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Hometown:: Castione

Country of Residence:: Switzerland

Country of Origin (if different from above):: Switzerland

About Me:: I've been translating for decades: at first mainly literary essays, since 98 mainly texts about the use of ICT in distance training.

Two things I am particularly interested in presently: collaborative translation using wikis or the wiki-like apps and collaborative subtitling.
As to the former, last December, I co-translated over 70 pages last year with two colleagues who live in Kinshasa, using Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
And as to the latter, I have been using both web apps like Mojiti or DotSub.com, and MAGpie to produce SMIL captioning files.

Other info about me in my Digital Divide Network profile and in my CV (in French).

Website:: www.noimedia.com

Source Language(s):: French, English, Italian, German, modern Greek

Target Language(s): French, English, Italian,

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RSS in Plain English Added by Claude Almansi
Social Bookmarking in Plain English Added by Claude Almansi

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RSS di Noi Media Blog e Perno

Navigare Meglio - aprile 2008: Truffe online - nuovi svilupi

Navigare meglio - febbraio 2008 - Internet: buchi e rammendi

Google Maps per tutti

Incorporare (embed) un video da youtube, conforme agli standard xhtml 1.0

Sono senza parole.... (e non perchè non voglio pagare i diritti)

Il messagggio di Tim Berners-Lee per il "OneWebDay"

prova di embed (codice di inserimento) per video ecc.

Navigare meglio - dicembre 2007: IT-Fitness: un test poco affidabile

"Video On Demand" - le risposte della SRG SSR Idée Suisse

"Video On Demand": solo domande? - Navigare Meglio, ottobre 2007

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Social bookmarking + RSS feeds = shared resources

Hi All In the video sections, I've added 2 tutorials from the Commoncraft show: Social Bookmarking in Plain English and RSS in Plain English. In the RSS tutorial, Lee Lefever only mentions 2 or 3... Continue

Tagged: social bookmarking, commoncraft, resources, rss, del.icio.us

Started this discussion Oct. 7, 2007

Translation Agencies v/s Direct Clients

Apart from doing translations for an agency in Geneva when I was a student, I have always translated freelance. The agency paid correctly but was not very well organised, so it always offered trans... Continue

Added a reply Jul. 22, 2007

Social Networking in Plain English (sous-titres français DotSub)

I sent a message to Ning about this, using the "I'm reporting a bug" form, though it's not really a bug, rather a missing feature. See attached copy. I can't copy-paste in the message because there... Continue

Added a reply Jul. 16, 2007

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1450 - Staatliches Museum, Berlin
(it seemed appropriate for a translator's profile...)

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TLAXCALA, The Translators’ Network for Linguistic Diversity

From Tlaxcala's Manifesto:

Tlaxcala, the network for linguistic diversity, was founded on December 2005 by a small group of cyberactivists who knew one another through Internet and discovered that they shared common interests, common dreams and common problems. The network quickly grew, has today 74 members, and translates into 13 languages. This Manifesto, approved by them all, exp… Continue

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"Music" box

Actually, 3 out of 4 audio documents in the "music" box on my profile page are spoken. Some further info about each (as what I added in the "further information" part of the descriptions doesn't show):

Lawrence Lessig: Fighting for Free Culture. His keynote address at Wikimedia 2006. Downloaded from the homonymous post dated Au

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At 2:31am on October 7th, 2007, A.M.Sall said…: Hi Claude, how are you :-)

At 12:22am on August 1st, 2007, Lola Garcés said…: Never mind about the private message.

I haven't been to Japan yet (I'm planning a lightning trip for Feb 08, though!), so I guess it must have been an irremediable attraction to "the completely unknown" (not just the language but the culture itself, the tradition, the people). And oh, yes, now the more I know the more I love it. So addictive!

Regarding your name, I've always had French-speaking friends, so Claude does not sound weird to me at all (I actually like it! Makes me think of Debussy, maybe^^). However "Cruz" reminds me of a Spanish actress that I don't quite like... Besides who'd like to be called "cross" or "croix"??? I still go for Claude! :)

thanks for your comment
"Read you around"!

ps: I promise to "introduce myself" as soon as I'll have a little more time.

At 12:15am on July 28th, 2007, Jacken Zheng said…: Hi Claude,thank you for your comments. You are so great. I hope to have the opportunity to learn from you.
Jacken

At 11:24pm on July 16th, 2007, A.M.Sall said…: Vous êtes d'une efficacité vraiment extraordinaire!

At 9:04pm on July 16th, 2007, A.M.Sall said…: Congratulations on your great participation and contributions to this Network. You're really amazing!

Now, I think we should do something about the DotSub embedding code. It's not working, only the French subtitles are visible. Maybe we should contact Ning management...

At 3:45pm on July 16th, 2007, Claude Almansi said…: Hi Nina and Amadou
I answered you on your respective walls as the "Comment Back" feature wasn't working.
Best
Claude

At 11:52pm on July 15th, 2007, Nina Iordache said…: Hi, Claude!

I would like to communicate with other translators like me.

Best regards!

At 10:51pm on July 15th, 2007, A.M.Sall said…: Claude, welcome to this network, which as you know is the First one of its kind. I am sure we'll develop it together, what do you say to that?

Meanwhile, have you visited its companion blog (you can easily find the link on the Network's main page).

Bienvenue, Claude! Je suis sûr qu'on pourra travailler ensemble au développement de ce network. Il suffit de vous voir pour se rendre compte que vous êtes quelqu'un de bien :-)

Merci et encore une fois, soyez la bienvenue!

A.M.Sall