given on 2008-07-19 as a part of "Translation panel" at Wikimania 2008 (English). A film of the session is available at http://tinyurl.com/translationpanel-wm2008
2. Translation in Wikimedia Projects
- in case of organizational
translation -
Kizu Naoko / 木津尚子
2008.08.19
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3. Talking points
Organizational translation -
Why? Who? What? How?
Challenges
How can you help
KIZU Naoko, “Translation in Wikimedia Project”, 2008/07/19, CC-BY-SA 3.0
4. Organizational translation
Translation works
to give information about managerial
things
to facilitate the project
KIZU Naoko, “Translation in Wikimedia Project”, 2008/07/19, CC-BY-SA 3.0
5. Organizational translation
Translation works
to give information about managerial
things
to facilitate the project
From whom?
Wikimedia Foundation
Community
Third parties
KIZU Naoko, “Translation in Wikimedia Project”, 2008/07/19, CC-BY-SA 3.0
6. Organizational translation
Translation works
to give information about managerial
things
to facilitate the project
From whom?
Wikimedia Foundation
Community / Commons Picture of the
Year etc.
A third party
KIZU Naoko, “Translation in Wikimedia Project”, 2008/07/19, CC-BY-SA 3.0
8. Organizational translation
translation works
to give information about managerial
things
to facilitate the project
From whom?
Wikimedia Foundation
Community
Third parties
Transcom
KIZU Naoko, “Translation in Wikimedia Project”, 2008/07/19, CC-BY-SA 3.0
10. Transcom Responsibilities
Coordinating translations of important
Foundation news, press release and
information, supporting inter-lingual
communication between the Foundation and
the community, and coordinating,
supporting and recruiting interested
translators. – from
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communica
tions_subcommittees
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11. Why translation?
English is widely spoken
Wikimedia core community is
also English speaking one
Not everyone speaks English
To broaden participation of
non-English speaking
community needs translation
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12. Who translates?
Volunteers
Active Wikimedians
Translate to their mother
tongue
Also carry out translations
of content (e.g. Wikipedia)
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13. Most translated pages
Donate: over 30 languages
Board Elections 2008 rules: 26
Licensing policy: 22
Wikimania 2008 home: 22
Wikimedia FAQ: 19
Contact us: 18
Privacy policy: 17
Our projects: 15
Board of Trustees: 14
Current staff: 11
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14. What?
Fundraising related
Board Election
Wikimania
Policies
FAQ, Contact info, project
info ...
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15. What?
Sustainability
Community / WMF relation and
commitment
Basic information of WMF
structures
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16. How?
Edit alone first
Then corrected by the other
volunteers (if available)
Translation teams – share
knowledge
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17. Challanges
#1 Quality control
#2 Availability / Burn-out
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19. Challenges #1 - Quality
Initial publication
Maintenance
Easy to find / check history
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20. Challenges #1 - Quality
Initial publication
Only targeting language readers can
detect
Feedback / complaints helps to
improve
Maintenance
Easy to find / check history
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21. Challenges #2 - Burnout
Up to 5 people at once
Rare active over 2 years
Consequence: Sometimes no
translator is available for
a major language
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22. Why did they quit?
Left the project at all
Busy with the other things
Real life change
Other Wikimedia activities
No feedback discourages them
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23. How you can help
Translator: Join the team
All: Give feedback
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24. Feedback to this talk
aphaia@gmail.com
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26. About this slides
This slides is a part of oral presentation,
KIZU Naoko,“Translation in Wikimedia Project –
in case of organizational translation”, at
Wikimania 2008, 2008/07/19. This slide is
double-licensed under GNU FDL 2.0 or later or
Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA 3.0 or later.
Comments and questions are welcome at
aphaia@gmail.com
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