Lucas, this is very interesting... perhaps the purple number syntax
could also be used for paragraph-by-paragraph translations. For
example, hovering the mouse over the number of an existing purple number
could pop up the translated version of that paragraph... (01)
I'm sharing this with the Blue Oxen group to see if they have any
ideas... (02)
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucas Gonzalez Santa Cruz [mailto:lucas.gonzalez@canarias.org]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:52 PM
Cc: Tom Munnecke; socios@listas.gulic.org
Subject: selforg translation (03)
Hi, Tom of http://www.september12.org etc !!! (04)
This are my current ideas about "selforganised translations into an
arbitrary set of languages". (05)
I share them with the Canary Islands' LUG because there are people who
are into wikis (there's a really nice http://www.gulic.org/twiki),
Python and translations. I'm quite sure they can add better ideas,
links or even code (after exams! <g>). (06)
Anyway, here I what I'd think: (07)
There would be the text, maybe with purple numbers (blueoxen.net/org).
There would be the set of languages.
There would be a wiki, open to everyone and with foldback (recover from
errors and sabotage). (08)
Now we'd need a script to run through the text and create a
table "purple numbers x languages" and display that.
Each cell in the table links to a paragraph in English that becomes
translated into the language by the volunteer - the page is locked
while she is at it.
There could be a way to signal that "this chunk is done". (09)
A script could:
- go through the table looking for the "done" signal,
- compute a "percentage done", and
- display that in the wiki alongside the name of the language (perhaps
on the top - first row, same column). (010)
Selfappointed leaders or supervisers might display aims, dates
and "let's have a TranslateFest tonite" in the news area of the wiki.
If "reincident" translators meet often they can use a yahoolist etc. (011)
Perhaps we could give it a try if you have some page you'd like to see
translated? If you ask me, it can't be this very weekend, sorry. If we
ask others at our LUG, then by all hints everyone is busybusy.
Selforganisation should let available people show up! (012)
Lucas (013)
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