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* Add a "Languages" section to Person pages | * Add a "Languages" section to Person pages | ||
* Translate minimum materials such as “What is ICANN wiki” and “How you can edit it” in case there are volunteers who can support; or holding an additional Edit-a-thon of a local language when the ICANN meeting is held at the region or the country. | * Translate minimum materials such as “What is ICANN wiki” and “How you can edit it” in case there are volunteers who can support; or holding an additional Edit-a-thon of a local language when the ICANN meeting is held at the region or the country. | ||
* Integrate a translation service like Google translate into the wiki as an add on feature. | * Integrate a translation service like Google translate into the wiki as an add on feature. <ref>[https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/01/09/you-can-now-use-google-translate-to-translate-articles-on-wikipedia/ You can now use Google Translate to translate articles on Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
** Possible issues with technical jargon in some languages | |||
* [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=ja&u=https%3A%2F%2Ficannwiki.org%2F&sandbox=1 Google Translate Tool] | |||
== I'm interested in helping with this project == | == I'm interested in helping with this project == | ||
* [[Ray King]] | * [[Ray King]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Loose initiatives]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:38, 16 April 2024
Languages we'd like to have
- Arabic
- Japanese
- French
- Hindi
Strategies
- Encouraging personal pages to include language capabilities, so ICANN community members know where to find linguistic support
- Add this feature to the Create a Person Page form and use hypertext to follow desired pages for particular languages with link counts. This would count the number of people able to help and enable easy follow-up to move the project forward.
- Contacting universities to hold translate- and edit-a-thons
- Add a "Languages" section to Person pages
- Translate minimum materials such as “What is ICANN wiki” and “How you can edit it” in case there are volunteers who can support; or holding an additional Edit-a-thon of a local language when the ICANN meeting is held at the region or the country.
- Integrate a translation service like Google translate into the wiki as an add on feature. [1]
- Possible issues with technical jargon in some languages
- Google Translate Tool