WYD official site report: Japanese, Vietnamese, Maltese and Croatian were the last WYD' s sites opened on Facebook, bringing the total to 18 different languages
Madrid, 13th of August, 2010.- With a pair of languages one is able to go around the world without hardly any problems of communication. English and Spanish are the two languages most spread out throughout the world and this fact is reflected on the Internet, where the number of websites in the languages of Shakespeare and Cervantes are the most numerous.
Facebook, one of the most visited meeting places online, brings together many people that share their hobbies, their interests, or that want to maintain their friendship relationships.
Madrid's World Youth Day (WYD) has been sharing information over a year on these currently essential social networks. The Spanish page was the first of the current 18 pages, in which people can consult on Facebook about WYD. After this profile page followed English, French, Chinese, and other major languages of the world.
The success of these websites success encourages other youth to propose their own languages (spoken by smaller communities) as an additional means in which WYD's news can be spread.
Cristina del Campo, WYD's Community Manager, has coordinated the pages of Madrid's WYD in every language on the social networks. She explained that the aim of WYD "is to bring together all the youth of the world, not only the ones who speak and understand the languages most spoken." In order to expand to the minority languages, "We have also engaged the fans of WYD in its preparation and organization, we have made them collaborators through the administration of these pages."
The newly incorporated languages of WYD's websites are hardly spoken outside their countries - Vietnam, Malta, Japan, and Croatia. These four languages are the newest of WYD's Facebook sites, thanks to the determination and the excitement of the youth, who sees the importance of having information about this international meeting in their own language. Cristina stated that "we are breaking down language barriers with these youth in their own language."
Tran The Vinh, one of the administrators for the Vietnamese Facebook page, was the one who suggested to the organization making a page in her language. "I believe that it is important to have information about WYD in Vietnamese because by doing so you overcome the obstacle of speaking in a language other than your own." Vietnam is one the largest Catholic communities in Asia. This 23-year-old student of Architecture dedicates between three and five hours daily to the administration of WYD's profile. In coordination with the other Vietnamese administrators of the site, she answers the questions of the fans, translates the information coming from Spain and promotes WYD between other users.
From Croatia, Viktorija, student of Pedagogy at the University of Zagreb is on her way to her third WYD since having participated in the events in Cologne and Sydney. "WYD in Madrid is special for me, because it will be the first time I will be participating as a volunteer," declared Viktoija proudly. Viktorija promotes, together with three other administrators, the Croatian page, and presents to her compatriots WYD's website in Croatian. Viktorija stresses that "this page is a meeting place in which Croatian youth can resolve the doubts that they may have or reunite and exchange their experiences."
Ai Hongo is "young at heart," like she says. At 44 years old, she breaks the mold of the typical administrators of the Facebook pages, young and students. Combining the attention of her house and her family with the administration of the page in Japanese, she was the one who realized the necessity of having a page in her own language after finding that WYD had no website available in Japanese. Ai believes that, as well as the Facebook page in Japanese, "videos are the best manner to promote WYD, because they show in the best possible way what a day in WYD is like."
From the tiny island of Malta, Mariam de Giorgio has been taking advantage of the summer to make some money for her trip to Madrid next year, as well as administering the Facebook page of WYD in Maltese. She affirmed enthusiastically that "I have the feeling that this is going to be one of the most unforgettable WYDs ever." Not only because of the event, if not because I will have the opportunity to meet in person with various friends that I have made through the social networks."
With Vinh, Viktorija, Ai, and Mariam, we can learn how to say "xin chao," bok svima," "konnici wa," and "insellimlek", that is nothing more than "hello" in Vietnamese, Croatian, Japanese, and Maltese.
source http://en.madrid11.com/JMJ2011ING/REVISTA/articulos/GestionNoticias_371_ESP.asp
Facebook, one of the most visited meeting places online, brings together many people that share their hobbies, their interests, or that want to maintain their friendship relationships.
Madrid's World Youth Day (WYD) has been sharing information over a year on these currently essential social networks. The Spanish page was the first of the current 18 pages, in which people can consult on Facebook about WYD. After this profile page followed English, French, Chinese, and other major languages of the world.
The success of these websites success encourages other youth to propose their own languages (spoken by smaller communities) as an additional means in which WYD's news can be spread.
Cristina del Campo, WYD's Community Manager, has coordinated the pages of Madrid's WYD in every language on the social networks. She explained that the aim of WYD "is to bring together all the youth of the world, not only the ones who speak and understand the languages most spoken." In order to expand to the minority languages, "We have also engaged the fans of WYD in its preparation and organization, we have made them collaborators through the administration of these pages."
The newly incorporated languages of WYD's websites are hardly spoken outside their countries - Vietnam, Malta, Japan, and Croatia. These four languages are the newest of WYD's Facebook sites, thanks to the determination and the excitement of the youth, who sees the importance of having information about this international meeting in their own language. Cristina stated that "we are breaking down language barriers with these youth in their own language."
Tran The Vinh, one of the administrators for the Vietnamese Facebook page, was the one who suggested to the organization making a page in her language. "I believe that it is important to have information about WYD in Vietnamese because by doing so you overcome the obstacle of speaking in a language other than your own." Vietnam is one the largest Catholic communities in Asia. This 23-year-old student of Architecture dedicates between three and five hours daily to the administration of WYD's profile. In coordination with the other Vietnamese administrators of the site, she answers the questions of the fans, translates the information coming from Spain and promotes WYD between other users.
From Croatia, Viktorija, student of Pedagogy at the University of Zagreb is on her way to her third WYD since having participated in the events in Cologne and Sydney. "WYD in Madrid is special for me, because it will be the first time I will be participating as a volunteer," declared Viktoija proudly. Viktorija promotes, together with three other administrators, the Croatian page, and presents to her compatriots WYD's website in Croatian. Viktorija stresses that "this page is a meeting place in which Croatian youth can resolve the doubts that they may have or reunite and exchange their experiences."
Ai Hongo is "young at heart," like she says. At 44 years old, she breaks the mold of the typical administrators of the Facebook pages, young and students. Combining the attention of her house and her family with the administration of the page in Japanese, she was the one who realized the necessity of having a page in her own language after finding that WYD had no website available in Japanese. Ai believes that, as well as the Facebook page in Japanese, "videos are the best manner to promote WYD, because they show in the best possible way what a day in WYD is like."
From the tiny island of Malta, Mariam de Giorgio has been taking advantage of the summer to make some money for her trip to Madrid next year, as well as administering the Facebook page of WYD in Maltese. She affirmed enthusiastically that "I have the feeling that this is going to be one of the most unforgettable WYDs ever." Not only because of the event, if not because I will have the opportunity to meet in person with various friends that I have made through the social networks."
With Vinh, Viktorija, Ai, and Mariam, we can learn how to say "xin chao," bok svima," "konnici wa," and "insellimlek", that is nothing more than "hello" in Vietnamese, Croatian, Japanese, and Maltese.
source http://en.madrid11.com/JMJ2011ING/REVISTA/articulos/GestionNoticias_371_ESP.asp
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