Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Translation Studies - 2019/2020 Semester Two

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University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

About the event[edit]

An introduction to Wikipedia

Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? Particularly in different language Wikipedias? Commencing in January 2020 and concluding on Thursday 7 May 2020, the University's Information Services team will run a Wikipedia translate-a-thon.

We will provide training on how to edit and participate in an open knowledge community. Participants will be supported to translate articles.

(Video) Introduction to the Content Translation tool (1 minute).

We Can Edit

How do I prepare?[edit]

Further reading[edit]

The main policies and guidelines can be found at the following pages:

Programme[edit]

Trainers[edit]

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Class List[edit]

Please put your Wikipedia username in the space below:

Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence)

The assignment[edit]

15 steps to translation success[edit]

  1. The first step is to Create an account.
  2. In the first session we will introduce you to Wikipedia, how to format a page and provide advice on articles to select for your assignment.
  3. If not already done so the Content Translation tool must be enabled. This can be done in the Beta menu (top right corner of your screen). Once in the Beta menu, make sure the Content Translation option is ticked and then click Save (bottom left corner of your screen).
  4. Now you need to select an article or articles to translate. The tools below (categories, portals, Gapfinder, Not in the other language) will help you decide. Importantly, it should be a high quality article (check the references being used) of suitable importance & subject matter.
  5. Select your chosen article(s) by 5pm on Monday 3rd February 2020. The article you select must be approved by BOTH your course tutor AND Ewan McAndrew (email: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk) before you begin. Once you have approval from both then email the approved article title along with the languages being translated from and to ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
  6. The assignment must be in excess of 1500 words this semester (& by that we include only the main prose text - not the notes, references & bibliography etc. at the end of the article). Copy the main prose text from the source article onto a new Microsoft Word document. Add the Word count at the end of the article (e.g. Word count = 1554 words). Save the Word document as YOUR NAME - Source Article - Source Article Title and make sure you have recorded the word count at the bottom of this new document.
  7. Go to the Content Translation tool in the Contributions menu.
  8. Click Start a new translation.
  9. Input the languages you are translating from and to.
  10. Input the source article title.
  11. Click Start translation.
  12. The article will then be translated by you paragraph by paragraph. Check and double-check the paragraphs being translated that they make sense in the target language and that the formatting copies across correctly. Important: Save your work as you go by copying completed paragraphs into a second Word document entitled: 'YOUR NAME - New translated article - New article title'.
  13. Consult the Content Translation Guide, FAQ and screencast to help you with any issues.
  14. Aim to publish on the target language Wikipedia by no later than 5pm on Thursday 7th May 2020 so that the project is finally concluded on Friday 8th May 2020. Once you are satisfied with your translation email ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk to advise this and then click Publish translation to complete your translation. Make sure the newly published article has enough categories and links to other pages (and that other pages link to it). If your article was not over 1500 words (this word count has to be recorded at the bottom of your 2nd Word document for the new translated article you have just created) then you will need to repeat this process with a second article.
  15. If your newly translated article(s) are now in excess of 1500 words, congratulations you have created your first page(s) and the assignment. Copy the text of the source article (with word count) to an MS Word document. Copy the text of the new translated article (with word count) to another MS Word document. Upload both to Learn by 4pm on Thursday 23rd April 2020.

One final step[edit]

Finally, Wikipedia articles each have a sidebar listing its counterparts in other languages, so the last thing you should do is to make sure this includes links to and from the new translated material. A guide on this can be found at Help:Interlanguage links.

Choosing an article[edit]

  1. The word limit is 1500 words but please make sure the chosen article is sufficiently challenging. The article in question will need to be run past both your portfolio tutor and myself to avoid issues where the original source articles do not have enough citations or references so consequently the target article did not either.
  2. Please aim to select an article from the Featured Articles quality criteria (the highest quality standard on Wikipedia) or the Good Article quality criteria (the 2nd highest). There is a wider pool to choose from on English Wikipedia because it is the largest Wikipedia but you’ll notice that if you click on the Featured article link, there are links on the left hand side of pages to the ‘Featured Articles’ page in each of the other language Wikipedias. You will find the same if you click on the ‘Good Article’ links. There will be a lot less featured and good articles in other language Wikipedias but as long as the article has achieved good article status or featured article status, regardless of the language then it should be of the required standard to translate for our purposes. Therefore please take extra time to choose your source article(s) so that they are the right length, right level of linguistic challenge and have enough citations so that they will have no such problems in the target Wikipedia.
  3. You can view Pages needing translation into English and do category searches for articles in a subject you are interested in e.g. Category:Articles needing translation from foreign-language Wikipedias. You can also view the Portal directory to search portals in the same way.
  4. Tool: Gapfinder - This tool has been developed to help editors find missing content in any language for which there is a Wikipedia edition. GapFinder helps you discover articles that exist in one language but are missing in another. Start by selecting a source language and a target language. GapFinder will find trending articles in the source that are missing in the target. If you are interested in a particular topic area, provide a seed article in the source language, and GapFinder will find related articles missing in the target. Click on a card to take a closer look at a missing article to see if you would like to create it from scratch or translate it.
  5. Tool: "Not in the other language" - This tool looks for Wikidata items that have a page in one language but not in the other (using Wikipedia categories to filter the results).
  6. Check the word count of the source article. You can use this tool Search tool to look up the article & its word count but this includes references in its count so is not accurate enough for our purposes. Hence you should copy the article's main text (not including notes, references, bibliographies etc.) into a Word document so you can get a more accurate indication of the main body of the article's wordcount.

