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A CREOLE SERVICE NETWORK: Utilizing Creole Software Tools and Creole Language Specialists to Equip Editors, Publishers, and Translators for Today's Multilingual Challenges Host to: The Creole Links Page |
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INDEX (to return to index from subsections, hit Browser "Return" button) About Marilyn Mason | Selected Publications | Selected Samples of Editing & Internet-Publishing Projects | Comments from Creolists | Related Links | About The Creole Clearinghouse | Contact Information |
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About Marilyn Mason |
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Marilyn Mason, Founder & Managing Consultant of The Creole Clearinghouse, has extensive cross-cultural experience, having worked in urban USA, Belgium, Congo (formerly Zaire), and Haiti, and having traveled to Uganda, Kenya, Seychelles, France, Netherlands, England, Wales, Scotland, Montserrat, Belize, Canada, and Peru. Ms. Mason has developed specialized editing skills in written Haitian Creole. She honed her computer and administrative skills while working from 1986-98 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. |
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(click here to see full Publication List): MASON, Marilyn. 2000. "Authoring and Documentation Workflow Tools for Haitian Creole - a Minority Language", Technical Communicators' (TC) Forum Magazine, volume 1-2000 (January-March 2000), pp. 8-9. MASON, Marilyn. 2000. "Spelling issues for Haitian Creole Authoring and Translation Workflow", International Journal for Language and Documentation, Issue 4, March 2000, pp. 28-30. MASON, Marilyn. 2000. "Automated Creole Orthography Conversion", Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Volume 15:1, pp. 179-184. MASON, Marilyn & Jeff ALLEN. 2001. "Standardized Spelling as a Localization Issue: Information technology forces less-prevalent languages to develop uniform lexical rules". MultiLingual Computing & Technology, #41, Volume 12, Issue 5, July/August 2001, pp 37-40. MASON, Marilyn & Jeff ALLEN. 2001. "Closing the Digital Divide: Issues in expanding localization efforts to minority languages". In The LISA Newsletter, Volume X, No. 2, ISSN No. 1420-3693, April 2001, pp 23-24, 32. First in a series of three invited articles which appeared in the newsletter published by the Localisation Industry Standards Assocation (LISA), Féchy, Switzerland. MASON, Marilyn & Jeff ALLEN. 2001. "Is there a Universal Creole for localization efforts?" In The LISA Newsletter, Volume X, No. 3, ISSN No. 1420-3693, August 2001, pp 39-42. Second in a series of three invited articles which appeared in the newsletter published by the Localisation Industry Standards Assocation (LISA), Féchy, Switzerland. MASON, Marilyn & Jeffrey ALLEN. 2002. "Intra-textual Inconsistency: Risks of Implementing Orthographies for Less-Prevalent Languages". In The LISA Newsletter: Globalization Insider, Volume XI, No. 1.3, ISSN 1420-3693, February 15, 2002, pp 1-5. Third in a series of three invited articles which appeared in the newsletter published by the Localisation Industry Standards Assocation (LISA), Féchy, Switzerland. MASON, Marilyn & Jeff ALLEN. 2003. "Computing in Creole Languages: The Web stimulates growth and development of historically oral languages". In MultiLingual Computing & Technology magazine. Number 53, Vol. 14, Issue 1. January/February 2003. Pp 24-32. GUTNICK, David and Marilyn MASON. 2003-2004. Collaborated in the production of Haiti: A Country Never Dies, a series of radio programs broadcast by Canadian Broacasting Company (CBC) Radio One in February 2004. Comprised of taped interviews conducted in Haiti by CBC's Montreal-based journalist David Gutnick during his visit of Jan-Feb 2004, the programs are Internet-available as Real Audio files with accompanying photographic slides. French (HAÏTI: Un Pays Ne Meurt Jamais) and Haitian Creole (AYITI: Yon Peyi Pa Janm Mouri) versions are also available. Gutnick and Mason previously collaborated in the production of a CBC Radio One Special on Haitian Creole being alive and well in Montreal (see: http://www.cbc.ca/insite/CEST_LA_VIE_MONTREAL/2003/3/14.html). |
