- Title
- The localisation into isiXhosa of the iLanga telephone system
- Creator
- Dalvit, Lorenzo, Tsietsi, Mosiuoa, Terzoli, Alfredo, Maseko, Pamela, Sam, Msindisi, Mapi, Thandeka
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/431358
- Identifier
- vital:72767
- Identifier
- https://nru.uncst.go.ug/bitstream/handle/123456789/6552/Information%20Communica-tion%20Technologies%20%20page%20410.pdf?sequence=1isAllowed=y#page=256
- Description
- In this paper we describe the localisation of iLanga, a VoIP PBX sys-tem, into isiXhosa. In South Africa, for social and political reasons, mak-ing systems available in the African languages is becoming more and more important. On the one hand, it gives access to the use of technol-ogy to people who are not fluent in English. On the other hand, it has a strong symbolic value. Although a variety of software is already availa-ble in a number of African languages, localisation in such language is still in its early stage. The process presented interesting challenges both from the technical and the linguistic point of view.
- Format
- 7 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development, Dalvit, L., Tsietsi, M., Terzoli, A., Sam, P.M.M. and Mapi, T., 2008. The localisation into isiXhosa of the iLanga telephone system. Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development, 236, Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development volume 2008 number 1 1 7 2008 Journal
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Tsietsi, Mosiuoa (Dr)
Maseko, Pamela (Dr)
Terzoli, Alfredo (Prof)
Dalvit, Lorenzo (Prof)
Sam, Msindisi (Mr)
RU School of Languages and Literatures
RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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