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RSS feedsThe University of Limerick, the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) and the service provider Welocalize have come together to support the launch of the not-for-profit foundation.
The foundation seeks to make vital information on basic healthcare available to individuals all over the word irrespective of their social status, linguistic or cultural background, and geographical location. It also intends to deploy a localisation technology platform for volunteer translators and not-for-profit organisations that can contribute to the translation and distribution of life-guarding information to communities in need around the world.
The foundation is a spin-off of the Localisation Research Centre at the University of Limerick, Ireland, and CNGL, a major research initiative supported by the Irish government.
Reinhard Schäler, founder of the Rosetta Institute, said: “Our initiative will widen the narrow focus of current mainstream localisation and bring the digital world closer to the three quarters of the world’s population who currently do not have access to it.”
Sponsored by Welocalize, the Rosetta Foundation is implementing an accessible and affordable open-source translation management system (TMS) that helps automate the critical tasks associated with the creation, translation, review, storage and management of global content. With TMS, it has access to a robust platform for managing, translating and delivering global content and can support the translation efforts of non-profit and non-governmental organisations in providing information to communities in need, in their local language.
At the same time, it also benefits from an existing GlobalSight community of 1,500 members to solicit volunteers dedicated to promoting equal access to information through language and cultural diversity.
The European launch will take place at the Action for Global Information Sharing (AGIS) ’09 conference in Limerick, Ireland, scheduled between 21 S eptember and September 23, 2009 and the US launch will take place at the Localisation World conference on 20 October, 2009.
Smith Yewell, chief executive, Welocalize said: “This initiative could help extend the benefits of the translation industry to the people that most need it. Individuals all over the world are deprived of critical information in their native language that could potentially save their lives. We believe that in order to grow and meet global content demands, we must collaborate to innovate. "
