From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Thu Aug 02 08:48:32 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGcuY-0001QW-L6 for llg-board@lojban.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:48:30 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so411903uge for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:48:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SjeIZVTQCdCSkp7XE98VGLz1Nz3SkSc7DirbdV0If2c7nT0rH31P77GVyDnrLlr73AoA0Ekszzk0MCHPoyHB2RLhJZ9wkVer4Zlx61kePPfgdOgk0uN7RAIqsGlXmzwNS0mONJFngdHYCz/Sx1o5PExb8SnPch4PRlsWWzDLfeU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HmRy0z+hOSFi23F39w/VHAMPvkQN6N6FavOgKKobEw+PH0JsRnWqf6tVK1Z+Nlx+IRhTrhduAMTBsHqbcYdrSuNHn4f11N9ZwouRPhaNMTIyvQYfJwY+1uFxFlubYLGP+F7DfaXDgP2ds0sSJ/tonJWs3po8QmzkqgocJFM1zS4= Received: by 10.78.170.17 with SMTP id s17mr589630hue.1186069701416; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:48:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.16 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:48:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:48:21 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: Translating "What Is Lojban?" Into Hindi In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Spam-Score: 1.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 11 X-Spam-Bar: + X-archive-position: 310 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board I just got off the phone with Lasha from Brickwork India. She says the candidate graduated with a degree in Hindi, and possesses experience in programming languages. He told her he could finish translating this in two months working 20 hours a week, or in one month of full-time work. I stressed to Lasha the importance of understanding the material for accuracy. We would have full access to communicate with him, and receive daily results from him-- including clarifying questions, if any. The project would be charged on a flat rate. Part-time work would cost $2,990 for the project over two months, and full-time work would cost $2,495 over one month. Half of the payment would be due up front, the other half upon completion, and would be made via wire transfer. Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi has the following to say about the number of Hindi speakers. -Eppcott --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. According to the 1991 census of India[5] (which encompasses all the dialects of Hindi, including those that might be considered separate languages by some linguists—e.g., Bhojpuri), Hindi is the mother tongue of about 337 million Indians, or about 40% of India's population that year. According to SIL International's Ethnologue,[6] about 180 million people in India regard standard (Khari Boli) Hindi as their mother tongue, and another 300 million use it as a second language. Outside India, Hindi speakers number around 8 million in Nepal, 890,000 in South Africa, 685,000 in Mauritius, 317,000 in the U.S.,[7] 233,000 in Yemen, 147,000 in Uganda, 30,000 in Germany, 20,000 in New Zealand and 5,000 in Singapore, while the UK and UAE also have notable populations of Hindi speakers. Hence, according to the SIL ethnologue (1999 data), Hindi/Urdu is the fifth most spoken language in the world. According to Comrie (1998 data),[8] Hindi is the second most spoken language in the world, with 333 million native speakers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 8/2/07, Matt Arnold wrote: > Here is the response from Brickwork India about English to Hindi translation. No response from YourManInIndia.com yet. Brickwork India has not yet said anything about price until they get a few more questions answered. How about this for a timetable: we ask that the translation of "What Is Lojban" be completed a year after we agree to the work? When I have a quote estimate in hand, I'll bring it to you for approval before agreeing to anything. > -Matt > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Latha S.V.S. > Date: Aug 2, 2007 6:23 AM > Subject: Project : Matt Arnold > To: matt.mattarn@gmail.com > Cc: Business Consulting > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Matt, > > > > Thanks a lot for your interest in Brickwork. > > > > This is Latha from the Business Consulting team. We can certainly provide the assistance that you are seeking for your requirements. > > > > I suggest we schedule a phone call at your convenience to understand your exact requirements. This would help us in identifying the most suitable resource for your work, defining the scope of work and arriving at the timeframe for this project. We can then submit you the best possible proposal which would be mutually satisfying. > > > > Also let me know if you use Skype. > > > > In the meantime, kindly go through the attached Corporate and Remote Executive Assistant brochures which will give you a fair amount of idea regarding Brickwork and our activities. > > > > Look forward to hear from you on the convenient time / date for our talk. > > > > > > Warm regards, > > Latha.SVS > > > > Skype id: latha.svs > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Vivek Kulkarni [mailto: vivek.kulkarni@brickworkindia.com] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:48 PM > To: 'Matt Arnold' > Cc: "Business Consulting" > Subject: Matt Arnold : Translation work > > > > Thank you so much Matt for contacting us. Our Business Consulting team will get in touch with you within the next one week. > > > > We apologize for this delay, but due to an unexpected increase in business, all our resources have been working overtime to meet our client demands. We are currently focusing on ramping up our team size, to minimize such delays and inconveniences caused to our prospective clients. We do appreciate your understanding in this matter. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Arnold [mailto:matt.mattarn@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 12:18 AM > To: info@brickworkindia.com > Subject: Translation work > > > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > > > I am interested in finding out how much it would cost for one of your > > remote assistants to translate a book from English into Hindi. The > > full text to be translated can be found here: > > http://lojban.org/publications/level0/brochure/book1.html > > > > "What Is Lojban?" is an educational book teaching how to speak in the > > language Lojban. It is about 37,500 English words. The Lojban samples > > in the book would not be translated into Hindi. We can provide as much > > assistance and teaching as necessary for the remote assistant to > > understand the material. > > > > To translate this effectively, it would be useful for the remote > > assistant to have an interest in learning new languages. Some computer > > programming knowledge would be useful but not necessary. Can you > > estimate how much would this task cost per hour, and how many hours it > > would take? > > > > -Matt Arnold > > Member, Board of Directors > > Logical Language Group, Inc. > >