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Tha an Còmhdhail Alba air phlana ùr airson còmhdhail fhoillseachadh a bhios a’ suidheachadh nam prìomhachasan airson an ath fhichead bliadhna.
Am measg rudan eile, tha iad ag ràdh gum beachdaich iad air a’ phlana airson slighe-trama ùr airson Glaschu, a’ ceangal meadhan a’ bhaile ri Port-adhair Ghlaschu is Pàislig taobh Baile a’ Ghobhainn, Rionnag a’ Bhàis*, Braehead agus Rinn Friù.
Tha mi air mapa Gàidhlig a dhèanamh den t-slighe a thathar a’ moladh. Bhiodh an t-slighe seo fìor mhath – tha e a’ ceangal meadhan Ghlaschu ris a’ phort-adhair, a’ cur còmhdhail phoblach nas fheàrr air dòigh do stiùidio a’ BhBC is STV agus le ceangal trama ann ris a’ bhaile as motha an Alba aig nach eil stèisean: Rinn Friù. Tha e cuideachd a’ cuideachd le ath-bheothachadh eaconomach is sòisealta Bhaile a’ Ghobhainn agus a’ cur còmhdhail phoblach rèile air dòigh gu mòr-ionad bhùitean Braehead agus dhan Ospatal.
Gheibhear mapa nas hi-res air Flickr.
‘S e deagh phròiseact a tha seo agus tha mi an dùil is an dòchas gun tèid e air adhart.
(*Far ainmeil an Ospatail)
Alasdair
Tadhail air Trèanaichean, tramaichean is tràilidhean
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Le lasairdhubh
Bha cothrom agam bruidhinn ri Eoin P. Ó Murchú agus sinne a’ cabadaich mun nobhail agus mun eadar-theangachadh a rinn e. Chuir Eoin na ceistean orm sa Ghàidhlig aigesan, agus dh’fhreagair mise sa Ghàidhlig agamsa. Bha tòrr spors agam a’ bruidhinn ris: dithis bhodach a’ cur an t-saoghail ceart, ach saoil, an tuig duine beò na thuirt sinn!
Tadhail air Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach
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Bidh an Dr Anne Frater, Colaiste a’ Chaisteil, Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean, a’ tadhal oirnn oidhche Dhiardaoin sa tighinn, 7.30f, air a’ cheann gu h-àrd. Tha sinn an dòchas ar faicinn an sin!
| Àm: | 7.30f, Diardaoin 28ᵐʰ dhan Ghearran |
| Àite: | Coinneamh tro mheadhan Zoom. Facal-faire: cuiridh sinn ris e ron choinneamh |
| Cànan: | Gàidhlig |
Dr Anne Frater will be our guest speaker this month. She will be speaking in Gaelic on the topic outlined above, Thursday 18th at 7.30pm. We hope you can make it along and we look forward to seeing you there!
| When: | 7.30pm, Thursday 28th February |
| Where: | Via Zoom meeting. Password: will be posted before the meeting |
| Language: | Gaelic |
Tadhail air Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu
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Le Gordon Wells
Island Voices come under the spotlight in this Digital Museum event on International Mother Language Day, Sunday 21st of February. We’re up in the third session of four in total that track westwards across the globe through numerous timezones under Jibunnessa Abdullah’s careful guiding hand. All session timings and links are available through the tweet below.
We’re on at 3.30pm Hebridean time in the Gaelic and Jamaican session, but you could usefully spend the whole of Sunday listening in to the various speakers from Bangladesh to the Americas!
Jibunnessa makes generous mention of Island Voices’ “innovative and energetic approach to improving language engagement and multilingual connections across the globe” on the registration page for this session. In a programme packed with interesting speakers there won’t be time to show any of our films in the session itself, but in the spirit the day celebrates we’ve selected a few below from across the years with a particularly international flavour that you might care to preview, as a reminder of (or introduction to) some of the things we do, and perhaps as a warm-up for the event itself. See you then!
| Home in the Hebrides | Ireland |
| Mainland Europe | India |
Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean
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Maggie Smith, from Achmore on Lewis, has been doing a power of work collecting and recording Gaelic stories and poetry around and about Lewis for a number of years, many of them curated on her own website, and reproduced on the Island Voices page dedicated to her work. Nor has lockdown stopped her, as she reveals in this conversation with Pàdruig Moireach conducted over Zoom.
This is a new and experimental departure for the Stòras Beò nan Gàidheal team, seeking to make a virtue out of necessity. Indeed, in some ways community recording work may become easier as more and more of us get accustomed to using technology to overcome physical barriers. If this works well, we can expect more of this kind of material in the months to come.
In the first part, Maggie talks about early childhood memories and stories of Glasgow where she was born, though her Achmore roots go back many generations. Returning home she recalls the kind of upbringing island children of her age received, in which community links and mutual responsibilities were strong. Grandparental stories from work experience in Patagonia, and snatches of Spanish at the fank guarded against cultural introversion. She recalls her schooling, and the impact of television’s arrival on cèilidh culture, with traditional work on the land noticeably falling off in the 80s, particularly after oil work began.
