Translators-l September 2010

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Fundraising_2010 outreach
by James Alexander 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Howdy translators! I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce some of the Foundation's fundraising staff to you and explain how things are going to work with this year's fundraiser (currently scheduled to start November 7). Basically, what we're planning on doing for this fundraiser is not just "translate" the fundraising messages, but also "localize" them. We realize that not all messages work the best in every language,culture or region so in addition to translating the English messages, we will also have the option of other messages specific to your language or region... and who knows better how to get people to donate in your language and your region than you do? :) We really need your help this year to come up with local messages yourself and also to help get the rest of your local community involved. This is where the fundraising team comes in. This fundraising season myself, Keegan Peterzell, and Deniz Gültekin are the ones who have been tasked with reaching out to every single wiki to try and get local participation in the fundraiser planning and implementation. We're here both to answer questions as they come up and to listen to your feedback about what types of messaging will work and won't work. We'll constantly be tweaking or changing things, based on your input, to try to make everything as perfect as possible for the readers and donors in your language and region. If you have any questions or want to help out please feel free to contact me, Keegan, or Deniz: * James Alexander, [[User:Jalexander]], <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org> * Keegan Peterzell, [[User:Kpeterzell]], <kpeterzell(a)wikimedia.org> * Deniz Gültekin, [[User:Dgultekin]], <dgultekin(a)wikimedia.org> Thanks and I look forward to working with you throughout this fundraiser! We'll be kicking off the discussions on your wikis very soon, and would be delighted if you all would participate and also help translate our initial message into your own language! James Alexander -- James Alexander Associate Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation Jalexander(a)wikimedia.org

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Re: [Translators-l] Translators-l Digest, Vol 62, Issue 2
by Eleri James 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Being new to translation of video subtitles, it took me a while to find out how to view the videos. This is what I found out: 1) You can view the videos on Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_videos. 2) If you can't play the videos on your computer, consult the help page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Media_help. 3) To see subtitles on videos at Wikimedia Commons you need to enable the MwEmbed gadget - see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:MwEmbed 4) The talk page of the english subtitles has got links to the subtitled videos and so has the file description page. 5) Because the videos are made up of more than one speaker, you have to view the videos to find out when one speaker changes to another. Cues for change of speaker in the English text would have been helpful, but no big deal. Have fun with these. Regards, Eleri James (Lloffiwr) --- On Sat, 25/9/10, translators-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org <translators-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: From: translators-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org <translators-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Translators-l Digest, Vol 62, Issue 2 To: translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, 25 September, 2010, 13:00 Send Translators-l mailing list submissions to translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to translators-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at translators-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Translators-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikipedia videos being released this week (KIZU Naoko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:01:20 +0900 From: KIZU Naoko <aphaia(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Translators-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikipedia videos being released this week To: Wikimedia Translators <translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTikv2q4ksB+7=_D4JxQhsTsvRS8Y52VSZyiSb4-j(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, translators have you seen these video yet? If then, go to YouTube first then read the below :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikipedia videos being released this week To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> All three videos released to-date already have English language transcriptions: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Edit_Button.ogv.en… http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Nice_People_MEDIUM… http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Nam… Translation is straightforward without the use of any external tools -- just replace "en" with the language of your choice, copy in the English transcription, and start translating. For transcription, a very open web-based effort, as Michael points out, is http://universalsubtitles.org/ -- dotsub.com is user-friendly and well-established, but deeply proprietary. But at this point, we don't need transcription, just more translation. :-) So please forward this mail to any relevant lists and help us get more TimedText translations. We can then import them into any of the large distribution channels. -- Erik M?ller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- KIZU Naoko / ???? member of Wikimedians in Kansai ?/ ????????????? http://kansai.wikimedia.jp ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list Translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l End of Translators-l Digest, Vol 62, Issue 2 ********************************************