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Selected Samples of Consulting, Editing and Internet-Publishing Projects undertaken by Marilyn Mason (click here to see full List):MASON, Marilyn; DEGRAFF, Michel; DEJEAN, Yves. 2000. Orthographically updated, edited and Internet-published "Èske se pou nou chanje non kreyòl la?", a chapter from Dr. Yves Dejean's 1995 book Ann nou etidye lang nou an. MASON, Marilyn; DEGRAFF, Michel; DEJEAN, Yves. 2000. Orthographically updated, edited and Internet-published "Ki non lang nou an?", Dr. Yves Dejean's 1984 Haïti-Observateur article. MASON, Marilyn. 2001. Further edited and Internet-published KONSTITISYON REPIBLIK D AYITI (Haiti's 1987 Constitution), tradiksyon Pòl Dejan, © Éditions Libète, Imprimerie Deschamps, Port-au-Prince, 1996; initially digitized and put online in 2001 by Edisyon Konbit; also available at this mirror site. MASON, Marilyn. 2001. Orthographically updated, edited and Internet-published Pè Woje Dezi: "Alfabetizasyon ann Ayiti", Père Roger Desir's article, "Literacy in Haiti", originally published in 1977 in the Haitian-Creole language journal Boukan. MASON, Marilyn. 2001. Orthographically updated, edited and Internet-published Poris Jan-Batis: "Masiyon Kwakou (1867-1908)", Pauris Jean-Baptiste's 1977 Boukan article about Massillon Coicou, which includes his most popular poem: "Plenyen Yon Esklav". MASON, Marilyn. 2002. Orthographically updated and edited the Haitian Creole text of the Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) brochure, 4 Spiritual Laws. MASON, Marilyn. 2002. Orthographically updated and edited Rezistans ke viris VIH lan demontre nan medikaman avèk tès, the Haitian Creole version of HIV Drug Resistance Testing and Treatment, a brochure originally produced with support from the Westchester County (NY) Department of Health by the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA); copyright 2001. MASON, Marilyn. 1999 to present. Created, Internet-published and continue to maintain the Creole Links Page, an indexed, growing and very up-to-date assortment of links to online Haitian Creole texts, dictionaries, language tools and resources, literacy and curriculum materials, and other educational resources, as well as links to Haiti culture- and history-related sites and documents. MASON, Marilyn. 1999 to present. Created, Internet-published and continue to maintain the KEPKAA (Komite Entènasyonal pou Pwomosyon Kreyòl ak Alfabetizasyon / Comité International pour la Promotion du Créole et de l'Alphabétisation / International Committee for the Promotion of the Creole Language and Creole Literacy) (formerly KIPKAA) trilingual Website; regularly edit all the French and Haitian Creole texts and create the English translations of all KEPKAA-related online-published documents. MASON, Marilyn. 2002. Edited and on-line published (in the case of 6 of the articles, converted from newsprint to digitized text) a series of French-language articles on Creole languages and Haitian issues written by Haitian linguist Hugues St. Fort and print-published by The Haitian Times; online republication rights granted to Marilyn Mason by both author and publisher. MASON, Marilyn. 2003-2004. Created and continue to maintain webpage for AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HAITIAN CREOLE: A review of publications from colonial times to 2000. Educa Vision. Coconut Creek, FL. 2003. 700 p. MASON, Marilyn. 2003-2004. Served as consultant to David Gutnick of Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)'s Radio One in the production of Haiti: A Country Never Dies, a series of radio programs highlighting Haiti during its Bicentennial Year. The programs are Internet-available as Real Audio files with accompanying photographic slides. French (HAÏTI: Un Pays Ne Meurt Jamais) and Haitian Creole (AYITI: Yon Peyi Pa Janm Mouri) versions are also available. Gutnick, a journalist for CBC English Radio in Montreal, and Mason previously collaborated in the production of a CBC Radio Special on Haitian Creole (http://www.cbc.ca/insite/CEST_LA_VIE_MONTREAL/2003/3/14.html). MASON, Marilyn. 2005. Created and continue to maintain the Medical Missionary David K. Mason Dies on Ruwenzori Mountain Climb in Central Africa webpage. MASON, Marilyn. 2005. Created and continue to maintain the Convocation on United Methodist Haitian Ministries, Miami (FL), November 10-12, 1990 website. |
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Comments from Creolists |
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... I support you 100%. It is not just because of all the extremely important work you do for the Haitian Creole language that I stand behind you so totally. I support you because I know your motivation, I know your spirit of sacrifice, I know your HUMANITY. In this "dog eat dog" era in which we live, you are one of only a handful of people who have and practice respect, understanding, and fraternity with all people. Dr. Hugues St. Fort
