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Date: 2017-10-09 13:30 GMT+01:00
Subject: [African Wikimedians] Invitation to Wikipedia Translation
Hackathon Wed. Oct 11, 2-4pm at LaGuardia CC
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Special invitation to Wikipedia Beta Translation Hackathon -
Translate-a-thon, from Professor Ximena Guallardo, Wikimedia NYC
Hello everyone--
Boldly assuming you are fluent in at least one other language besides
English, I would like to extend a personal invitation to you all to attend
our *"beta" Wikipedia translatathon on* *Wednesday, October 11, starting at
2PM and going on until 4PM in E-106 at CUNY LaGuardia CC, 31-10 Thomson
Ave, Long Island City,*
As you may know, there are 299 language editions of Wikipedia, but the
number of articles for each varies enormously, from more than 5 million in
English to just 6 in Choctaw (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_Wikipedias)
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Each time we translate one article from one language encyclopedia to
another, we help readers retrieve information about other cultures and
peoples; we also help them gain information that, for whatever reason, was
not readily available in their own language(s).
In this particular event,professors will translate articles from one
Wikipedia language site to another with the help of Wikipedia's very own
translating programs. You will work on articles of your choosing, but we
will be translating and learning the process together. You don’t need to
have any experience with Wikipedia to participate – we will provide a
training at the beginning of the event with everything you need to get
started.
I hope you can find some time to join us.
Best,
Ximena Gallardo C.
Professor of English
CUNY-LaGuardia CC
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completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never
abandoned. --Octavia Butler.
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I'm interested! Sign me up. <xgallardo(a)lagcc.cuny.edu>
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