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikipedia videos being released this week
by KIZU Naoko 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Hi, translators have you seen these video yet? If then, go to YouTube first then read the below :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikipedia videos being released this week To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> All three videos released to-date already have English language transcriptions: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Edit_Button.ogv.en… http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Nice_People_MEDIUM… http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Nam… Translation is straightforward without the use of any external tools -- just replace "en" with the language of your choice, copy in the English transcription, and start translating. For transcription, a very open web-based effort, as Michael points out, is http://universalsubtitles.org/ -- dotsub.com is user-friendly and well-established, but deeply proprietary. But at this point, we don't need transcription, just more translation. :-) So please forward this mail to any relevant lists and help us get more TimedText translations. We can then import them into any of the large distribution channels. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp

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Fwd: WMF Board meetings, minutes and motions
by Samuel J Klein 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

This ended up being a bit long. In the future, I'd like to make a 2-paragraph version of these specially for translation. At any rate, while we currently hold meetings in English, I hope we can work out a way to have summaries of Board meetings and resolutions translated on regular basis. SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Samuel J Klein <sj(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:45 AM Subject: WMF Board meetings, minutes and motions To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, This is a quick update on recent and pending Board work. I intend to send these out on a regular basis, including the work of Board committees. == Summer meetings == In July, the Board held its summer meeting in Gdańsk before Wikimania. We discussed internal Board committees, movement roles, and the last stage of the strategic plan. We agreed to try out a revised meeting schedule this year, with additional IRC meetings and just three in-person meetings, as well as a possible retreat (this would be the first one in four years -- we would finally need to disambiguate [[m:Board retreat]] ). We said goodbye and a hearty thank you to Michael Snow, and welcomed our new chapters-selected trustee, Phoebe Ayers. New officers were elected. And the Trustees spent more time enjoying Wikimania than has happened in recent memory - less overbooking, more time participating in sessions.... a welcome change. On August 31, we held the first IRC meeting of the fiscal year, to review and discuss broad targets for the strategic plan. Minutes of that meeting will be posted shortly. At the same time, we also approved the formation of Wikimedia Eesti. Welcome to the Estonian chapter! This chapter has the distinction of having received approval without translating any of their core documents into English. (While I like this, I hope that ee. editors will find time to update the Estonian pages on Meta to reflect the current state of the projects, in the language of their choice...) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Eesti http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_Estonian_Wikipedia You can read the latest minutes and resolutions here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions == Upcoming meetings == The next meeting of the Board will be in San Francisco, October 8-9. The agenda will include a review of the final version of the five-year strategic plan, and the controversial content study facilitated by Robert Harris. Comments and suggestions on this and future meetings are welcome: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Board_meetings Finally, there will be an informal open Wikimedia meeting Saturday, September 11 on IRC, with our two newest Trustees. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#September_2010 On behalf of the Board, Sam -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj

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Open IRC meeting with new Wikimedia Trustees: Saturday, 1600 UTC
by Samuel J Klein 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Open Meetings welcome questions and discussion in all active Wikipedia languages. If you want to attend, and are not comfortable with English, we will find someone who can help translate during the meeting. Please contact me via my talk page on Meta. Sam. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sj (Translators - please translate the above and the subject, and forward it to the appropriate lists!) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Samuel J Klein <sj(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:29 PM Subject: Open IRC meeting with Wikimedia Trustees: Saturday, 1600 UTC To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, In an annual effort to welcome new Board members with an informal chat, the newest Wikimedia Trustees (Phoebe and Bishakha) are taking part in an open meeting on IRC this Saturday. This is a forum to discuss Wikimedia issues and anything else that's on your mind. Where : #wikimedia on irc.freenode.net When : Saturday September 11, 1600-1700 UTC (That's 0900 PST / 1200 EST / 1800 CEST / 2130 IST) All are welcome - please join the meeting with ideas or questions about Wikimedia and the Projects, or simply with good cheer! If you have a topic to add to the agenda, please add it on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#September_2010 We will keep the meeting to an hour, and will cover the agenda before moving to an open discussion. Summary minutes will be published. I hope to see many of you there, Sam -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj

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