[gu-l] Soliciting voluntary help for translating Portuguese to English
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:35:40 +0000 (GMT)
<<July 26, 2001>>
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Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Vicky Feinstein <vickpf@i2roam.com>
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto <frmlitto@usp.br>
Bruce P. Chadwick <bchadwick@winrock.org>
Peter T. Knight, Ph.D. <ptknight@attglobal.net>
H. Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu>
Dear Alex:
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(1) I uploaded our InfoDev grant application into following URL;
"GUS/Brazil/Amazon
"Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon,
Brazil" -- Grant application to be submitted to the InfoDev of the
World Bank." at
http://www.friends-
partners.org/GLOSAS/GLOSAS_USA/Page/List_of_Activities.html
Or directly at
http://www.friends-
partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/InfoDev_Application/infoDev_Proposa_%20v_4.html
I wholeheartedly congratulate your excellent job done!!
Dear E-Colleagues:
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(2) As mentioned in it, Alex has conducted two workshops;
(a) A demonstrative conference on available new technologies for e
-learning was held on August 21, 1998 in Manaus. See the
following website for more detailed information:
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLH/10-21-
98_Manaus_Brazil/Flyer_&_Program_10-3-98.html
At this time, our videoconference demonstration spanned from
Tokyo to Ukraine.
(b) A workshop to show the usefulness of the Internet as combining
new technologies and contents was held on May 31, and June 1 and
2, 2000 in Manaus. See: http://ab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop.
Our telemedicine demonstration during this workshop connected
with the University of Michigan for diagnosis of a real patient
of heart disease, with echocardiogram.
With those hard truck records, Alex has formed (a) a coalition of 6
universities in the State of Amazon which are to be connected with
broadband digital satellite and (b) a coalition of 6 non-profit
organizations in the City of Manaus which are to be connected with
broadband wireless Internet unit.
The former is called "CampusNet" and the latter the "Manaus community
development" projects.
As you will see in ANNEXes in the above URL, Alex has also produced a
preliminary proposal to deploy the CampusNet, with the list of
necessary equipment and their cost estimates -- which current estimate
at $12 million.
(3) He is now forging ahead to conduct another workshop in Manaus,
Amazona, Brazil.
The purpose of this workshop is to form a committee which will
complete the project proposal with further feasibility study and
market survey. This committee is then to produce more comprehensive
documents of this project with detail budget which will be submitted
to appropriate Brazilian governmental agencies which will then forward
to the Japanese governmental agencies for funding. We will also seek
other appropriate funding sources.
(4) Unfortunately, as you see, those ANNEXes are written in Portuguese
which are not understood by many Japanese (including me).
Therefore, I am now soliciting volunteers who can translate them into
English.
If there are a few of them come up, they may divide and share the job.
Pls let me know if you can, at your earliest convenience.
Dear Vicky:
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(5) Referring to our phone conversation, I greatly appreciate your
voluntary offer.
I would appreciate it if you (and your friend) can translate, say, at
least, a half of ANNEX II.
Dear Fred, Bruce and Peter:
===========================
(6) Would you be able to kindly help us to translate ANNEX I? Pls let me
know.
Dear Alex:
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(7) You may try ANNEX III, since it seems an agreement form.
Dear Dean:
==========
(8) Pls visit the above URL.
As noted in it, we would like to have your bio.
Should you come to NYC on 7/31st (Tuesday), we can talk about this
project further.
Thanks in advance for your help and cooperation.
Best, Tak
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Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.P. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
+55-92-644 23 22
Fax: +55-92-644 23 84
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm
Vicky Feinstein
Tele-Info Research Services
301 404-8570
301 587-8576 (Fax)
vickpf@i2roam.com
Prof. Dr. Fredric Michael Litto
President, Brazilian Association of Distance Education
Professor and General Coordinator
Technologies as Applied to Education
Research Nucleus Investigating the New Communications
The School of the Future
University of Sao Paulo
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No. 33 - Bloco 18 - Cidade Universitaria
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+55-11-3818-6326
Tel/Fax: +55-11-3816-8168
Tel/Fax: +55-11-815-3083
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www.futuro.usp.br
www.abed.org.br
Bruce P. Chadwick
Winrock International
Team Leader, Knowledge Portal for Sustainable Development
703-525-1744
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bchadwick@mindspring.com
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www.bruce.chadwick.org
www.winrock.org
Peter T. Knight, Ph.D.
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
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H. Dean Sutphin
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Director, Global Seminar for the environment and sustainable food systems
Cornell Universitaet
USA
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