[Wikimedia-l] A proposal towards a multilingual Wikipedia

Samuel Klein meta.sj at gmail.com
Mon Aug 19 21:31:34 UTC 2013


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:57 PM, David Cuenca <dacuetu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Predicted demographics: 95% women from the "global south" :)

(-:

>> I am personally hesitant about automatic translations, and whether we can
>> achieve the coverage (in language pairs) and the quality (of Wikipedia).
>> But that is only my opinion. A hybrid approach, if we can support it and
>> build it, would obviously be the safest bet, as both endeavors are rather
>> risky. I see a lot of possible space for a hybrid system, as you describe
>> it.
>
> +1000

I have a lot of love for this idea in general, and a hybrid approach
to this part; thank you for articulating it so clearly.

>> One advantage of my proposal is that it's cost is rather small. For
>> supporting translation I haven't seen yet a sufficiently sketched proposal
>> that allows to estimate the potential cost and potential benefit.
>
> As with so many things, it will be hard to assess cost/benefits without
> making some effort. A safe bet could be to try with an existing pair or
> develop a pair with an estimated high demand.

Is there a pair where some work has already been done?

SJ



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