Hi all, We need more help with the global community survey. Please reach out to me if you'd like to help and what language. Here is our progress so far.
A *huge* thank you to volunteer who has been helping a lot with Arabic -- cannot thank you enough!! =) -Edward Arabic 84.14% French 50.93% German 36.82% Italian 14.78% Japanese 2.11% Polish 18.15% Portuguese 0.00% Russian 0.00% Simplified Chinese 2.01% Spanish 2.46% Dutch 1.81% Farsi 0.00% Hebrew 0.00% Korean 0.00% Swedish 0.00% Turkish 0.00% Ukranian 0.00% On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Edward Galvez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a reminder that if you can help out with translating this survey, > please email me directly. Thank you to the 3 translators who have > volunteered so far -- you all seriously rock. > > I will also be scheduling a translation sprint with WMF staff & volunteers > on: > > * Monday December 5th from 7pm to 8:30pm GMT > * Tuesday December 6th from 4pm to 5:30pm GMT > > You would get to join staff via a google hangout and work together on > translations. Let me know if you'd like to join :) > > Thanks! > Edward > > > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Edward Galvez <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Translators, >> >> My name is Edward Galvez and I work at the Wikimedia Foundation, >> supporting surveys for the movement. The Foundation will be running a >> rather large survey in early January called Community Engagement Insights. >> In order for it to be easily accessible to as many editors as possible in >> the entire Wikimedia movement we need help to translate the survey into as >> many languages as we can. >> >> The purpose of the survey is to know how well we are supporting the work >> of Wikimedians and how we can change or improve things in the future. The >> opinions that are shared through the survey will directly affect the >> current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more >> information about the survey on meta.[1] >> >> We need some help translating the survey from English into the following >> 10 key languages: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, >> Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Russian. Translations in >> additional languages as also welcome, as long as the survey can be fully >> translated in those languages. >> >> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This >> is a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to >> Qualtrics (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated. >> >> I know that it is customary to perform outreach through the community on >> Meta when it comes to translations, however, given the size and possible >> impact of the survey, I am trying to minimize pre-exposure of the questions >> to avoid survey bias. For that reason, I’m directly reaching out to WMF >> staff, affiliates and highly trusted community members like you instead. >> >> Keep in mind that you don’t have to carry all the burden of the >> translation alone should you decide to help; this can be spread among >> several translators working together on the same language. We may also hold >> online sessions where groups can translate together (I will be helping to >> translate in Spanish and Portuguese). If you’re willing to assist, I would >> kindly ask for your help in obtaining the best data we can by not sharing >> with other users any of the questions on the survey, unless with another >> trusted community member willing to co-translate with you. >> >> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next >> two weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you >> can help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our >> deadline for the translations to be completed is December 9th. >> >> >> I look forward to hearing from you! >> >> Thank you everyone! >> Edward >> >> [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insi >> ghts/About_CE_Insights >> >> >> >> -- >> Edward Galvez >> Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and >> Affiliations Committee Liaison >> Learning & Evaluation >> Community Engagement >> Wikimedia Foundation >> > > > > -- > Edward Galvez > Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and > Affiliations Committee Liaison > Learning & Evaluation > Community Engagement > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Edward Galvez Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and Affiliations Committee Liaison Learning & Evaluation Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation
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