COMPLETE: Universal Declaration of Human Rights -NF/ec

nestum82 · Post by **nestum82** » October 7th, 2006, 8:15 am

Hi,

My name's Rastam, and I'm a newbie from Malaysia. I was thinking of doing a Malay reading of the Declaration, since there isn't one yet.

I should probably mention beforehand that I am hopelessly susceptible to procrastination, so I can't say for sure when I'll be done. Heheh.

Fox in the Stars wrote:Please abbreviate the language in as few letters as you can---preferrably two, no more than four. You can use the appropriate country's URL extension (this site has a list) or other standard or sensible two-letter abbreviation.
English - en
Japanese - jp
French - fr
Chinese - cn
Russian - ru
German - de
Italian - it
Swedish - se
Spanish - es
Finnish - fi
Hebrew - hb
Latin - um, va (since it's spoken in Vatican City)

Actually, FYI, there is already a list of two-letter ISO codes for languages (ISO 639-1). I know this because I develop web applications for a living, and we use these codes quite a bit whenever we do internationalisation / localisation.

I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but using country codes might be a bit... politically-sensitive?

Post by **ezwa** » October 7th, 2006, 8:27 am

Hey Rastam, welcome ! Don't procrastinate too long.

Or you'll miss out. The due date is set on 21rst October, I think, for it to be released for the United Nations Day (24th Oct).
As for the abbreviation, I don't mind as long as people understand which language they get.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 7th, 2006, 8:43 am

I think what we ought to do is use the same language codes as used on the UN site (as part of the URL when you follow the link to the language of your choice) - for example, spn for Spanish.

I will change these before cataloguing, so we are consistent.

For the moment, folks, just keep those files rolling in!

And Rastam - There are two Malay versions, and I'm not bright enough to know if they are different languages/dialects, or just different scripts. Can you make sure it's clear when you submit your file which language version I should link to.

David

nestum82 · Post by **nestum82** » October 7th, 2006, 11:20 pm

Phew! That was fun! I have uploaded my reading to Laura Fox's LibriBox. I used Bahasa Baku (standard Malay), so I sound a bit stiff...

human_rights_un_ms_rh.mp3

earthcalling wrote:And Rastam - There are two Malay versions, and I'm not bright enough to know if they are different languages/dialects, or just different scripts. Can you make sure it's clear when you submit your file which language version I should link to.

I'm assuming that you're referring to the Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and Bahasa Melayu (Malay) entries. They both link to the same file (UN code: mli). 'Bahasa Melayu' is just the Malay name for the Malay language.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 7th, 2006, 11:53 pm

Rastam, thank you!

I've moved the file into the folder with the others, and will add Malay to the list of languages recorded.

No, I was even more confused than that! I saw 'Malayam' in the listing, and thought that was Malay. But looking closely I see it's an Indian language. Ah, sweet ignorance!

Can you let me know how to credit you in the catalogue, and if you have a personal URL to link to?

Thanks again!

David

PS - I'm listening now. It's a great recording! Excellent recording quality, very clear delivery... You have a good voice!

nestum82 · Post by **nestum82** » October 8th, 2006, 12:09 am

LOL. I had a sneaking suspicion that Malayalam was the culprit.

Erm... I have a blog, so I guess you could use that. And my semi-full-name is Rastam Hadi. (My full-full-name is a bit of a mouthful)

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 8th, 2006, 12:15 am

Rastam,

I've added your details to our list of readers, so you won't be asked again for other projects.

The link to your blog isn't working, though. Is that a temporary glitch?

David

nestum82 · Post by **nestum82** » October 8th, 2006, 4:01 am

earthcalling wrote:I've added your details to our list of readers, so you won't be asked again for other projects.

I won't be asked again for other projects? Errr... I don't quite understand... I thought we were supposed to volunteer... (?_?)

My bloghost tends to go down sometimes. It's one of those free hosts.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 8th, 2006, 4:13 am

No no, what I meant was that if you volunteer for other projects, you won't be asked for your details again. We keep them on a list here:- http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/ListOfReadersCatalogNames

Of course I hope you will volunteer for more!

David

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 8th, 2006, 4:40 am

I'll be away until Friday 13th, and probably unable to visit LV. So my apologies if anything happens and I don't respond.

David

jbieber · Post by **jbieber** » October 12th, 2006, 10:33 am

Hello all, Luduvico (Rennê) and myself are going to try to do a duet of the Declaration in Brazilian Portuguese, alternating paragraphs/articles. The Brazilian translation is slightly different than the Portuguese from Portugal and can be found here:

http://www.onu-brasil.org.br/documentos_direitoshumanos.php

We will try to get it together by Oct. 21.

Judy and Rennê

a.r.dobbs · Post by **a.r.dobbs** » October 12th, 2006, 11:05 am

Wonderful, wonderful, Judy!! And I will try to finish (well, start and then finish) the edit of the duet declaration that Eddy and I recorded. After he recorded his parts, Eddy shook his head very seriously and said, "That's a *lot* of editing for someone!"

kaseumin · Post by **kaseumin** » October 15th, 2006, 1:42 am

Greetings.

I am hoping to upload Japanese version by Oct. 21.
( I finished recording it. Now proof-listening.)

Hi David (earthcalling);
Tu vois que je tiens parole.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 15th, 2006, 1:47 am

kaseumin wrote:Tu vois que je tiens parole.

Of course, I knew I could rely on you!

Thank you!

Post by **ezwa** » October 15th, 2006, 9:16 am

My apologies to all the Walloon speaking out there for savagely distorting their language. Had they shown up, I wouldn't have read this : DÉCLARÅCION UNIVERSÈLE DÈS DREÛTS D'L'OME (David, I'll remove it from the server once you have it).