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'''Wikiversity translations''' is a community service project to support [[betawikiversity:Main_Page|Wikiversity Beta]] and to promote [[Multilingualism]] and [[Wikiversity:Interlingual Beta Club|Interlingual discourse]] 
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==Summary==
The Wikiversity Beta website coordinates all of the Wikiversity projects for speakers of different languages. This coordination is guided by the [[Wikiversity:Approved Wikiversity project proposal#Mission|Wikiversity mission]] that was approved by the [http://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation]. 

The Wikiversity Beta website is a central location for discussion of general guidelines for all Wikiversities. The [[prime example]]:
:''The [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-August/009074.html Board of Trustees] has requested that the Wikiversity community develops a policy for [[Wikiversity:Original research|original research]] during the '''first six months''' of the project. This pesents the [[dreaded (conceptualization)]] of the [[deadline]]. So where on the [[Wikiversity Roadmap]] is this presumed "dead line"? Who gives a *** ??? <small>[[fig]]</small>''

[[Wikiversity Beta]] is an [[Wikiversity Incubator|incubator]] for new [[Wikiversities]] in several [[language]]s. [[m:BabyWikipedia|Wikiversity Beta]] needs help [[Topic:Translation#Translating documents|translating documents]] into the many different languages [[School:Speech|spoken]] and [[Portal:Writing Center|written]] by Wikiversity participants ([[:Category:Wikiversitans|Wikiversitans]]). 

Likewise many [[Topic:Linux Documentatation Project|documents]] in [[Multiligualism|many languages]] need to be written and translated into English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese,  Hawaiian, Cherokee and Klingon... for ''[[Wikiversity:Main Page|this]]'' Wikiversity. 

A Wikiversity Beta support network called the [[Wikiversity:Interlingual Beta Club]] ('''[[Wikiversity translations|IBC]]''') has been framed (from the [[grass roots]], in the [[spirit]] of your [[Beta Club]] back on [[Earth]]. (...but [[out here]] your As and Bs come from '''within''' you.)

==Goals==
This learning project offers learnings activities that give participants experience in performing translations. Experienced translators are providing comparitive texts, descriptions of the tools of the trade, ([[w:machine translation|machine translation]], [[w:computer-assisted translation|computer-assisted translation]], etc. ) and are there to "show you the ropes" of the Art / Science of [[Portal:Translation|Translation]].

Right now (24 October 2006) There is a draft version of a [[Wikiversity:Translator's Handbook|Translator's Handbook]] being worked on collaboratively by the [[Wikiversity translations|IBC]] and the [[Wikiversity translations|Translation Taskforce]]. The new [[Portal:Translation|Translation]] learning group is starting up a three-language program to translate documents between English, German and Spanish. 

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== Learning materials ==
[[Image:Crystal128-fonts.svg|thumb|100px|left|'''[[Topic:Translation|Translation Taskforce]]''']]
*[[Wikiversity translations/Recruiting translators]]
*[[Wikiversity translations/Training translators]]
* ...

*[[Topic:German Language]] • [[Portal:German|German]] {{tl|deu}}
*[[Portal:Hebrew|Topic:Hebrew]] • [[Portal:Hebrew|Hebrew]] {{tl|he}}
*[[Portal:English Language|Topic:English Language]] • [[English]] {{tl|eng}}
*[[Portal:Spanish|Topic:Spanish]] • [[Portal:Spanish|Spanish]] {{tl|spa}}
*''add the other 6492 languages here''

== Activities ==
*[[English to German]], translate: [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity_talk:Scope_of_research/En|Scope of research]], [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Research/En|Research]], [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Original_research/En|Original research]], [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Secondary_research/En|Secondary research]], [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Reports/En|Project reports]].
== Translation requests ==
*'''High priority''' German to English ([[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Scope_of_research/De|source]])

