Re: [gnso-ppsc-pdp] Updated document posted on wiki

[Alex Gakuru <gakuru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Marika,

Thanks for the link and you are right.

I could not download
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=22109 however, since
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes actually
represents my Gĩkũyũ language properly, I would then suppose that the
ISO standard is most comprehensive. appreciated.

regards,

Alex

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Marika Konings
<marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Alex,
>
> If I understand correctly, the ISO 639-2 is only used to identify the
> appropriate abbreviation to be used to identify certain languages as
> explained here: http://www.icann.org/en/translations/. It is not linked to
> which languages a document will be translated in.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Marika
>
> On 20/04/10 15:11, "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks,
>
> A quick comment - under "b) Translation",
> --
> [granted] "English will remain the operating language of ICANN for
> business consultation and legal purposes."
> ...
> "ICANN will adopt the International Organisation for Standardisation¹s
> 639-2 naming system for identifying and labelling particular
> languages."
> ---
> In contrast to the above, one finds ISO 639-2 so 'generic', for
> example, refers to "Germanic languages",  "Afro-Asiatic languages",
> "Romance languages", etc) how applicable is this with regard to
> translations? - since hard for me to foresee a  translation into/from
> those generalised languages. I thought UN(ESCO) language
> identification route was discussed?
>
> regards,
>
> alex
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Marika Konings
> <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> For your information, an updated version of the overarching issues document
>> has been posted on the wiki
>> (https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?pdp_team), including the notes
>> from last week¹s meeting.
>>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> Marika
>
>