Hey all,

We just published "Getting newcomers into Wikipedia with Content Translation" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/new-wikipedia-translators/

Many thanks to Amir and the language engineering team for drafting this post.

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.

Twitter (@wikimedia):

• #ContentTranslation is changing the way people access and use Wikipedia. (link)

NOTE: Possibly a mention of @WhatToTranslate?

Facebook/Google+:

• The Content Translation tool is helping all speakers of African languages to embrace modern technology to improve the online educational content in their languages. (link)

• Our Content Translation tool was released as a beta feature on all Wikipedias this week, and has already been successfully field-tested in South Africa. (link)

thanks,

Joe

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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]

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