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Will web users join forces to break the online language barrier?
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/26/internet-translation-project
A new Wikipedia-style project will rely on users to upload translations of blogs and newspaper articles.
Could online language barriers be overcome using the same crowd-sourced approach that has made Wikipedia a success?
That's the aim of the Worldwide Lexicon (WWL) project, which released a suite of new translation tools last month. Visitors to any blog or newspaper that uses the software will be able to click on to the site's text and enter a translation in the language of their choice, just as Wikipedia users can edit any entry in the encyclopaedia. The translated version will then be accessible to other visitors.
Read more at guardian.co.uk Technology
03/30/09 01:46:46 pm, 