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.

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