Ich stimme Purodha zu und möchte für eine generelle Freigabe der original research / empirischen Forschung anführen, das deren Regeln entscheidend sind: jede empirische Forschung sollte nicht nur vom Ergebnis, sondern auch von der Beschreibung der Durchführung bzw. der Herkunft der Ergebnisse so präzise dokumentiert sein, das sie eindeutig reproduziert werden kann. Umgekehrt: Ein Versuch, der aufgrund ungenauer Beschreibung nicht reproduziert werden kann, falsifiziert das Ergebnis des ersten Versuches ebenso wie ein abweichendes Ergebnis bei präziser Wiederholung. Dietrich 18:09, 12. Nov 2006 (CEST)

**Machine translation (needs human attention!):

**I agree Purodha and would like for a general release of the original research / research of empirical cite, that are its rules decisively: each empirical research should be documented not only by the result, but rather also by the description of the execution and/or the origin of the results so precise, unambiguously reproduced will can that it.  Reversed:  An attempt, that cannot be reproduced based on inexact description, falsifiziert the result of the first attempt just as as a deviating result in precise repetition.  

***I agree with Purodha and would like to state, in general, crucially, that: each piece empirical research should contain not only the result, but also the precise documentation of execution and/or the origin of the research, so as to allow others to reproduce the results. Turned around: An attempt, which cannot be reproduced due to inaccurate description, falsifises the result, in the same way as result deviations under a more precise attempt. ([http://beta.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity%3AScope_of_research%2FEn&diff=3994&oldid=3766 translation by Hillgentleman])

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*on-going: [[betawikiversity:Wikiversity:Scope_of_research/De|Scope of research]] and related pages at Wikiversity Beta.
*completed translations [[Wikiversity translations/De to En archive]] (please check/improve)

== Interlingual collaboration ==
The Wikiversity Beta incubator site is coming along, but could use a lot more participation. [[Portal:Multilingual Studies|Multilingual Studies]] at this version of Wikiversity is working on communicating directly with the German and Spanish Wikiversities and the main Beta incubator. We hope to establish communication lines directly with '''versions''' (those with subdomains and working interwiki links):
* [http://de.wikiversity.org de.wikiversity.org] - [[:de:Hauptseite]]
* '''[http://en.wikiversity.org en.wikiversity.org] - [[Wikiversity:Main Page|Main Page]]'''
* [http://es.wikiversity.org es.wikiversity.org] - [[:es:Portada]]
* [http://fr.wikiversity.org fr.wikiversity.org] - [[:fr:Accuel]]
* ..''next''..

Other language wikiversities may exist as betas. See the nav bar at the top of [http://beta.wikiversity.org Beta Wikiversity] for versions under development. 

:'''''Technical note:''''' - ''For some odd reason, beta.wikiversity is not mapped into the local [[m:Interwiki map|Interwiki map]]. This may be a job for the [[MediaWiki Project]].'' 

=== Parallel texts ===
We are developing two [[Portal:Computational linguistics|methods]] for dealing with parallel texts:
#[[bilingual comparative texts]] - A simple method by which two versions of a block of text are presented on a single page. (''[[Wikiversity:learning projects|learning projects]] such as [[German to English]], [[Japanese to English]]...'')
#[[Portal:Multilingual Studies|Topic:Multilingual Studies]] - A socio-technical approach to [[Wikiversity:Multilingualism|Multilingual collaboration]] and [[betawikiversity:translation|translation]] (''Challenging but rewarding! See the '''Challenges''' section below'')

:<big><small>We are in the process of organizing [[Portal:Languages|Language departments]], building on the massive efforts at [[w:Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|Wikipedia]], Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Meta and many other projects inside and outside of Wikimedia. The [[m:Translation process]] is a strange and wonderful study for those with enough patience to pursue it. The [[Wikiversity:Interlingual Beta Club|Interlingual Beta Club]] and the [[Wikiversity:Embassy|Wikiversity Embassy]] are looking at the social and academic prospects for evaluating and rewarding such effort. (''Again, see the '''Challenges''' section below'')</small></big>

===Corpus linguistics===
[[Portal:Computational linguistics|Computational linguistics]] combines [[School:Computer Science|Computer Science]] and [[School:Linguistics|Linguistics]] to develop a model of a natural language. As an institution, [[Wikiversity Proper]] (all versions present and future) is developing its own universal context:
#Technical context: [[MediaWiki/Introduction|MediaWiki]]-[[UML/Glossary|specific terminology inherited from the application]] &mdash; Help: Category: User: Template: Special: etc. 
#Academic context: Schools, Departments, Divisions, Topics, Courses, etc.
 
