austraLasia #1552
'Localization' industry gaining grounds in the
region- two new Salesianity books published, other items under
consideration
JAKARTA-DILI: 5th May 2006 -- 'Localization' (usually
spelled with a 'z') is a term used in the software industry in
reference to making software available at local level, e.g. in a local
language It is also abbreviated to l10n, that is, the letter 'el'
followed by the number 'ten', followed by the letter 'en'. The
first and last letters of the word localization with the number of
letters (10) omitted. By the same token, it is sometimes called
'internationalization' or i18n! In the same week, news has come
in of two l10n efforts in the region, with discussion of possible
others.
In Jakarta, MIMPI YANG MENJADI KENYATAAN (The dreams
are coming true),
published in Bahasa Indonesia by the social communication sector of
Saint John Bosco Parish in Jakarta, edited by layman, Laurence
Suraynata;
140 pages, 1500 copies with coloured pictures of the Salesian holy
places, Becchi, Mondonio, Mornese, Valdocco, Rome etc. not only with
historical explanations but also connected to the present mission of
the Salesian Family in Indonesia. The book we pushed ahead by the first
Indonesian pilgrimage group to leave for these holy places in Europe
two weeks later
(May 20).
In Dili, the critical edition of the letters of st.
Mary Mazarello, in
Tetum, on of two official languages of Timor Leste, translated by the
FMA of TIN
province, distributed during the retreat in Dare (joint SDB,
FMA) on the occcassion of 125th anniversary of death of Mary Mazzarello.
Meanwhile, at least two provinces in the region have
expressed an interest in the Elledici DVD on Mamma Margherita.
This is in fact a DVD version of an earlier VHS production by Giuseppe
Rolando. Vietnam have already dubbed it into Vietnamese.
The Chinese Cooperators are mulling over the idea of putting it into
Chinese.
While talking 'resources' - with tomorrow being the
Feast of St. Dominic Savio, an enterprising young priest from AUL, Fr
Will Matthews, has made available in pdf a simple prayer service that
could be used in almost any setting (in English). He made it
available more locally, but I've taken the liberty of i18n-ing
it! You will find it on www.sdb.org under resources.
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