about
>>>> > 10% discount on the hotel (4~5 star level) for the participants who pay
>>>> > through the payment system set up by LOC. (Late February)
>>>> > (3) The conference committees have been established (Middle March)
>>>> > (4) We have got three Chinese sponsors, including Supermap, LREIS,
>>>> > CAS. And several others are under contacting.
>>>> > (5) About 40% of OSGeo-Live Docs have been translated into Chinese to
>>>> > promote OSGeo software in China. Both English and Chinese versions are
>>>> > expected to be handed out in FOSS4G 2012.
>>>> > (6) The Foreign Liaison Office of Chinese Academy of Sciences has
>>>> > granted LOC to invite foreign participants. (Early April)
>>>> > (7) We had a meeting with Prof. John P. Wilson, the editor-in-chief of
>>>> > TGIS on 12th April, and he would continue to support FOSS4G-2012 academic
>>>> > paper publishing (Thank Kobben and Helena for their past works).
>>>> > By the way, Dr. Ntin-Tripathi, the editor-in-chief of International
>>>> > Journal of Geoinformatics, has also agreed to support one special issue. He
>>>> > will be in Beijing in early May, and we can further fix the details.
>>>> > (8) We will update the information of keynote speakers to foss4g 2012
>>>> > website soon.
>>>> >
>>>> > We apologize about our work again. Once the registry system is well
>>>> > done, we will catch up our schedule fast.
>>>> >
>>>> > Best regards,
>>>> > Ang Gao
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > OSGeo China
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>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Schaub
>>>> OpenGeo http://opengeo.org/
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>>>
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>>
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>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>> http://www.lisasoft.com
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