Sibhiyozela uSuku loLwimi lweeNkobe lwaMazwe ngaMazwe ngomhla wama-21 kweyoMdumba kunyaka ngamnye. Kufanelekile ukuba sithathe ixesha ngolo suku ukuba sibhiyozele olo lwimi lokuqala; olo lwathi lwavumela omnye nomnye kuthi ukuba aqalise ukwabelana ngeendlela alibona ngazo ihlabathi. Abantu abaninzi baqhele kakhulu ukwenza ushishino ngolwimi lwabo lwenkobe yonke imihla kangangokuba abayithatheli ngqalelo loo nto. Abanye ke abanayo loo nyhweba.
Indlela eyenye yokubhiyozela ulwimi lwethu lweenkobe kukuba senze imigudu yokuba sifunde size sisebenzise iilwimi zeenkobe zabantu abasingqongileyo. Ukususela kulo nyaka, sinenyhweba yokuba sifumane (size senze) lonke unxibelelwano olumiselekileyo oluya kwi-SU iphela ngeelwimi ezisesikweni zephondo lethu ezintathu: isiNgesi, isi-Afrikansi nesiXhosa.
Oku kuthetha ukuba kuza kwenziwa uguqulelo kulwimi lwesiXhosa oluninzi ngendlela engazange yenzeka ngaphambili kule Yunivesithi. Kwaye nkqu nokuba lunxibelelwano olungamiselekanga, uninzi lwethu lungathanda ukusebenza ngoquko size samkele isakhono sokusebenzisa iilwimi eziliqela nanini na xa kukwazeka kwiindawo zale Yunivesithi.
Inyaniso yeyokuba, noko kunjalo, bambalwa kakhulu abasebenzi base-SU abanako ukuvelisa imathiriyeli ngesiNgesi, ngesi-Afrikansi nangesiXhosa bebodwa. Sonke siyayidinga inkxaso yezeelwimi. Kwaye inkxaso ikhona, ngeendlela neendidi ezininzi. Imithombo anokuyisebenzisa umntu ixhomekeka, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ekubeni imathiriyeli leyo iza kusetyenziswa entwenini. Ngokuye beba baninzi abantu ebhekiswa kubo imathiriyeli leyo nangokuye iba ngokusisigxina imathiriyeli leyo, kungokuye kufuneka ukuba umntu alumke ekuqinisekiseni umgangatho woguqulo-lwimi olo. Oku kukwasebenza nakwingcaciso enokube iyabophelela ngokomthetho okanye enokube ingaguqula ubomi – okanye enokuba nobungozi kubomi bomntu ukuba iviwe ngendlela engeyiyo.
UGoogle Translate angabe uluncedo ngokukodwa ekufumaneni intsingiselo yegama, yebinzana okanye yentwana yombhalo ngokungephi. Kodwa kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba, nokuba kumangalisa kangakanani na ukuba umatshini unako ‘ukuguqula ulwimi’, unazo izithintelo zawo. Kwaye ukuba thina, njengabasebenzisi bale tekhnoloji, asiziqondi ezo zithintelo size sithathele ingqalelo imingcipheko enxulumene nezo zithintelo, ingaba sithi abakhangeleka okwezidenge ekugqibeleni. Uguqulo-lwimi lomatshini alunako ukuguqula ulwimi ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko. Kwaye ke amaxesha amaninzi imeko leyo kuguqulwa ulwimi kuyo iyinto yonke.
Umzekelo wakutsha nje, obalaseleyo ngumcimbi wokufakwa kophawu olungesiXhosa ekhampasini ekwakufuneka ukuba luxele iindawo zokuchamela kwisakhiwo esisekhampasini. Kwaye kwajongwa kuGoogle Translate, saza isiphumo soko, nesaye sahamba sada saya kufika kwisigaba soyilo apho kuprintwa khona, sabe besinokusishiya sonke sihlazekile ukuba olo guqulo-lwimi lophawu lwalwenziwe ngumatshini lwaluye lwaxhonywa ukuze wonke umntu alubone lungeelwimi zethu ezahluka-hlukeneyo zenkobe. Ngethamsanqa yaye yathinteleka kwa ngexesha intlekele, kwaye kwathethwa nomsebenzi-ngeelwimi kwaye xa kunamhlanje umntu unako ukuzifumana ezo ndawo zokuchamela ekhampasini ngesiXhosa esamkelekayo nesicacayo ukongeza kwisiNgesi nesi-Afrikansi.
Indlela engcono yokufumana iinguqulelo-lwimi kukuzibandakanya nomsebenzi-ngeelwimi oqeqeshiweyo kwa kuqala. Le Yunivesithi ineNkonzo yeeLwimi ephelelyo kwiZiko layo leeLwimi, elindele ukuguqula ulwimi, ukuhlela okanye ukucebisa kwimiba ephathelene nolwimi.”
E-SU, sonke sinako ukuba yinxalenye yethuba esinalo lokuphuhlisa isiXhosa nangakumbi, nokuba lulwimi lwethu lweenkobe kanti nokuba asilulo. Asiyi kuba nako ukwenza oku sisodwa, umntu ngamnye ezimele geqe. Kodwa ukuba siyasebenzisana ukuze siphuhlise indlela yokucinga engesakhono sokusebenzisa iilwimi eziliqela e-SU size sabelane ngoko sikufundileyo njengoko siqhubela phambili, kukhulu esinokukufezekisa.
Zama ukuhlonipha ulwimi lweenkobe lomnye umntu kulo nyaka. Kuloo nkqubo, maninzi kakhulu amathuba okuba ungaba nothando olunzulu ngakumbi ngokujoliswe kolwakho …
– nguSusan Lotz, ekhuthazwa liqela lomsebenzi wesiXhosa kwiZiko leeLwimi (uguqulo lolwimi lwenziwe ngu Siphumeze Mrwetyana noZama Bekweni)
