Translating the Most used MediaWiki messages: Success stories and improvements

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/5.5940

Keywords:

Arctic Knot Conference 2021, Mediawiki, Translating

Abstract

One of the conditions to create the first Wikimedia wiki in a new language is 100% translation of the "Most important" MediaWiki messages (also known as "Most used"). Some language communities struggle to complete this condition, but some succeed. This presentation will show: 

  • Why is this translation important in the first place.
  • Recent completions of the Most important messages the Dagbani, Tyap, and some other languages: What different things did the translators do to achieve this.
  • What has been done recently to make completing this task easier for everyone.
  • What big new things can and should be done in the future to make it even more convenient and relevant.

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Published

2021-10-19

How to Cite

Shahadu, S., Aharoni, A. E., Akau, K., & Bobai, Z. (2021). Translating the Most used MediaWiki messages: Success stories and improvements . Septentrio Conference Series, (3). https://doi.org/10.7557/5.5940

Issue

No. 3 (2021): Arctic Knot Conference 2021

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Webinars

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Copyright (c) 2021 Sadik Shahadu, Amir E. Aharoni, Kambai Akau, Zwandien Bobai

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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