[Foundation-l] University project on Wikipedia

[Etienne Beaule]

Ça va être bien!  It will be good!  Je vais faire du bénévolat pour ceci.  I
will volunteer.  Étienne (Ebe123)

On 11-10-16 8:21 AM, "Maria Fanucchi" <marialadouce at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Cross-posting this to Translators-l, WikiEN-l and Foundation-l, because
> there is a considerable amount of overlap, as you'll see. Volunteers from
> several Wikipedias may be needed, and the Foundation could eventually be
> involved if the project becomes an annual one. I apologize in advance to
> those subscribed all three lists.]
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> (Note: For those who don't know me, I am [[User:Arria Belli]]. Former admin
> and arbitrator over at fr:wp, and member of the LangCom. I met some of you
> at Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, where I did a presentation called "Translation
> in Wikimedia Projects" ex-aequo with [[User:Britty]].)
> 
> I've just started a master's degree at the ESIT (Ecole supérieure
> d'interprètes et de traducteurs) in Paris, in English/French/Spanish
> translation. It's quite a good school; a large percentage of the
> interpreters and translators working in international organizations are
> graduates of the ESIT.
> 
> My French-to-English translation professor has asked me to set up a project
> for all the students in her class, translating Wikipedia articles. We're a
> small group: there are only about 5 or 6 of us. What we'd be doing is taking
> articles from fr: and translating them to en:. Students are free to choose
> the articles they'll translate.
> 
> Since I'm mostly active over at fr:wp, I will need some help from people on
> en:. Most notably, I think it would be wise to set up a small group of en:wp
> volunteers who could guide the students on a one-on-one basis in case they
> have trouble understanding wiki markup, references, etc. I would be
> coordinating the project, but I don't think I could field all the students'
> questions at once! Any volunteers?
> 
> I want to make this as positive an experience as possible for everyone
> involved: the students, the professor and the institution. If the project is
> successful enough, it might happen again next year or even next semester,
> and become a regular thing.
> 
> As a very important aside: My professor told me that professors in other
> language combinations might also be interested in Wikipedia projects of
> their own. Therefore, there could be an English-to-Russian project, or a
> French-to-Spanish one, or French-to-Korean, etc. I'll let you know as soon
> as I'm told whether this could happen. Even if no other language
> combinations are interested, they might be next year if this one is a
> success.
> 
> Thank you, and happy editing.
> 
> Maria Fanucchi
> [[User:Arria Belli]]
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