Saturday, 2 July 2011

Sat 09 July 2011 Session Details

2011.07.25 UPDATES with ACTION taken: Letter to Taiwan Tourism Bureau by Lynn
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XSk_r0vX2dqddt79qbg4JK8ZNUkQCnoSSNjSTtJK3hM/edit?hl=en_GB

2011.07.18 UPDATES with session minutes by Susan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3MzCi3iil4mB7i4IqDgoM2Es20d05kO5z4r_B6XJlA/edit?hl=en_GB

Date/Time: Sat 9 July 2011, 13:30-15:30
Place: Hess (何嘉仁) Main Office, 5th floor (very near the corner of Minquan E Rd and Songjiang Rd intersection, opposite Xing Tian Gong 行天宮); a 4-min walk from Xing Tian Gong MRT station, Exit 4
台北市中山區民權東路二段107號 5F, No.107, Sec.2, Minquan E. Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei City


Topic: Taiwan Tourism Bureau Website:
The news is full of Chinese tourists in Taiwan, but the govt is also keen to encourage other international visitors to come and travel around. Of course one main way to do that is through the official Taiwan Tourism Bureau website. There are lots of good things about it, BUT in some places, the English is a bit strange...and may not help Taiwan's image. At this session, we'll have a look at the website and Lynn will point us to pages that could use some "naturalising" up. We'll try editing some English, and then write a polite email to the Tourism Bureau with our suggestions. (Lynn's been told by civil servant friends that this is what we should do!)

Optional preparation:
Have a look through the website: eng.taiwan.net; Look at the Climate section and the Travel Suggestions section, Popular Tours introduction

Please register by Fri 8 July, 12 noon

Would love to see you and any friends there!
Posted by Ellen at 00:16
Labels: ,

6 comments:

  1. Caroline Tsai7 July 2011 at 22:44

    It was really strange that I didn't receive the notification of this session...but I am glad that I checked this website and confirmed we'll have session this week~ see you all soon!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ellen8 July 2011 at 01:49

    Hi Caroline,

    Thanks for your message.

    Very interesting! I just checked the membership setting of our google group and found that there are three yahoo email addresses, including yours, showing a strange message "Bouncing(退回)" which is NOT a default value in the membership enviornment.

    Since I also have another yahoo email address and I am aware of a new version of yahoo mail just been released, I guess the problem might be caused by the new yahoo mail. So, can you check the setting environments of your yahoo mail and/or make sure that our group email "taiwan-issues-in-action@googlegroups.com" is included in your contact list. Also, you could also check the section of "擋信名單" to exclude our group email if it's there.

    Sorry that I am not sure if that is really the cause and then the solution. But you know that I'll be very happy to try to figure it out with you this Sat. See you then ^^

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 21:13

    [Announcement]
    Session minute of 2011.07.09, by Susan, is now availabe here:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3MzCi3iil4mB7i4IqDgoM2Es20d05kO5z4r_B6XJlA/edit?hl=en_GB

    --TIiA

    ReplyDelete
  4. Caroline Tsai20 July 2011 at 00:08

    Below are the original English article and the translated texts we produced during the session for your information:

    In spite of being a small island, Taiwan has her special geologic structure, constituting a variety of prodigious and unique views. In addition to versatile cultural characteristics, Taiwan's traveling resources become more abundant. To make travelers enjoy themselves and have a in-depth traveling, we combine different natural views with cultural characteristics. Based on different topics, we provide visitors with a series of traveling routes. You can select from the following items according to your favorite traveling schedule. Also you can icon various topic schedules. Then, you can see the route planning and detailed introduction.

    (From Tourism Bureau, R.O.C. http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0000110)


    Translation version 1 by Betty, Kelly & Linda

    僅管臺灣是蕞爾小島，卻擁有得天獨厚的地理景觀，除了有豐富的文化寶藏，臺灣的觀光資源更顯豐富。為了讓旅客在深度旅遊享受假期，我們結合了不同的自然景觀以及人文特色，透過不同的主題，我們提供各種不同的旅遊路線，可依自己的喜好，選擇下列的旅遊行程，之後，你就會找到路線規劃以及詳盡介紹。


    Translation version 2 by Caroline & Susan

    臺灣雖然是一個小島，但是她具有特殊的地理構造，以及豐富、多樣而獨特的景觀。除了多樣的文化特質之外，臺灣有越來越豐富的旅遊資源。我們結合了當地的自然景觀與文化特質，好讓遊客能對不同的景點有更深入的體驗並樂在其中。我們提供各式各樣的行程建議，以滿足旅客不同的旅遊目的，你可以依照你的旅遊計畫，從下方選擇你喜愛的路線；同時，你也可以點選各種主題行程，就能看到該路線規畫及詳盡的介紹。

    ReplyDelete
  5. Taiwan Issues in Action21 July 2011 at 12:45

    [Actions!]--TIiA

    Hello Good people,

    We need your comments/suggestions on Lyyn's draft letter to Taiwan Tourism Bureau:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zHW3vQGVr8uSn2aTYBXtyQE6DbOrj0fNgtynORqQ6pk/edit?hl=en_GB

    Any comments/suggestions would be most welcome! Please have a look and respond by August 1st.

    Thanks a lot!

    TIiA

    ReplyDelete
  6. Taiwan Issues in Action25 July 2011 at 13:21

    Hello Good people,

    Thanks for all your good suggestions to the first draft of the Letter to Taiwan Tourism Bureau. Lynn has completed a revision of the draft accordingly. Could you please help to have a look again and add any omments/feedback by Aug 1st?

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XSk_r0vX2dqddt79qbg4JK8ZNUkQCnoSSNjSTtJK3hM/edit?hl=en_GB

    Thanks!!

    TIiA

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)