Assignment details[edit]

Articles to be settled on by 5pm on Thursday 13th February 2020.

Class list
# Wiki Username Chosen article(s) Language translating from Language Translating to Newly translated article Peer feedback received (Y/N)
1. Example entry
Stinglehammer 		Barack Obama English Arabic باراك أوباما n/a
2. Strauszl
3. Danling Wang Last voyage of the Karluk English Chinese 卡鲁克号最后的旅程 Yes
4. Tjhan3 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service English Chinese 澳军麦克唐纳-道格拉斯 F/A-18大黄蜂战机 Yes
5. Yaqing YANG The Monster (novella) English Chinese 《怪物》（中篇小说） Yes
6. Jzhou9777 2018年上海浦北路持刀杀人案 Chinese English A Knife Murder on Pubei Road in Shanghai in 2018 Yes
7. Summer_Li97 周永勤 Chinese English Zhou Yongqin Yes
8. S1913805 History of Edinburgh Zoo English Chinese 爱丁堡动物园历史 Yes
9. April in 12 months 春社 Chinese English Chunshe (Spring Community Day) Yes
10. Xiaoting Lu Destruction of ivory English Chinese 象牙销毁 Yes
11. JacquelineeeXYP East Coker (poem) English Chinese 东库克_(诗歌) Yes
12. FrankHearsum
13. Laanzani Schischyphusch oder Der Kellner meines Onkels German English Schischyphusch oder Der Kellner meines Onkels To be confirmed
14. Alain1939 寻找手艺 Chinese English Exploring the Art of Chinese Handicraft Yes
15 ZeynepElife Dunnottar Castle English Turkish Dunnottar Kalesi Yes
16 Safiyeguveli Dunnottar Castle English Turkish Dunnottar Kalesi Yes
17 Nathnov
18 E.grinderslev
19 Lcharli Castle Park, Bristol English Chinese 城堡公园_(布里斯托) Yes
20 AZMzhang Education in early modern Scotland English Chinese 近代早期苏格兰教育 Yes
21 ROYTOYJY Black swan emblems and popular culture English Chinese 黑天鹅标志与流行文化 Yes
22 CharlotteZhao
23 Liesmith42
  1. The Lady's Realm
  2. The Witch's Tales
 English Chinese
  1. 女士之境
  2. 巫师巫事
 Yes
24 Jessamineforever21 青岛观象台 Chinese English Qingdao Observatory Yes
25 S1933373TL 佐渡岛 Chinese English Sado Island Yes
26 Yuzai214 History of Mars observation English Chinese 火星观测历史 Yes
27 Kahdahki Olafur Eliasson English Chinese 奥拉维尔·埃利亚松 Yes
28 XIAOTONG MA Beaune Altarpiece English Chinese 博纳祭坛 Yes
29 Ruiqi Zhou
30 Zxyada American Cream Draft English Chinese 美国奶油马 Yes
31 Mariav.velsan Brothers Poem English Spanish Poema de los Hermanos Yes
32 Lauren Harper Pitfour estate English French Domaine de Pitfour Yes
33 Serenayyr1117 The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished English Chinese 战斗：为战败者求情的女人 Yes
34 Wangna2019 中国国际救援队 Chinese English China International Search and Rescue Team Yes
35 Nkwyhmt Problem of religious language English Chinese 宗教语言问题 Yes
36 Mimoria
37 Wellhood 万能青年旅店_(专辑) Chinese English Omnipotent Youth Society (album) Yes
38 Zhang Danke A Confederacy of Dunces English Chinese 愚人联盟 Yes
39 WEIYI WANG Galaxy Science Fiction English Chinese 银河系科幻小说 Yes
40 Jiaying Xu Sesame Street English Chinese 芝麻街 Yes
41 LYJ58 中国国际救援队 Chinese English China International Search and Rescue Team Yes
42 l.blythe Pintura barroca de España Spanish English Spanish Baroque Painting Yes
43 Ebenwilliams
44 Mengnirebecca Surface weather observation English Chinese 地表天气观测 Yes
45 Jmch109
46 Livael Drapé_(légende) French English Drapé (legend) Yes
47 Teshigahara
48 IreneLin0317 Battle of Calais English Chinese 加莱战役 Yes
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Content Translation[edit]

Screencast video tutorial to using the Content Translation tool

Helpful links[edit]

Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.

  • Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
  • If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

Sources[edit]

Suggested sources:[edit]

General[edit]
  • DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.
News sources[edit]
Theses databases[edit]

Outcomes - New pages created[edit]

Resources[edit]

Join us for the event!
  • Wikipedia - Working with Images
    Wikipedia - Working with Images
  • Wikipedia - Writing about people
    Wikipedia - Writing about people
  • Wikipedia - Writing about Places
    Wikipedia - Writing about Places
  • Wikipedia - Making Connections
    Wikipedia - Making Connections
  • Editing Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
    Editing Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
  • Illustrating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
    Illustrating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
  • Theories: Wikipedia and the production of knowledge
    Theories: Wikipedia and the production of knowledge
  • Evaluating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)
    Evaluating Wikipedia brochure (Wiki Education Foundation)

Video guides to editing Wikipedia[edit]

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing[edit]

One page handouts[edit]

  • Using talk pages
    Using talk pages
  • Choosing an article
    Choosing an article
  • Citing your sources
    Citing your sources
  • Avoiding plagiarism
    Avoiding plagiarism
  • Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
    Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox
  • Polishing your articles
    Polishing your articles

External links[edit]

Participants - Sign Up Here![edit]

Prior to the event:

  1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
  2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
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