Appropedia:Planning a course-based translation project   

This article is a collection of suggestions for how to plan a language course-based translation project wherein Appropedia articles are translated by advanced language students.

Contents 1 First, what defines success? 2 What is nice, but not required 3 Find a volunteer to partner with 4 Structuring the project 5 Creating a category for your students 6 Get familiar with resources 7 Get familiar with wiki features 8 Get the students ready 8.1 Discuss sustainability 8.2 Discuss collaboration 9 Get them familiar with Appropedia

[edit] First, what defines success?

• a usable translation
• information connecting the translated article to the original
• creating a sense of accomplishment and enduring ownership in the student

[edit] What is nice, but not required

• Perfect formatting
• Complete categorization
• Links to other relevant wiki articles
• External links

[edit] Find a volunteer to partner with

Look over the list of volunteers that are available to support course-based translation projects. Contact one or more to find one with compatible availability.

[edit] Structuring the project

There many possible approaches that can work

• Individual work
• Teams
• Partners
  • Typically partners each author their own translations, and each reviews and revises the others' translations

[edit] Creating a category for your students

(Did Nell do this?)

[edit] Get familiar with resources

• Technical phrase language translations
• Using OpenOffice to convert Word to wiki-text
• The Student guide

[edit] Get familiar with wiki features

• History helps see who can edit
• Article "talk" pages
• User talk pages
• Page view counts

[edit] Get the students ready

[edit] Discuss sustainability

[edit] Discuss collaboration

[edit] Get them familiar with Appropedia

• Launch day