▌WHO multilingual website

1. ▌WHO multilingual website ما هي أشد الأمراض فتكاً بالرضع وصغار الأطفال، وما الذي تقوم به منظمة الصحة العالمية للحد من وفيات الأطفال؟ В выпускаемом во Всемирный день здоровья Докладе о состоянии здравоохранения в мире 2005 г. - Не оставим без внимания каждую мать. According to The world health report 2005, almost 90% of all deaths among children under five years of age are attributable to just six conditions: Question (développée): Quelles sont les principales causes de décès chez les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants et que fait l'OMS pour réduire la mortalité infantile? 通过现有简单、可负担得起和有效的干预措施，这些死亡中的大多数是可以避免的。这些干预措施包括口服补液疗法，抗菌素，抗疟疾药和经杀虫剂处理过的蚊帐，维生素A和其它微量营养素，促进母乳喂养，免疫，以及妊娠和分娩期间的熟练照护。 R: Cada minuto, no menos de una mujer muere como consecuencia de complicaciones relacionadas con el embarazo y el parto; es decir, unas 529 000 mujeres cada año. Además, por cada mujer que muere al dar a luz, otras 20 sufren lesiones, infecciones o enfermedades (unos 10 millones de mujeres cada año). Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

2. ■Context • Two-thirds of the 750 million people online today are not Anglophones • More than 100 million new Internet users every year • WHO: “to provide information, council and assistance in the field of health.” Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

3. ■Context • Why Multilingualism • The political aspects • The pragmatic aspects • The ethical aspects Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

4. ◄History: WHO web site 1997 1998 Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

5. ◄History: WHO web site • English site • Ad hoc pdfs in other languages 2000 Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

6. ◄History: WHO web site • English, French and Spanish sites; limited content 2002 Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

7. January 2005▼ Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

8. Where we are now • Maintaining ~500 top pages in 6 languages • Equity in languages – does not assume English lead • Tools, guidelines, training & support for multilingual web publishing • BUT - most content still in English Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

9. Moving forward► • E. g. Content in six languages • Priority publications • Core packages of public information based on health topics, outbreaks, crises • Top level content and navigation • Search interfaces • Key media documents (press releases, fact sheets etc) • Governing bodies documentation Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

10. Moving forward► • E. g. Content in any language • Encourage non-English original content relevant to target audience • Promote hiring of public information writers in other languages • Identify priority languages per topic/activity – e.g. Chinese/SARS Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

11. Moving forward► • The Translation issue • Can we depend on human translation to feed our expanding sites • What Machine Translation can offer Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

12. Moving forward► • The Quality control issue • Develop editorial direction of six sites • Feedback, evaluation, marketing of language sites Contact: webteam@who.int website: http://www.who.int

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