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<DIV>FYI, there is also an opensource translation effort for South African
languages at <A href="http://translate.org.za">http://translate.org.za</A> that
has been ongoing for a while. (It's good to have both.)<BR><BR>Don
Osborn<BR>Bisharat.net<BR><BR><BR>Date:
Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:33:18
-0700<BR>From: Phil
CashCash<BR>Subject: Microsoft translates software
into African languages (fwd)<BR><BR><BR>Microsoft translates software into
African languages<BR><A
href="http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2003/09/28/business/technology/tech10.asp">http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2003/09/28/business/technology/tech10.asp</A><BR><BR>A
software tool that will help computer programs to be translated into<BR>six
African languages has been developed by Microsoft.<BR><BR>Zulu and Afrikaans
programs are ready for demonstration after three<BR>months of work by six
members of Microsoft's technical team. The other<BR>languages in development are
Setswana, Xhosa, Swahili and Sepedi.<BR><BR>The software makes it easier for
people speaking indigenous languages to<BR>get to grips with
technology.<BR><BR>[ . . . ]<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>