Reminder: this tech talk starts in 2 hours at 1800 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+The+MediaWiki+Content+Translation+Extension&iso=20141103T18&p1=1440&ah=1> .
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote: > Please join us for the following tech talk: > > *Tech Talk**:* The MediaWiki Content Translation Extension > *Presenter:* Joel Sahleen, Software Engineer, Wikimedia Language > Engineering > *Date:* November 3rd > *Time:* 1800 UTC > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+Design+Research+in+Product+Development&iso=20141022T19&p1=1440&ah=1> > Link to live YouTube stream <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7f5Zfvit5E> > *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office > Google+ page > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/ckomd4k0uh1fbrafb15tjas343s>, > another > place for questions > > *Talk description:* > Wikipedia is the largest online encyclopedia in the world. With more than > 32 million articles in over 280 languages, Wikipedia's network of > language-specific MediaWiki sites has become an important global resource > for the preservation and distribution of knowledge. If you look at how > Wikipedia's content is distributed across these language-specific sites, > however, you find that much of it is only available in a few “major” > languages, with English having by far the most content. At the same time, > there is also content found only in smaller Wikipedia language editions > that really deserves a wider audience. In order for different language > communities to be able to share content with each other, we need to provide > their multilingual users with a quick and easy way to translate content > found in one Wikipedia language edition and then publish the result in > another Wikipedia language edition. This is where the MediaWiki Content > Translation extension comes in. > > The MediaWiki Content Translation (CX) extension provides a community’s > multilingual users with an array of translation tools they can use to > bootstrap the creation of new articles in their target language from > existing articles in related source languages. These tools are powered by a > set of integrated translation services that are potentially adaptable to > other Wikimedia projects. The extension is currently being made available > as a beta feature for a limited set of test languages that includes > Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese. More languages are planned to be added in > the future based on community interest, impact and various technical > criteria. > > This talk will give an overview of the MediaWiki Content Translation > extension’s key features and describe its general architecture. The focus > will be on identifying the problems Content Translation is meant to solve, > explaining how we have attempted to solve these problems and discussing the > value the extension can add to Wikipedia and other MediaWiki based projects. > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
