Yes, that's very helpful, thank you very much. Follow-up question, when choosing the languages where you hire the translation service for wikis' Privacy Policy, do you take into consideration the legal aspect of it? And, generally speaking, is there a legal revision of translations? ᐧ
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 11:33 PM Aeryn Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mohamed, > > > Thanks for the question! The process is a little different depending on > the policy: the policies for the Store > <https://store.wikimedia.org/pages/copy-of-privacy-policy> and for our > non-wiki > sites <https://wikimediafoundation.org/privacy-policy/> are translated by > a translation service. (The Wikipedia Store is undergoing some construction > at the moment, and will be up in more languages soon.) The Donor privacy > policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en> is > also translated by a service. We hire an external service to do the > translations because we do not currently have a team that is dedicated > solely to translation work, and the policies are often very long documents. > > > > The Privacy policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy> > that applies to the wikis is translated in part by a translation service, > and in part by the communities who are working in each language. The > English version of the policy is put on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy> and marked for community > translation. We also provide translations in a small number of languages, > but we can’t cover every language in which there’s a Wikimedia project. So > users are able to translate the policy into the language(s) they speak, > allowing for coverage of more languages. We are hoping to expand further > and provide translations in more languages in future. We also appreciate > feedback on the translations we provide—sometimes, someone will notice that > the translation service has had trouble capturing the proper spirit of the > policy (especially as it relates to technical wiki terms), and we want to > make sure the translations are useful and accurate. I hope that helps! > > > Best, > > > Aeryn > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 8:45 PM Mohamed ElGohary <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you very much, Aeryn. I'm working on translating Global Voices >> privacy policy <https://globalvoices.org/privacy/>, and wanted to ask >> (as we are structured similarly in terms of multilingual communities) if >> the process of translation of the privacy policy is done entirely by the >> respective community? Or how is the workflow? >> >> Best, >> Gohary (ircpresident) >> -- >> ᐧ >> ᐧ >> [image: photo] >> *Mohamed ElGohary* >> Lingua Manager, Global Voices >> >> https://globalvoices.org/lingua >> >> <https://community.globalvoices.org/guide/organizational-guide/roles-and-responsibilities/#Lingua_Manager_Mohamed_ElGohary> >> <https://ircpresident.com> <https://facebook.com/GVlingua> >> <http://twitter.com/GVLingua> <https://linkedin.com/in/ircpresident> >> <https://instragram.com/ircpresident> >> Key: 0x5D13669E Fingerprints: 7838 7FE7 E0E4 BF88 0024 2703 B452 E75A >> 5D13 669E >> >> Amplifying Global Voices stories by the translation into dozens of >> languages with the help of hundreds of volunteer translators. We are Global >> Voices Lingua <https://globalvoices.org/lingua>! >> <http://globalvoices.org/donate> Donate to Global Voices >> <https://globalvoices.org/donate> >> ᐧ >> >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 5:29 AM Aeryn Palmer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> The Foundation has just published a post on Diff with an overview of >>> some small changes we are making to our privacy policies: >>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/21/small-updates-to-the-wikimedia-foundations-privacy-policies/ >>> . >>> >>> In summary, our general privacy practices are not changing. These >>> changes are minor and were made to make our language more consistent, and >>> to provide more information about how to make requests regarding the >>> personal data we collect. >>> >>> Please take a look at the Diff post for more information. If you have >>> questions or comments, please contact us at [email protected]. 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