Re-Packaging of Re-Packaging of InformationInformation

by: by: Mhlengi Mabaso Mhlengi Mabaso

and and Zonke MthethwaZonke Mthethwa

IntroductionIntroduction Overall projectOverall project Challenges Challenges Lesson learntLesson learnt

CSIR OVERVIEWCSIR OVERVIEW

CSIR who owns the first book out of the two CSIR who owns the first book out of the two books published realised that there wasn’t books published realised that there wasn’t any dictionary available on the internet for any dictionary available on the internet for Fanagalo. In order to help those who are Fanagalo. In order to help those who are passionate about learning this language and passionate about learning this language and as part of preservation of languages we saw as part of preservation of languages we saw a need to make this dictionary available to a need to make this dictionary available to the public.the public.

FANAGALOFANAGALO

is a simplified language that developed in is a simplified language that developed in South Africa as a means of communication South Africa as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not between two or more groups that do not have a same language in common. have a same language in common.

ZULU’sZULU’s

““FanagaloFanagalo””

the miners the miners languagelanguage

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

OCROCROptical Character RecognitionOptical Character RecognitionPowereful to create editable documents, Powereful to create editable documents,

especially scanned documentsespecially scanned documents In this case helped avoid the re-typing of the In this case helped avoid the re-typing of the

whole bookwhole bookThanx to AdeleThanx to Adele

Difficulties & solutionDifficulties & solution

It was difficult to sort the Fanagalo-English It was difficult to sort the Fanagalo-English dictionary in alphabetical order because of dictionary in alphabetical order because of the merged cellsthe merged cells

Solution:Solution: we converted the work from word we converted the work from word document to excel and managed to sort the document to excel and managed to sort the workwork

Respect one anotherRespect one another Time managementTime management Importance of communicationImportance of communication MeetingMeeting deadlinesdeadlines Skills improvement Skills improvement

BEFOREBEFORE

AFTERAFTER

ECKSON & ANNETTEECKSON & ANNETTE

The end!!!The end!!!