[[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Keywords|Keywords]] like these must be translated '''immediately''' for the application to function effectively across languages. The table below is concentrated on [[English]], [[Portal:German|German]], [[Portal:Spanish|Spanish]] and [[Portal:French|French]] language articles that can be synchronized on the four established [[Wikiversity versions]]. The selected articles are about [[w:translation|translation]] itself and were chosen to expedite the establishment of '''[[Portal:Multilingual Studies|Multilingual Studies Divisions]]''' with [[w:native language|native language]] and [[Portal:Translation|translation]] departments for fast-track translation:

{| class=wikitable
!Local ([[English]])
![[Portal:Translation|Translation]]
![[Portal:Computational linguistics|Computational linguistics]]
![[Wikiversity:Translator's Handbook|Translator's Handbook]]
|-
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Main_Page Beta]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Translation Translation]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Computational_linguistics Computational linguistics]]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Translator's_Handbook/En Translator's Handbook/En]
|-
|[[Portal:German|Deutsch]]
|[[:de:Übersetzung]]
|[[:de:Computerlinguistik]]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Translator's_Handbook/De Translator's Handbook/De]
|-
|[[Portal:Spanish|Español]]
|[[:es:Traducción]]
|[[:es:Lingüística computacional]]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Translator's_Handbook/Es Translator's Handbook/Es]
|- 
|[[Portal:French|Français]]
|[[:Fr:Traduction]]
|[[:Fr: la linguistique computationnelle]]
|[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Translator's_Handbook/Es Translator's Handbook/Fr] 
|}

:'''Note:''' The [[Wikiversity:Translator's Handbook|Translator's Handbook]] has no "master"  copy. Each local copy residing in the Wikiversity project space on the three established Wikiversities are "draft" versions. Once the native speakers of [[English]], [[Portal:German|German]] and [[Portal:Spanish|Spanish]] are satisified with their version, it goes to the Wikiversity project space at Beta for review ''and '''editing''''' by [[Portal:French|French]], [[Portal:Chinese|Chinese]], [[Dutch]], [[Portal:Portuguese|Portuguese]], [[Russian]], [[Portal:Korean|Korean]], [[Portal:Italian|Italian]] and many other native language users. It is a '''''living document'''''. Join the [[Wikiversity:Interlingual Beta Club|Interlingual Beta Club]] if you dare. (It's not for the faint-of-heart.)

'''See the ''Wikiversity Divisions and Departments'' subsection below'''
=== Taskforce objectives ===
'''To reiterate:''' the Local [[Portal:Translation|Translation Taskforce]] (English Language Wikiversity) is focused on a German/English/Spanish/French translation matrix. If you have translation interests and abilities beyond those four languages, please '''do not add language versions''' to {{tl|translators}} until their [[Wikiversity:Interlingual Beta Club|subdomain resolves]]. (''see [[Template_talk:Translators]] for more information'') Please participate at [http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Translation Translation taskforce at Beta] or [[m:Multilingualism|Multilingualism at Meta]] instead. 

:'''''Social Note:''''' ''Keep in mind that it is OK to be [[w:Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (anglicization)|anglocentric]] here at the English Language Wikiversity. Please get rid of that when you go to Wikiversity Beta.''

=== Translation Projects ===
[[Spanish to English]]
*[[Sugar in the times of cholera]] - translating an historical document from Spanish

[[English to French]]
*[[Telemedicine in French-speaking Africa]] - help translate public health information into French.

