Article published In: Localization in Healthcare and Medical Settings in the Advent of COVID-19
Edited by Minako O'Hagan and Julie McDonough Dolmaya
[The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 8:2] 2021
► pp. 156–164
Open educational resources
Translating for Canada, eh?
Developing Open Educational Resources to support localization into Canadian English and French
Published online: 28 March 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/jial.22005.bow
https://doi.org/10.1075/jial.22005.bow
Abstract
In a situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to distribute up-to-date public health information
quickly and cost effectively in a wide range of languages and language varieties. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials
that are released under an open license and so can be freely accessed, used, adapted and shared with very few restrictions. There
are currently few localization-related OER available, although the OER format could be a useful way of supporting localization
efforts. This short article introduces the concept of OER, summarizes some key potential benefits of developing OER for the
localization community, and presents Translating for Canada, eh? / Vous traduisez pour le Canada?, an OER that
was developed to support localization efforts in Canadian English and French.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.What are OER?
- 3.How can OER on localization help?
- 4.What is covered in the OER Translating for Canada, eh?
- 5.How was the OER localized into Canadian French?
- 6.How has the OER been received?
- 7.Next steps?
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