[Ilugc] Foss Conf Logo-2
- From: masivakumar@xxxxxxxxx (சிவகுமார் மா)
- Date: Sat Nov 17 06:04:49 2007
On Nov 16, 2007 5:47 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ahh. You may have noticed a request on this list to translate the
logo and slogans into tamil. No one has responded to it so far. In my
opinion, the logo on the website and posters as well as slogans etc
should be in english for the english version of the site/posters and
in Tamil for the tamil version. The registration website is
bilingual. Talks can be in either language, and, if we want to reach
our target audience, most of the publicity material must also be in
Tamil. The whole problem is finalising the logo. We thought is was
finalised, but again apprehensions of physical danger from wearing a
conference T shirt have been raised, so the logo is still not fully
finalised. But even then, we need lots of slogans both in English and
tamil. We need the conference brochure, both in english and tamil -
none of this work has even been commenced in Tamil though we are well
on the way with the English versions.
1. Sorry about my outbursts. Yesterday was a long day and I was fed up
with more than one thing :-).
2. I did not take up any responsibilities, for the conference date
directly clashes with the most significant day of the year for the
industry I am involved in.
Since no one has taken up the translation task, I volunteer to
co-ordinate translating all the publicity material into Tamil for the
conference.
3. Shakthi, I know how much you want Open Source to spread into the
schools and colleges of Tamil Nadu. You have more experience dealing
with students than many of us.
In our company, I work with CS graduates from small towns, whose
biggest barrier to becoming a good software engineer is language. They
are no less in problem solving or analytical skills, but English
comprehension is a barrier. Should we not give students like that the
exposure?
My point is, since the focus is on local participation, let us have
Tamil banners, promotion material also. Come to think of it, with
volunteers for other languages joining in, we can have banners etc in
Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi also. Number of Telegu speaking students
is significant in Chennai.
4. Amachu, in my opinion having a Tamil sub-conference will be
counter-productive. Communicate the message to the students in Tamil
and have them take part in the main conference.
anbudan,
Ma Sivakumar
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