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Monday, 20 July 2009

More Swahili, Kikuyu, Dholuo and other African Languages in Google Books

Posted on 11:33 by Unknown
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We've always said that with Google Books we want to bring more books to more people in more languages. Today we're truly delighted to announce that we're making progress, and getting closer to making this true for more users in Africa. In a partnership with the East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) we're working to bring more books in African languages to our index. From Swahili, to Kikuyu, to Dholuo and Acholi, but also including oral languages such as Mbeere and Maasai, the thousands of titles published by EAEP will be digitized and indexed on Google’s search engine and become available to users in Kenya and around the world in the next several months.



Google Books helps users discover books. It exposes readers to information they might not otherwise see, and it provides authors and publishers with a new way to be found. We truly believe that Google Books benefits anyone who reads, writes, publishes and sells books. It's good news for people who read books because they can more easily discover books that are of interest to them, and where to buy them; it is good news for authors because it makes it easier for more people to discover find their work; it is good news for publishers because they can more easily reach a wider audience; it is good news for booksellers because readers are directed to the bookshops where they can buy interesting publications; and it is good news for libraries because it means more people can discover the books on their shelves.

The EAEP is one of over 25 000 publishers worldwide, to join the Google Books Publisher Program. Google Books has over 10 million books in the index. It includes works in over a 100 languages, and is currently available in 142 countries.

Posted by Santiago de la Mora, Head of Partnerships for Google Books in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

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Plus de Swahili, Kikuyu, Dholuo et d'autres langues africaines dans Google Livres

Nous avons toujours dit qu'avec Google Livres nous voulons rendre disponibles plus de livres, dans un plus grand nombre de langues, a plus de personnes. Aujourd'hui, nous sommes ravis de faire du progres et de se rapprocher de cet objectif, pour un plus grand nombre d'utilisateurs en Afrique. Dans un partenariat avec l'editeur d'education de l'Afrique de l'Est (East African Educational Publishers (EAEP), nous oeuvrons pour donner a cces a un plus grand nombre d'ouvrage en lagues afriquaines dans notre index. Du Swahili, au Kikuyu, du Dholuo a l'Acholi, mais comprenant egalement des langues traditionnelles orales, telles que le Mbeere et le Maasai, des milliers de titres publies par l'EAEP seront digitalises et indexes dans le moteur de recherche Google et seront accessible pour les utilisatuer au Kenya et dans le rest du monde dans les mois a venir.

Google Livres aide les utilisateurs a decouvrir les livres. Il expose les lecteurs a des informations qu'ils n'auraient pas vues autrement, et donne aux auteurs et editeurs de nouveau moyen d'etre decouverts. Nous croyons reellement que Google Livres profite a tous ceux qui lisent, ecrivent, publient ou vendent des livres. C'est une bonne nouvelle pour les lecteurs, qui peuvent plus facilement decouvrir des livres qui les interessent ainsi que savoir ou ils peuvent les acheter, c'est une bonne nouvelle pour les auteurs parce qu'unplus grand nombre de personnes sont susceptibles de decouvrir leurs ouvrages, c'est positif pour les editeurs, qui peuvent plus facilement atteindre une audience plus large, et pour les libraires puisque les lectuers sont diriges vers les librairies ou ils peuvent acheter l'ouvrage en question. Enfin c'est positif pour les bibliotheques car un plus grand nombre de personnes peuvent decouvrir les livres de leurs etageres.

L'EAEP est une des 25 000 de maison d'edition a travers le monde a rejoindre le programme partenaire de Google Livres Programme Partenaires. Google Livres compte plus de 10 millions de livres dans son index, avec des ouvrages en plus de 100 langues.

Par Santiago de la Mora, Head of Partnerships for Google Books in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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