Thanks to everyone who watched live! If you would like to view the video at any later point, here is the link!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7f5Zfvit5E
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
