In the future wouldn't it be best to capture this at registration time? i.e. when you register you say that you are willing informally to translate at the event for any speakers of X, Y, Z if asked. Then when badges are printed little language flags/codes/colours (I'd suggest using ISO 639-1 codes in a circle/box of a different colour for each language) could be printed on each person's badge.
I say this knowing that there are always better speakers of French around than me and that rarely do people want to converse in the other languages I know... ;-)
-James
On 19/06/14 15:06, Neil Fraistat wrote:
I've been very interested in this important thread and think that
Isabel has made an excellent suggestion. I'll see if it is
feasible for DH 2014.--Best, Neil
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM, igalina <igalina@unam.mxigalina@unam.mx <mailto:igalina@unam.mx><mailto:igalina@unam.mx>> wrote:
I had a similar experience in Nebraska as Dan but the other
way around. The presenter was not a native English speaker
and although the presentation went very well as he had
practiced previously he had difficulties understanding some
of the questions from the audience.
Is there something that could be set up at DH14? I am
thinking along the lines of the mentoring program (where
people go around with the sticker saying 'Ask me about a job'
or 'I am looking for a job' - can't remember the exact
phrase). Maybe somewhere where you can sign up and say "I am
willing to help out with the following languages" or "I need
help in this language"? A volunteer system for helping out in
sessions that require it?
Unfortunately I will not be in Lausanne this year either
(newborn baby) but hopefully others might have the time and
enthusiasm to implement something. Would love to hear the
results of this effort!
Best,
Isabel
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Enviado: jueves, 19 de junio de 2014 06:08 a.m.
Para: O'Donnell, Dan; A list for participants in the ADHO DH
Global Outlook Community
Asunto: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] DHSI unconference session on
Multilingualism in DH
Hi everybody,
I think Maris Dacos made some interesting proposals on this
regard in
his GO::DH award-winning article:
http://blog.homo-numericus.net/article11138.html
I'd like to remind here briefly some of his ideas:
"... des dispositifs s’appuyant sur la discrimination
positive, les quotas de contributions, l’interdiction de
cumul des
mandats, le soutien financier aux déplacements pour les
pays et
les laboratoires les moins bien dotés, le travail
collectif pour
mettre au point une bourse des traductions collaboratives."
By the way, any news on the GO::DH winning papers publication
front?
Or did I miss something?
Ciao!
Domenico
2014-06-18 17:24 GMT+02:00 Daniel O'Donnell<guzzettg@gmail.com <mailto:guzzettg@gmail.com>>
> Something we had thrown around in Nebraska last year that
we'd wanted to try
> out in Lausanne was an implementation of what Alex and I
call the "GO::DH
> method": i.e. rely on the community to smooth out
discomforts at a local
> level.
>
> The idea came up at a session where there were a number of
Japanese graduate
> students who were uneasy with their English in a room in
which there were
> plenty of other Japanese speakers who were not uneasy. One
of the students
> wanted to ask a question of an (English language) speaker
but was having a
> hard time formulating it in English. What we thought was
how much easier it
> would be if the norm in DH talks was that you could ask
questions in the
> language you were most comfortable in and rely on somebody
else in the room
> to paraphrase the question to the speaker if there wasn't
a common language.
> Or in this case if the student had been able to ask the
question in Japanese
> and we'd been able to paraphrase it for the speaker. Most
people, I think,
> find it easier to receive information in weaker languages
than produce it.
>
> What we'd wanted to do in Lausanne was try the idea out:
have somebody ask a
> question in a language other than the language of the
speaker, do the
> translation, and show that it could work. Unfortunately, I
can't go to
> Lausanne now due to a family emergency, but I still think
it would be
> interesting to try. IMO, our collective language knowledge
is an underused
> resource--especially given that we are humanists and so in
many cases have a
> fair bit of linguistic training.
>
> That's an interesting posting Élika (and this is an
interesting discussion).
> Thanks for prompting it!
>
> -dan
>
>
>
> On 14-06-18 08:30 AM, Élika Ortega wrote:
>
> Hi Giorgio,
>
> I agree, there are some dangers in doing that--there is no
easy way around
> it. But it's great that lots of ideas and initiatives are
happening.
>
> I will be in Lausanne, and I'd love to talk more about our
projects.
>
> Best,
> Élika
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Giorgio Guzzetta<elikaortega@gmail.com <mailto:elikaortega@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>>
>> This is a crucial topic to me. Are you going to be in
Lausanne? it would
>> be interesting to have a meeting (unconference or just a
chat) to discuss
>> this further. There are models of translating different
from the UN/EU ones
>> that could be discussed (in fact, as much as I might
like, in principle, the
>> idea of "burden the hegemon", there is always the risk
that this in the end
>> will be just another form of cultural domination), such
as the one used in
>> Global Voices. Me and some friends of mine are trying to
shape a
>> multilingual project regarding DH that we would like to
start sharing at
>> some point.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Élika Ortega>>> (519)6612111 ext.82822 <tel:%28519%296612111%20ext.82822>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Deal all,
>>>
>>> A few days ago during DHSI I organized an unconference
session on
>>> Multilingualism in DH. I wrote a short blog post about
what was discussed
>>> there and you can read it here:
>>>
>>> Multilingualism in DH. Notes from the DHSI2014
Unconference Session
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Élika
>>>
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