WCAG 2.0 Russian Authorized Translation Published

By way of blog as filing cabinet, another RantWoman as consumate nerd moment from RantWoman's inbox: language access PLUS accessibility. RantWoman ought to be over the moon with elation. Read on.

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

W3C WAI is pleased to announce publication of the Russian Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0:
Руководство по обеспечению доступности веб-контента (WCAG) 2.0
http://www.w3.org/Translations/WCAG20-ru/

Authorized W3C Translations are reviewed by stakeholders following the *Policy for Authorized W3C Translations* process at:
http://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy

*WCAG 2.0 Translations lists other completed and planned translations* including Arabic, Belarusian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and others, at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/translations


W3C encourages translation of specifications and resources into all languages. For information on translating documents and links to existing translations, see W3C Translations at:
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/

WAI particularly encourages the development of W3C Authorized Translations of WCAG 2.0 and other technical specifications to facilitate their adoption and implementation internationally. For a list of translation priorities, see Translating WAI Documents at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/translation


Additional perspectives are in the "WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue" blog post at:
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/06/wcag_20_in_your_mother_tongue


Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings as possible.

Regards,

Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C WAI Outreach Coordinator
Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C WAI International Program Office Activity Lead







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Shawn Lawton Henry

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

e-mail: shawn@w3.org

phone: +1.617.395.7664

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