I think organized translations only make sense if there are significant
amounts of speakers/attendees with a certain language background that do
not speak sufficient English. When you organize Wikimania in an
English-speaking country, I don't think it would be very efficient to
organize translations centrally (on a case by case basis you could ask a
volunteer to help out a speaker), in Argentina and Egypt this was of course
different (resp. for Spanish and Arab), and in Taiwan it might have helped
to have Chinese translators.
So, I guess it could depend on the local situation and what attendees you
expect. Edward, how many people do you currently expect from which
countries? (rough estimate)?
Lodewijk
Lodewijk
2014-04-04 18:43 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia <ed(a)wikimanialondon.org>rg>:
As currently stands, our budget can't cover this.
If someone can figure
out a way of doing it for cheap or free, we may be able to?
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On 4 April 2014 17:36, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Simultranslation can be a lot of fun.
We looked into simultranslators a number of years; Buenos Aires had a
complete solution with headsets for attendees. Sometimes we've had a
translator sit next to a presenter. This should be a standard option
for organizers to consider any year.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:42 PM, rupert THURNER
<rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Would there be any possibility ro have simultaneous translation at the
glam
podium discussion? The person whom we asked from
the swiss national
library
refused to take part as his English would not be
up to a level allowing
him
to sufficiently contribute. This would be German
- English.
Best regards,
Rupert
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