A wordlinked transcript, with the video embedded, is available on Clistore here: https://multidict.net/cs/9169
In the second part Maggie and Pàdruig talk about trends in island work patterns over the years. The advent of the Arnish yard led to skills development opportunities for men across Lewis, which many later put to use in openings around the world. Weaving was a traditional occupation, frequently practised in combination with other jobs. Even as a schoolchild Maggie was accustomed to fitting her schoolwork into other duties, such as fetching water for the house. After a short spell working in Inverness after school, she returned to work with the family haulage firm for many years, before branching out into media work, tourism and other projects.
A wordlinked transcript, with the video embedded, is available on Clilstore: https://multidict.net/cs/9170
In the third part Maggie talks more about her cultural activity in the community, including community drama based on locally sourced stories, and the collection of local poetry. Moving to Zoom during lockdown has created a new platform for locals to share stories and for incomers and Gaelic learners to learn about the culture, recreating old communities and gathering new people. She also talks about the power of music and song in working with older people at risk of memory loss, and of collecting fishermen’s stories, mostly in Gaelic. The conversation ends with a discussion of changes that have come over Achmore and the use of Gaelic in the community.
A wordlinked transcript, with the video embedded, is available on Clilstore: https://multidict.net/cs/9171
Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean
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Tadhail air Blog Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
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Dh’fhosgail a’ chiad slighe-trama dealanach ann an Alba ann an 1889.
Ach cha robh i ann an Glaschu no Dùn Èideann no fiù’s ann an Dùn Dè no Obar Dheathain.
’S ann a bha i ann an Caisteal Tarrais (Carstairs) ann an Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas, eadar stèisean Chaisteal Tarrais agus Taigh Chaisteal Tarrais (air a bheil Taigh Menteith an-diugh). Chaidh a thogail le uachdaran na sgìre a bha a’ fuireach san taigh agus ’s e loidhne phrìobhaideach a bh’ ann.
Bha an t-slighe-trama mìle a dh’fhaid agus rinneadh an dealan air a son le dealan-uisge a rinneadh ann an Abhainn Chluaidh faisg air làimh.
Cha do mhair e ro fhada – sguir na tramaichean dealanach ann an 1896 agus chleachd iad eich gus an do dhùin e mu dheireadh ann an 1925.
Alasdair
Tadhail air Trèanaichean, tramaichean is tràilidhean
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Our Craigard film was the first we ever made, and we keep returning to it for inspiration!
This week’s exciting news, following our posts last Friday and Saturday, is the addition of optional subtitles to the Island Voices Gaelic videos on our YouTube channel. When we asked who would be interested in such a development on our social media last weekend, the positive reactions quickly came back in their hundreds. (Some folk also wanted the reassurance that this would not mean the withdrawal of un-subtitled videos or of the Clilstore transcripts – we have no intention of doing either!)
Given the strongly expressed enthusiasm, the response from the Speech Recognition research project team has been instant and impressive. Systems have been set up to enable the automatic subtitling of all the Gaelic output on our Island Voices Videos YouTube channel, and all 20 films in Series One are already done – with the Craigard documentary in first place on the playlist. Keep an eye out for swift progress on Series Two and other films in due course!
The way in is through the CC “Closed Caption” button. To see any subtitles at all, that needs to be on. (So the default viewing remains clear of any textual additions.) You should now see the Gaelic subtitles.
But that’s not all – once you have them enabled, there’s another clever little trick that enables Google Translate to work on them. If you go into Settings (next to CC) and then click on “subtitles” you’ll find an “auto-translate” option, which then opens a wide range of languages into which the Gaelic subtitles can be translated. (WARNING: if you want English, DON’T go for the “English auto-generated” option first offered. Follow instead the “auto-translate” route and then pick English from the dropdown menu – unless you want a good laugh at “Artificial Intelligence”!)
Machine translation remains an imperfect science, of course, so any expectation of error-free renderings will inevitably be disappointed. Nevertheless, even without this extra facility, Gaelic learners stand to benefit just from using the Gaelic subtitles alone as an extra support for their eyes to help their ears recognise what they’re hearing.
So here’s the Craigard film again – this time with the new multilingual subtitle functionality added.
Nor is this the first time that the Craigard film has taken the lead in test-driving new innovations and community adaptations. Donald Mackinnon’s re-voicing of the original films in Gaelic and English was our first step along the road to the re-purposing of many of our films in Other Tongues. And, much more recently, it’s the film Valentini Litsiou chose for her Greek contribution. (Donald’s versions are actually hosted on a different YouTube channel, so the subtitling option is not available for them – but he did the film in both Gaelic and English, anyway!)
Donald in Gaelic:
Donald in English:
Valentini in Greek:
Who can say what the next innovation will be?
Tadhail air Island Voices – Guthan nan Eilean
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