[technology taskforce] TTF proposal to ICANN for FY17 - Fixing the bugs in ICANN’s machine translation tool used for the LACRALO mailing lists

[Seun Ojedeji]

Hello,

While no cost is indicated in the proposal, i expect that it should not
have been too expensive to fund at ICANN level and wonder why this did not
happen. I support this as well, however i think perhaps it could be done as
a joint proposal to address that of AFRALO as well.

I note that the proposal indicated that the tool could be used by AFRALO
(English <> French) but its not clear whether a new set of code development
will not be required. So it may be be good if that part is updated to
include the AFRALO region. Although i understand this is normally a
regional thing, if what i suggest is not possible, perhaps AFRALO could
also submit something similar and then it gets combined at a later time? I
am available to take that up if required

Regards

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Today is the deadline for budget proposals to be submitted to the
> At-Large Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC).
>
> One longstanding technology issue is the machine translation used on
> the LACRALO mailing list.
> This has been documented extensively by the TTF at
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues
>
> Currently, the key issue is that ICANN doesn't have any dedicated
> persons to fix this software tool. There is only one person from ICANN
> IT staff who attempts to work on a new version of the translation tool
> in his spare time, outside of ICANN hours. As this ICANN IT person is
> very busy at ICANN and his volunteer efforts are appreciated, he has
> little to no spare time to work on fixing the outstanding bugs in the
> software. It is clear that a person is critically needed at ICANN with
> a mandate to fixing this software.
>
> Hence this budget request is for funding to be made available to ICANN
> IT staff for ICANN to hire a programmer to work on ICANN’s new machine
> translation tool and fix the remaining bugs so that the new software
> tool can be installed and ease the communication difficulties faced by
> LACRALO, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff over the past 6 years.
>
> Although this proposal was submitted to LACRALO earlier in the week,
> it appears that LACRALO will not be considering any proposals for
> submission.
>
> Hence, the TTF will be submitting the attached proposal to the FBSC
> for their review.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Dev Anand Teelucksingh,
> TTF chair
>
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