I strongly discourage my students when they want to translate articles. However, these are the rules of the game, so, if they insist, they may do so. My two objections are:<div>- There is no guarantee that the original articles are good enough - so we have to come back to criticism exercises to evaluate them, thus going away from the intended translation exercise. <div>
- It is a priceless asset to have different cultures stating their own views on the same subjects. Here I&#39;m thinking about non-technical articles, mainly.</div><div>(Not to say that I&#39;ve spotted lots of cases of lazy Google Translator work).</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, I do agree that the goals of this Mexico project are also important for the students. Just adding my 2 cents, then.</div><div><br></div><div>Juliana.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:09 PM, John Vandenberg <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jayvdb@gmail.com">jayvdb@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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From: Leigh Thelmadatter &lt;<a href="mailto:osamadre@hotmail.com">osamadre@hotmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:44 AM<br>
Subject: Wikipedia Signpost article<br>
To: Teachers Wikipedia &lt;<a href="mailto:teaching-with-wikipedia@listserv.olemiss.edu">teaching-with-wikipedia@listserv.olemiss.edu</a>&gt;<br>
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Pharos has put something I wrote as a draft article for the Wikipedia<br>
Signpost to push for an education column in the publication.<br>
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Please take a look at the draft here<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_report" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_report</a> and feel free<br>
to participate!<br>
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