[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 seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 20:08:52 UTC 2016


Glenn,

I am AFRALO member and I believe this was raised in most physical meetings
we've had, including during the last meeting in Dublin. I understand I may
not have been participating as much in TTF, I apologise for that but it's
also as a result my participation in other avenues.

Regards
On 22 Jan 2016 8:59 p.m., "Glenn McKnight" <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi  Seun
> I haven't heard of any complaints from AFRALO.  Mind you AFRALO is not
> active in the TFF Working group.  Perhaps  Aziz or someone else that is
> French speaking can step up and provide insights
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> Glenn McKnight
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> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <
> admin at ttcsweb.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Seun, thanks for the question.
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>> It is very straightforward to implement for other regions like AFRALO for
>> any two language lists. I'll suggest that AFRALO through the FBSC express
>> support for the proposal so that the tool can be used in AFRALO. Because
>> the existing new code is not ready for use (currently HTML mail works, but
>> plain text email doesn't)
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>> Once the bugs have been fixed, I've even proposed an alternative approach
>> that would scale for multiple language groups in regions.
>> See page 11 of the TTF abridged presentation done at ICANN53 on the
>> https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues
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>> On 22 January 2016 at 10:17, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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
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>>> Regards
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>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <
>>> devtee at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> 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
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>>>> https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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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