Translation project from the Firefox browser to the nasa language: a step in digital inclusión

Abstract

ICTs have become tools that can be accessed by the entire population, regardless of ethnicity,culture, language or perception of the world. However, access to these technologies is still distant and diffuse for some human groups, including speakers of the original languages of America. This paper presents an initiative that promotes the digital inclusion of Nasa speakers: the process carried out with the translators of this language is presented during the execution of the project Translation of the Firefox browser for Android and Firefox OS to three Colombian indigenous languages spoken in Bogotá. The methodology and translation process are presented in this article, the advances that the project contributed to the technological openness of this community and to make known both the language and its speakers, as well as their customs and beliefs are presented. Among the main findings of the execution of this project is the preliminary conformation of a linguistic corpus related to the semantic field of technology. The Participatory Action Research was the research methodology implemented, this allowed the active intervention of the population involved in the problem of digital inclusion of Nasa language speakers: The Nasa indigenous council of Bogotá.