Hi Maria, On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:21:42 +0200 Maria Fanucchi <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Cross-posting this to Translators-l, WikiEN-l and Foundation-l, because > there is a considerable amount of overlap, as you'll see. Volunteers from > several Wikipedias may be needed, and the Foundation could eventually be > involved if the project becomes an annual one. I apologize in advance to > those subscribed all three lists.] > > Hello everyone, > > (Note: For those who don't know me, I am [[User:Arria Belli]]. Former admin > and arbitrator over at fr:wp, and member of the LangCom. I met some of you > at Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, where I did a presentation called "Translation > in Wikimedia Projects" ex-aequo with [[User:Britty]].) > > I've just started a master's degree at the ESIT (Ecole supérieure > d'interprètes et de traducteurs) in Paris, in English/French/Spanish > translation. It's quite a good school; a large percentage of the > interpreters and translators working in international organizations are > graduates of the ESIT. > > My French-to-English translation professor has asked me to set up a project > for all the students in her class, translating Wikipedia articles. We're a > small group: there are only about 5 or 6 of us. What we'd be doing is taking > articles from fr: and translating them to en:. Students are free to choose > the articles they'll translate. > Sounds great. > Since I'm mostly active over at fr:wp, I will need some help from people on > en:. Most notably, I think it would be wise to set up a small group of en:wp > volunteers who could guide the students on a one-on-one basis in case they > have trouble understanding wiki markup, references, etc. I would be > coordinating the project, but I don't think I could field all the students' > questions at once! Any volunteers? Count me in. My username is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shlomif and I'm reachable by many means here: http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/ . I hope other editors volunteer as well. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ UNIX Fortune Cookies - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/ I’d love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code. — Unknown Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
