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| − | '''Could Someone Please Translate This?: Activity Analysis of Wikipedia Article Translation by Non-Experts''' - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2013, written by Ari Hautasaari. | + | '''Could Someone Please Translate This?: Activity Analysis of Wikipedia Article Translation by Non-Experts''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2013, written by [[Ari Hautasaari]]. |
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| − | Wikipedia translation activities aim to improve the quality of the multilingual Wikipedia through article translation. Authors performed an activity analysis of the translation work done by individual English to Chinese non-expert translators, who translated linguistically complex Wikipedia articles in a laboratory setting. From the analysis, which was based on Activity Theory, and which examined both information search and translation activities, authors derived three translation strategies that were used to inform the design of a support system for human translation activities in Wikipedia. | + | Wikipedia translation activities aim to improve the quality of the [[multilingual]] [[Wikipedia]] through article translation. Authors performed an activity analysis of the translation work done by individual English to Chinese non-expert translators, who translated linguistically complex Wikipedia articles in a laboratory setting. From the analysis, which was based on Activity Theory, and which examined both information search and translation activities, authors derived three translation strategies that were used to inform the design of a support system for human translation activities in Wikipedia. |
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Could Someone Please Translate This?: Activity Analysis of Wikipedia Article Translation by Non-Experts - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2013, written by Ari Hautasaari.
Overview
Wikipedia translation activities aim to improve the quality of the multilingual Wikipedia through article translation. Authors performed an activity analysis of the translation work done by individual English to Chinese non-expert translators, who translated linguistically complex Wikipedia articles in a laboratory setting. From the analysis, which was based on Activity Theory, and which examined both information search and translation activities, authors derived three translation strategies that were used to inform the design of a support system for human translation activities in Wikipedia.
