Using Technology Skillfully: Resources for Translators

Marcus Perman2018-05-31T23:34:40-06:00

This special session will be of interest to translators looking to learn more about current resources available for Tibetan translation, including digital libraries, databases for canonical research, computer assisted translation tools, SmartCAT, Tibetan OCR, and other Tibetan text resources.

Resources described in the session are:

Timeless Treasuries, a Tsadra Foundation Initiative;
The Rinchen Terdzo Chenmo collection, a Tsadra Foundation project;
The Damngak Rinpoche Dzo collection, a Tsadra Foundation project;
Paul Hackett’s Columbia University Buddhist Canons Research Database;
SmartCAT for Tibetan translators: ten minute demo from Dirk Schmidt of Esukhia;
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Approaches to Transmission in the West: New Voices and Old Traditions

2018-05-24T04:06:03-06:00

What does genuine transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the west look like? How can we be active participants in this process? What role do translators and Western teachers have in this globalized process? What is transmission, really? Two Western teachers and two translators will discuss all these issues and more in this wonderful meeting of minds.