New subject: Help us translate a global community survey for Wikimedia

27 Nov 2016

Hi,

I would like to help with Ukrainian.

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2016-12-06 19:49 GMT+02:00 Edward Galvez <egalvez@wikimedia.org
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    Hi all,

    We need more help with the global community survey. Please
    reach out to me if you'd like to help and what language. Here
    is our progress so far.

    A *_huge_* thank you to volunteer who has been helping a lot
    with Arabic -- cannot thank you enough!! =)

    -Edward

    Arabic

    84.14%

    French

    50.93%

    German

    36.82%

    Italian

    14.78%

    Japanese

    2.11%

    Polish

    18.15%

    Portuguese

    0.00%

    Russian

    0.00%

    Simplified Chinese

    2.01%

    Spanish

    2.46%

    Dutch

    1.81%

    Farsi

    0.00%

    Hebrew

    0.00%

    Korean

    0.00%

    Swedish

    0.00%

    Turkish

    0.00%

    Ukranian

    0.00%

    On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Edward Galvez
    <egalvez@wikimedia.org
    <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','egalvez@wikimedia.org');>> wrote:

        Hi all,

        Just a reminder that if you can help out with translating
        this survey, please email me directly. Thank you to the 3
        translators who have volunteered so far -- you all
        seriously rock.

        I will also be scheduling a translation sprint with WMF
        staff & volunteers on:

        * Monday December 5th from 7pm to 8:30pm GMT
        * Tuesday December 6th from 4pm to 5:30pm GMT

         You would get to join staff via a google hangout and work
        together on translations. Let me know if you'd like to join :)

        Thanks!
        Edward

        On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Edward Galvez
        <egalvez@wikimedia.org
        <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','egalvez@wikimedia.org');>>
        wrote:

            Dear Translators,

            My name is Edward Galvez and I work at the Wikimedia
            Foundation, supporting surveys for the movement. The
            Foundation will be running a rather large survey in
            early January called Community Engagement Insights. In
            order for it to be easily accessible to as many
            editors as possible in the entire Wikimedia movement
            we need help to translate the survey into as many
            languages as we can.

            The purpose of the survey is to know how well we are
            supporting the work of Wikimedians and how we can
            change or improve things in the future. The opinions
            that are shared through the survey will directly
            affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia
            Foundation. You can find more information about the
            survey on meta.[1]

            We need some help translating the survey from English
            into the following 10 key languages: Arabic, French,
            German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese,
            Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Russian. Translations
            in additional languages as also welcome, as long as
            the survey can be fully translated in those languages.

            We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the
            translations. This is a logistical decision, as moving
            translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics (the platform
            of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.

            I know that it is customary to perform outreach
            through the community on Meta when it comes to
            translations, however, given the size and possible
            impact of the survey, I am trying to minimize
            pre-exposure of the questions to avoid survey bias.
            For that reason, I’m directly reaching out to WMF
            staff, affiliates and highly trusted community members
            like you instead.

            Keep in mind that you don’t have to carry all the
            burden of the translation alone should you decide to
            help; this can be spread among several translators
            working together on the same language. We may also
            hold online sessions where groups can translate
            together (I will be helping to translate in Spanish
            and Portuguese). If you’re willing to assist, I would
            kindly ask for your help in obtaining the best data we
            can by not sharing with other users any of the
            questions on the survey, unless with another trusted
            community member willing to co-translate with you.

            If you are interested in helping and have some free
            time over the next two weeks, please respond to me
            directly to let me know which language you can help
            translate and I will follow up with more information. 
            Our deadline for the translations to be completed is
            December 9th.

            I look forward to hearing from you!

            Thank you everyone!
            Edward

            [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/About_CE_Insights
            <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/About_CE_Insights>

            --
            Edward Galvez
            Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and
            Affiliations Committee Liaison
            Learning & Evaluation
            Community Engagement
            Wikimedia Foundation

        -- 
        Edward Galvez
        Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and
        Affiliations Committee Liaison
        Learning & Evaluation
        Community Engagement
        Wikimedia Foundation

    -- 
    Edward Galvez
    Evaluation Strategist (Survey Specialist), and
    Affiliations Committee Liaison
    Learning & Evaluation
    Community Engagement
    Wikimedia Foundation

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