... If there is a "top 5" of Haitian Creole editors today, Marilyn's name would be amongst them. Emmanuel W. Védrine
... The Creole Links Page is a Gold Mine! ... Compliments to you, Marilyn, keep up the good work; never give up. Let all of us work together hand-in-hand to advance Creole until the day there will not be a single Haitian who still carries an inferiority complex with regard to the Creole language. Guy S. Antoine
... Marilyn is a person who brings people together ... she has discovered the secret for assembling together such a large group of Haitian Creolists who perhaps under no other circumstance or occasion would put their shoulders together. I say "Congratulations, Marilyn!" Yvon Lamour
... un programme fascinant d'ordinateur. [translation: ... a fascinating computer program.] Dr. Yves Dejean
... thank you for sharing the valuable work you've dedicated yourself to ... I've read the first ten psalms with attention, and I am very impressed by the accuracy of the orthographic updates ... CHAPO BA!!! Kudos, congratulations, well done. Dr. Michel DeGraff
... October 28th (2000), I met face-to-face with Marilyn Mason at the KIPKAA celebration in Montreal. Marilyn spoke with much conviction but that alone, I suspect, did not convince the skeptics to recognize the value of [her] work ... Then, with one single touch of a button on her laptop computer, Marilyn transformed a 200-page document written in an old orthography into perfect 1979 official Creole orthography. At that moment, everyone clapped their hands with joy. It was clear that action was more convincing than words ... Can you see what this would represent for the production of educational materials in our "mother tongue"? Jafrikayiti (Jean St. Vil)
... Marilyn Mason was right in her message of earlier today when she said we cannot go much further in the support of Haitian Creole without the benefit of technology ... Dr. Albert Valdman
... It's sad to see both your project [MIT2] and the CreoLIST dissolve in one month, but it is fully understandable in both cases. In your case, I'm amazed that you and your family made the personal sacrifices you did. No one should have to do that, but those who do deserve our eternal gratitude. The fact that the fruits of your work will remain accessible to present and future generations of creolists is a gift indeed. On behalf of all of them / us, I thank you and your family most sincerely. Dr. John Rickford
... I am sorry to learn that not only didn't your venture [MIT2] work out but it also drained your finances. There is very little I can tell you that will really comfort you, except that I sincerely sympathize with how you feel. You served a noble cause and the energy and time you invested in it was certainly worth the commitment.... Dr. Salikoko Mufwene
... Kite kantik, pran priyè, men yon lòt bagay mwen te vle anonse nou tou ki montre Kreyòl nan ka menm sou plan entènasyonal. Sit entènèt CreoList (Creole Achives-CA) ki te yon bonjan referans pou tout moun k ap fè rechèch sou Kreyòl fèmen pòt li nan dat ki te 11 septanm 2002 a. Jens Edlund (edlund@speech.kth.se) ak Mikael Parkvall (parkvall@ling.su.se) ki te konn anime epi soutni ak fòs kouraj yo sit la ak lis diskisyon an te vin pèdi fòs apre sis lane. Marilyn Mason te voye yon mesaj ban nou kote li mande nou korije ralonj nou mete nan REKA pou pwogram li yo. Li te di: pou mank lajan nou oblije kanpe kèk nan aktivite MIT2 yo, men sa pa vle di Marilyn pou tèt pa li ap kanpe. Ak nouvèl sa a, gwo rèv teknoloji pou Kreyòl la ap evapore. ... Lionel Hogu
... I hope that The Creole Clearinghouse approach is successful. There is a need for such a service... Féquière Vilsaint |
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As Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer of MIT2, many doors were opened to Marilyn Mason to advocate on behalf of the technological support of Creole languages at the highest levels of governmental and non-governmental agencies, industry, language technology conferences and academia. Creole advocacy, team building, and networking are the lasting legacies of MIT2.Building upon this past experience, The Creole Clearinghouse (TCC), in collaboration with a network of Creole specialists with whom Marilyn has established a basis of mutual trust, makes use of tools Marilyn created before the birth of MIT2 to improve the consistency and excellence of materials translated and produced in Creole. |
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