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| Week |
Process |
Time |
Challenges
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| Week 1 |
- created user page on Wikipedia
- introduction on how to work on Wikipedia as editor
- started and finished translation Section 2 of Brief an meinen Richter (English: Act of Passion)
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120 min
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- find some reliable dictionaries and references to look up unfamiliar words
- how to incorporate text on user page (and adding a proper structure with paragraphs)
- how to copy and insert references from German articles
- different tools for text editing (bold, italic, big, ...)
- translation often too close to German, leading to unnatural sentence structure
- generic errors (unfitting word translations and punctuation)
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| Week 2 |
- further reading/practice on Wikipedia tools (especially tags and labels for one's profile page and articles)
- proofread translation Section 2 of Brief an meinen Richter (English: Act of Passion)
- started and finished translation Section 5 of Brief an meinen Richter (English: Act of Passion)
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100 min
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- word translations for technical terms (e.g. harte Romane -> hard novels or romans durs?)
- how to create talk pages; also how to use talk pages in order to communicate
- generic errors (word translations and punctuation)
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| Week 3 |
|
210 min
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- how to create a page for article in process (which is linked to one's user page)
- how to work with Wikimedia in order to incorporate pictures in article
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| Week 4 |
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110 min
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- how to change sentence structure to more natural/native-like structures, better understanding of the content and more coherent text
- how to convey the main statements with altered sentence structures and omit insignificant information
- how to incorporate foreign-language terms
- linking other Wikipedia articles for key terms
- generic errors (punctuation)
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| Week 5 |
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115 min
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- different tools for image editing (Wikimedia Commons)
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| Week 6 |
|
90 min
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- generic errors (punctuation)
- formatting errors while publishing translation (especially tags for references section)
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| Week 7 |
|
105 min
|
- different tools for info boxes (layouts, templates, ...)
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| Week 8 |
|
80 min
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- generic errors (grammar, punctuation)
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| Week 9 |
|
65 min
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- different tools for proper structure in article
- linking other Wikipedia articles for key terms
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| Week 10 |
|
75 min
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- agreement on continuous use of same translations for concepts or technical terms (especially during group works)
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| Week 11 |
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60 min
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- paraphrasing German terms which do not have proper English translations
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| Week 12 |
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70 min
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- generic errors (unfitting word translations)
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| Week 13 |
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85 min
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- how to avoid copyright/trademark infringement (logos)
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