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Cases of Local Language Content Development and Dissemination across Developing Asia: Examples from PAN L10n project. 15 th January 2009 NGUON Taing Leang National Ict Development Authority Cambodia. NIDA EDOCUMENT. Start from June 2008. Language Content Development. Objective
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Cases of Local Language Content Development and Dissemination across Developing Asia: Examples from PAN L10n project 15th January 2009 NGUON Taing Leang National Ict Development Authority Cambodia
NIDA EDOCUMENT • Start from June 2008
Language Content Development • Objective • Applications • Benefit of available tools • Issues
Some stair inside Phnom Penh buildings, the highest step is made higher than the others to catch the level of the upper floor
Objective • Provide useful information • Produce knowledge totally in Khmer language • Priority on livelihood content • Reach large population • Chat in Khmer: improve their communication between Cambodian
Applications Totally in Khmer language • Website using open source Joomla CMS and MySql • Chat developing in Java
Website content • Home Page: • Temple • Environment • Health: • Lady Health Care • Baby Health Care • History • Politic • Cambodia Structure • National Constitution • Province and Town Structure • Social: • Minority People in Cambodia • Tourist: • 24 Provinces and Town • Weather in the main tourist site • Animal Guard Areas • National Park • Bird Protected Areas
Chat architecture Chat Client Server Client Chat Databases Client
Benefits • Unicode Khmer • Word processing, Excel or Database are available with Unicode • Search, sort features • Useful Joomla CMS to publish our website • Pan Localization network
Issues • Technical • Lack OCR in Khmer • Embedded Khmer Font not supported by Firefox browser • Trouble with some tools • Lack of automatic translation • Content • Very limited existing content in Cambodia • Inadequate skill • Lack of human resource • Behavior • Unwilling to publish online • Imprecision on information • Traditional way: write by hand first and type by another
Thank you NGUON Taing Leang Deputy Secretary General In Charge of Content and Application National Ict Development Authority Cambodia