In message <20030713191019.GA3465@tavaiah>, Tomasz Wegrzanowski
<taw=Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f(a)public.gmane.org> writes
Just wondering - how much would it cost to hire
translators
that would translate all contents of English Wikipedia to
some 20 or so languages ? Common sense suggests that translating
is much easier than developing anew, yet we keep doing it the hard way.
I'm not saying that translated English Wikipedia should replace
other 'pedias, but these translations could be used as sources
for them.
Any estimates in manhours or cash ?
As an experiment I've just spent half the afternoon translating most of
the English article on Argentina to
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yr_Ariannin --
I can't think of anything more soul-destroying if it was done on a large
scale.
--
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/