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Aug 29, 2008

Collaborative Translation Wiki via Google Sites

Google Trends: Wiki, Blog, Translation
http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki,%20blog,%20translation&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Although it is not pointed out as such, Google Sites well adapts itself for use as a free Collaborative Translation Wiki with all the Web 2.0... See more
Collaborative Translation Wiki via Google Sites

Google Trends: Wiki, Blog, Translation
http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki,%20blog,%20translation&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Although it is not pointed out as such, Google Sites well adapts itself for use as a free Collaborative Translation Wiki with all the Web 2.0 functions needed.

http://collaborative-translation.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2237585:Topic:341

Wiki Tools http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/wiki.html
Wiki Toolbox http://mashable.com/2007/07/16/wiki-toolbox/




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Value-Add Business Opportunity: Linguistic Consulting using Wikis Sep 8, 2008

Henry D was asking for case examples of Collaborative Translation in the thread:

Paper on "Collaborative Translation" by Renato Beninato and Donald DePalma
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Henry D was asking for case examples of Collaborative Translation in the thread:

Paper on "Collaborative Translation" by Renato Beninato and Donald DePalma
http://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom:_translator_coop/111509-paper_on_collaborative_translation_by_renato_beninato_and_donald_depalma.html

As Collaborative Translation is centered around the use of wikis, I ran across a
consulting offer outside of the translation industry, but it points to wiki applications
overlapping business processes and translation processes:

http://www.kontextwork.de/en/wiki-fuer-unternehmen/

... see corporate glossary etc.

The German language website offers more details...

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Check the free public e-learning sessions for Wikis Sep 9, 2008

From WizIQ, the most popular and free online training classroom:

http://www.wiziq.com/public/

This free one for Wikis is coming up:
... See more
From WizIQ, the most popular and free online training classroom:

http://www.wiziq.com/public/

This free one for Wikis is coming up:

http://www.wiziq.com/public/session.aspx?detail=26231_Web-2-0-Technologies-for-Teaching-and-Learning-Using-Wiki_teacher_Ludmila_Smirnova ▲ Collapse
 
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Wiki-Translation Nov 3, 2008

Welcome to wiki-translation, a community dedicated to discussing the impact of the wiki phenomenon on the world of translation. This is a place where people interested in translation using a massively collaborative wiki paradigm can exchange best practices and tools, and discuss how to improve them.

http://wiki-translation.com/tiki-index.php

YouTube: Wikis in Plain Eng... See more
Welcome to wiki-translation, a community dedicated to discussing the impact of the wiki phenomenon on the world of translation. This is a place where people interested in translation using a massively collaborative wiki paradigm can exchange best practices and tools, and discuss how to improve them.

http://wiki-translation.com/tiki-index.php

YouTube: Wikis in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

This video was made because wiki web sites are easy to use, but hard to describe.

Please note, why a Web 2.0 Wiki has more advantages as compared to mere Web 1.0 e-Mail use in the case of group collaboration, and especially why the Web 2.0 Wiki approach supersedes a hierarchical or a traditional Gutenberg/Tayloristic processing structure.

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