[Foundation-l] English language dominationism is striking again

[Samuel Klein]

Very nice.

I'd like to see such translation tools used to enhance the tags used
to identify an image, so that all internet searches can find images by
those tags.

SJ

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:51 PM, John Doe <phoenixoverride at gmail.com> wrote:
> the basic translation matrix is in place, here is how you say horse in as
> many languages as you can:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%CE%94/Sandbox&oldid=40748125
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM, John Doe <phoenixoverride at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Since I'm a fairly active programmer, I have some code sitting around. If I
>> can get some support on commons with regards to templates (something that
>> gives me nightmares) I could probably get a translation matrix program up
>> and running within 24-48 hours. I would just need to figure out a good
>> method for tracking what needs translated, what has been machine translated
>> and needs review, and what has already been translated.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> >> If we consider
>>> >> that current English native speakers mostly already have internet and
>>> those
>>> >> without internet are likelier than not to be non-English speakers I
>>> would
>>> >> be
>>> >> careful to advocate the unilateral use of English.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > As would I, though I don't think you mean what you said.
>>>
>>> Why not? To me, it means that we're widening the digital divide by
>>> making it so that people who don't have the internet would have little
>>> use for it anyways if it's all written in a language they don't
>>> understand.
>>>
>>> m.
>>>
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