It does look like there are some costs associated there though; I wonder if any open source approaches exist aside from the one I initially posted. Also, if built in a DIY way, maybe http://crowdcrafting.org could be used for this purpose.
If due diligence shows no open tools, then there we go. But it seems like a task whose importance is bound to grow, so worth laying some mindful groundwork. - Heath On Friday, March 15, 2013, Jameleddine Mejri wrote: > Hi, > > I like this am with you, we can make a new project for the arabic language > in http://www.transifex.com > > > Jamel Eddine > > > 2013/3/15 Sander van der Waal <[email protected]> > > Adria, > That looks interesting, eg. > > https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/ckan/ > https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/openspending/ > > We've also used Amara in the past for translating video subtitles, eg on: > > http://opengovernmentdata.org/ > > Sander > > > On 15 March 2013 08:38, Adrià Mercader <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > Just a quick note to say that the Open Knowledge Foundation is already > successfully crowdsourcing translations for several projects, > including Annotator, CKAN, Open Data Handbook or OpenSpending via > Transifex. I personally find it an excellent platform: > > https://www.transifex.com > > > Cheers, > > Adrià > > > On 15 March 2013 06:25, Mohammed Saleh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear All > > Crowdsourcing translations is really a powerful tool , we are > currently > > using it to translate openfoodfacts.org into Arabic ....let's start the > work > > here ! > > > > Regards > > Mohammed Hashim > > ________________________________ > > From: Christian Villum <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2013, 18:38 > > > > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] Translating into Arabic > > > > Hi Heath, > > > > Welcome to the list, good to have you here! > > > > Crowdsourcing translations could surely be a way to go. If anyone out > there > > would be interested in engaging in such activity, please dive into this > > conversation. > > > > -Christian > > > > > > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:45:34 -0500 > > From: heath rezabek <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] Translating into Arabic > > To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > < > cajudfhk7curaixrv5unsephzsjuqxjdmbzzwwoi21vry-bu...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > There seem to be a few projects around to apply crowdsourcing techniques > to > > translation; I wonder if any of these platforms are open to OKfn > > collaboration, or if this would make sense as a way to optimize > resources... > > > > One example is MonoTrans: > > http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/monotrans/ > > > > (By the way hello all, and thanks to Sam for pointing me to the -discuss > > list. Just starting out in involvement w/OKfn, but excited!) > > > > - Heath > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2013, Christian Villum wrote: > > > >>> Dear All > >>> ? > >>> ??? I wonder if any one here who speaks Arabic and would like to > >>> translate the OFKN > >>> ?? into Arabic ? > >>> ? > >>> ? > >>> Regards > >>> ? > >>> Mohammed Hashim > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > okfn-discuss mailing list > >
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