NEWS AND UPDATES - PROJECTS

Mar 6th 2007 - 02:31 GMT

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January 2002

There's no end to text to be transliterated.

Some texts need to be transliterated for including in our publications, some for quick reference in editing and verifying translations, and some for research and archival purposes.

Much of what's transliterated will also become openly available.

• Transliterating Bengali or Devanagari texts

Yes, we could certainly use some!

Please also see the GGM and Padavali entries for more avenues for transliteration.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Ongoing:

• Babaji Maharaja's works.
• Prarthana with alternate readings.
• Poems for the Padavali-project.


Related news:
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As needed.

Please read the Transliteration help item under this entry for more information.

Feb 24th 2007 - 15:05 GMT

http://md.gaudiya.com/

January 2007

Madhavananda.com is the project index you are currently reading, a portal to access all projects I have open files on and am working on in one capacity or another. This file also hosts general news entries.

• Updating projects, news and assistance task listings to reflect the actual work situation.

Not with the index, but with all things listed in the index...

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Ongoing.

Related news:
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As long as there's one project out there ongoing, so long it exists...

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Feb 11th 2007 - 06:00 GMT

http://www.bhasa.net/tools/beGram.php

February 2007

beGram is a Bhasa.Net Resource tool that examines a sentence by comparing the word to a list of suffixes and offers suggestions that help the translator in identifying different noun cases and verb tenses.

• Currently covers most noun cases and verb tenses.
• Longest suffix match is highlighted as the most likely option.
• Words are linked to the Samsad online Bengali-English dictionary.

• Linguistic research
• Software development

Any and all feedback for further development would be welcome. In particular, help in identifying rules for language constructs would be helpful. Participate in the development at the Bhasa.Net forums.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Available.

Related news:
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Developed as time permits.

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Feb 3rd 2007 - 18:23 GMT

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Jan 2003

Many Vaisnavas – Sri Ananta Das Babaji Maharaja as the eminent among them – have requested me to work towards translating Gaudiya Vaisnava literature for an English speaking audience.

A great many titles of interest are there, yet to see daylight as English editions. My Bengali skills are coming to a level where producing fair translations is a reality, improving by the day.

• Translation

• People skilled in Bengali or Sanskrit for proofreading against originals.
• See Book Publications for editing English and so forth.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Currently working on:

• Sri Ananta Das Babaji's Bhakti-tattva-vijnana
• Sri Narottama Das Thakur's Prarthana
• Miscellaneous padavali

Priority increased to 0.85 as of February 1st.

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I'd like to work on Gutika. A friend has asked me to work on some biographical materials by Haridas Dasji.

Translating takes substantial amounts of time, and we all know what helps in arranging for time.

Jan 21st 2007 - 11:40 GMT

http://www.gaudiya.com/

August 2002

A comprehensive introduction to Gaudiya Vaisnavism, one of my first open files. Holds #1 place at Google and Yahoo for keyword “gaudiya” since a long time.

• Editor, content production
• Technical implementation

I could use help in producing the syndicated articles for gkWiki.

• Alan has been helping out with the creation of stubs.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Active and online. Functional as it is, although still wanting in some areas.

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Development ongoing, bit by bit when time permits. Content for some areas will be syndicated from gkWiki in the future.

• Glossary to be completed (near future)
• Saints-section and summary biographies to be written (time permitting)

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Jan 21st 2007 - 05:43 GMT

http://www.vilasakunja.com/index.php?showtopic=549

January 2007

The Western traditional Gaudiya community is scattered across the globe. E-mail and online forums are often practically the only form of association they get. Yet, the written medium is so limited. There is nothing like personal contact with others, but voice is one step upward from text, carrying much more import. Regular phone conferences should be there to keep devotees in touch with each other and to facilitate a deepening of relationships.

• Participation

People to host conferences – my internet connection is barely good enough to be a participant.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

In development. Please stay around at the Vilasa Kunja forums for more information – that's where things happen community-wise.

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Is bright...

Technical solutions need to be looked into.

Jan 19th 2007 - 20:27 GMT

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January 2004

Some friends and fellow Vaisnavas have their own projects to tend to, and are in need of a helping hand every so often.

Specifically, we have "Independent Projects" hosted by Gaudiya Kutir, to which we offer support in a number of different ways, ranging from technical support to media production and translation work.

• Diverse

Make yourself available and list your skills for record, I'll get in touch when something matching your abilities comes up.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Ongoing, albeit with a priority a bit on the lower side due to absence of time.

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Per need basis.

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Jan 18th 2007 - 12:15 GMT

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January 2006

Every so often Vaisnavas wish to hear discussions on topics of interest. God willing, I have sometimes given a class or two that have successfully inspired or educated a soul or two.

For some audio materials, click here.

• Preparing study materials
• Giving classes

If someone wanted to research and make notes on themes of interest, why not.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

As needed.

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Open to suggestions that do not involve travel outside Vraja.

An audience?

Jan 17th 2007 - 21:17 GMT

http://www.bhasa.net/viewforum.php?f=6

February 2002

Fonts are a concern for anyone working with text transliterated Sanskrit or Bengali, as most available fonts lack the diacritics needed.

• List of Unicode fonts for transliteration, Bengali, Devanagari and Oriya
• Veni XHK - A font showing Harvard-Kyoto input as diacritics

• Locating and testing Unicode-compatible fonts
• Developing derivative fonts from open-source typefaces

Anyone who can locate or develop fonts is invited to do so.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

I've more or less covered my bases satisfactorily with the current collections. As such, this isn't a burning priority, though more fonts always come in handy where graphic design is concerned.

Related news:
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Veni XHK needs to be updated.

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Jan 17th 2007 - 21:08 GMT

http://wiki.gaudiyakutir.com/XHK

September 2005

XHK is an acronym for eXtended Harvard-Kyoto. XHK is an extension for the popular Harvard-Kyoto transliteration system, developed to better accommodate transliteration of Bengali script.

The standard is accompanied with XIAST, the corresponding extensions to IAST, the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, that on its own is slightly insufficient for the exact duplication of the full range of the Bengali alphabet.

• Standard development
• Producing related tools

The community has been helpful in online discussions related to the development.

Tasks you can help with:
    » None currently listed.

Ongoing as needed.

Related news:
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Should there be future developments in transliteration systems or something amiss in XHK, they would be looked into.

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