[[Portal:Multilingual Studies|Multilingual Studies]]:
*[[Wikiversity the Movie/Multi-lingual|Wikiversity the Movie/multi-lingual]] - create publicity materials for Wikiversity, including [[Portal:Audio engineering|sound]] and [[Portal:Internet audio and video|video]] [[School:Film Making|production]].
=== Language orientation ===
[[English]], [[Portal:German|German]], [[Portal:Spanish|Spanish]] and now [[Portal:French|French]] are primary departments, simply because those are the initial language implementations of Wikiversity. We can't stop there. These pages and the secondary ones [[Portal:Chinese|Chinese]], [[Dutch]], [[Portugese]] and the other hundreds of languages will have an English disambiguation and Native redirects (''examples: [[Deutsch]] -> [[Portal:German|German]], [[Portal:Spanish|Español]] -> [[Portal:Spanish|Spanish]], [[Portal:Chinese|中文]] -> [[Portal:Chinese|Chinese]]'') to their proper local learning/teaching group here. English speakers who "reside" here will also follow Wikiversity fellows to other language Wikiversities where they should find an English-friendly area for [[Foreign language learning orientation|Orientation]]. A good entry point for those who are on this learning path may be [http://beta:wikiversity.org/wiki/translation translation], which is the '''core module''' of the beta version of the [[w:Corpus]] mentioned above.

:<small>'''''Special Note:''''' ''Repeating... It is natural, acceptable and predicatable to be [[English|anglocentric]] here at the [[Wikiversity:Main Page|English Language Wikiversity]]. This is ''perceived'' to be the '''''host''' with the '''most'''''. As you learn and grow, you might consider a more circular conceptualization of the role and character of your particular language and culture.''</small>

=== Naming conventions===
[[Wikiversity:Naming conventions]] need to be consulted to homogonize the disambiguation pages, redirects, and language departments which point to things like [[Portal:German|German]], [[English as a second language]], [[:Category:Spanish Language Division]], [[German to English]], [[:Zh:中文]], or [[Learning to speak Cherokee]]. This will make it easier for Non-English visitors and newcomers to find what they're looking for. See the [[Multilingual worksheet]] for more insight. ''[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Multilingualism discuss]''

Repeting...The '''technical context''' of [[MediaWiki/Introduction|MediaWiki]] requires an absolute treatment of namespaces and linkage all the way down to the [[Portal:Computer programming|case and character level]]. The technical aspects of [http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/Contextual_collaboration interlinking ''contexts''] (not simply ''content'') is staggering when your aim is to be '''inclusive'''. Wikiversity is, by definition '''non-exclusive''' in terms of who can participate and at what level. This culture of "liberty" (libre) is technically challenging and ''can be'' politically disturbing. Most would agree that Wikiversity is "standing upon the shoulders of giants".

*Terms from the application &mdash; Help: Category: User: Template: Special: etc. 
*Terms from the institution &mdash; Schools, Departments, Divisions, Topics, Projects, Courses, etc.

'''''[[U.S. states|American Challenge]]:''' Now, translate those across Eastern and Western character sets and propogate Wikiversity to all languages and cultures without starting [[U.S. states|WWIII]]. Let's learn to balence ''convention'' against ''innovation'' when dealing with [[Wikiversity:Naming conventions]]. What works "here" may not work "there" at all.''

== Challenges ==
[[Image:H pylori virulence factors ja.png|right|500px|Help translate the text in this image.]]
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=== Wikiversity Divisions and Departments ===
A myriad of work needs to be done:
#Translations for Wikiversity departments.
#Portal pages in ''every'' language at [http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikiversity Beta]. 

If there is a Wikimedia project in [[language:X]], there should be a page written in that language at Wikiversity Beta explaining what Wikiversity is and how to use Wikiversity Beta as an incubator for efforts leading to the [[creation]] of a Wikiversity [[domain specific protocol]] for '''language:X'''.

==Readings==
Each activity has a suggested associated background reading selection. You have the collective resources of the [[whole]] [[Wikimedia Foundation]] at your disposal. Use them!
*[http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Multilingualism/En Multilingualism system] at Wikiversity Beta.
*Consider your self a [[resident]] in [[training]] at [[School:Medicine|The Wikiversity School of Medicine]]. You're on the verge of discovering a cure for Leukemia.

==References==

Additional helpful readings include:
#[[w:blah]]
#...

==See also==
{{Template:Wikiversity translation}}
==External links==
[[Go]] for it!
*[http://world.altavista.com/ AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation] online translation software
*[http://omegatplus.sourceforge.net/ OmegaT+] - free cross-platform computer-assisted translation tool
*[[w:OmegaT|OmegaT]] - a computer-assisted translation tool

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