Seychelles is the sixth African country to benefit under a Canadian government’s initiative to build a terminological and linguistic database to promote world languages.
The techno-linguistic-Africa project is sponsored by the International organization of French (OIF) speaking countries.
The project is aimed at translating words and expressions from Seychellois’ Creole into French and English. Once completed the database will be available online through the Canadian’s government terminology and linguistic database, “Termium.”
To implement the project, Seychelles’ Creole Institute has received various ICT equipment and training bursaries for its researchers.
“In support of our new cultural policy launched in 2005, Seychelles needs additional research on its mother tongue, further training for linguists and advance ICT equipment to implement various projects,” says Patrick Nanty the Principal Secretary for Sports and Culture.
Seychelles is the first Creole speaking country to benefit under the project. Other partners on the African continent are Guinea, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.
“This initiative marks an important step towards promoting Creole on the international stage,” according to the Director of Creole Institute Penda Choppy.
Terminologies from the Constitution, medical and educational fields are the first three areas to be translated under the project.
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