translatewiki.net
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Original author(s) | Niklas Laxström |
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Developer(s) | Niklas Laxström, Siebrand Mazeland |
Initial release | July 2006 (alpha: 2005) |
Stable release | Continuous development
/ Monthly MLEB release |
Engine |
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Operating system | Cross-platform |
Available in | 300 languages |
Type | Computer-assisted translation |
License | GPL; free service |
Website | translatewiki.net; documentation |
translatewiki.net is a web-based translation platform,[1] powered by the Translate extension for MediaWiki, which makes MediaWiki a powerful tool for translating all kinds of text.
It is currently the 22nd largest wiki in the world by number of pages,[2] having about 14,000 translators[3] for over 120,000 pages from over 30 projects[4] including MediaWiki, OpenStreetMap, Mifos, Encyclopedia of Life and MantisBT.
Features
The main characteristic of translatewiki.net and its engine, the Translate extension, is it being a wiki, so contribution is made easy to any web user, with a low or no barrier to entry.[5] Quality is pursued by letting translators focus on what they're best at — translation — freeing them from all the other burdens.
Translations are immediately available to the translator and is smoothly synchronised between a revision control system and translatable wiki pages[6] without translator intervention. In the best case, MediaWiki on Wikimedia Foundation projects, new localisations reach live sites within a day (sometimes called "continuous translation"[7] or "continuous localization").
The translation editor provides various features for machine-assisted translation, such as
- message documentation, also known as "context",
- suggestions from a text corpus and machine translation,
- checking translations for common syntax mistakes,
- translation status of messages.[8]
translatewiki.net is also a Semantic MediaWiki, part of the semantic web.[9][9][10]
History
translatewiki.net was made available by Niklas Laxström[11] as localisation platform for all languages of MediaWiki around June 2006, when it was named Betawiki.[12]
Besides translation, it was developed with the characteristics of an integrated development environment for MediaWiki (Nukawiki in 2005[5]), with a focus on improvement of internationalisation features.[13]
At the end of 2007 Siebrand Mazeland joined the management of the website, which was moved to the current domain translatewiki
In April 2008, it already supported over 100 languages for MediaWiki and 200 of its extensions, "making it one of the most translated software projects ever", as well as FreeCol. Since then, while being an independent volunteer project,[14][15] it has been recognised as a major player in the global success of MediaWiki and the Wikimedia projects powered by it, like Wikipedia, in over 280 languages.[16]
In 2009 it was improved by a Google Summer of Code project by Niklas Laxström.[17] In 2011 proofreading features were introduced.[18] In 2012, its translation memory engine expanded to all Wikimedia projects using Translate.[19]
In 2013, the Translate platform underwent a major revamp through the "Translate User eXperience" project, or "TUX", including "changes in navigation, editor look and feel, translation area, filters, search, and color & style".[8]
Supported formats
Some of the natively supported formats follow. More can be added with some customisation.[20]
- MediaWiki interface and pages
- GNU Gettext
- Java properties
- Android string resources
- INI
- Dtd
- PHP files
- JavaScript
- Json
- PythonSingle
- RubyYaml
- Yaml
- Xliff (partial, beta)
- AMD i18n bundle
Notable uses
- MediaWiki and MediaWiki extensions
- Wikia
- FreeCol
- OpenStreetMap
- Encyclopedia of Life
- MantisBT
- FUDforum
- Wikimedia Mobile Apps
- pywikibot
- Etherpad
- Kiwix
- Gentoo Linux documentation[21][22]
- KDE documentation[23][24]
- Kiwix website
- Joomla documentation[25]
- Pandora documentation
- Simple Machines Forum documentation[26]
References
- ^ Reina, Laura Arjona; Robles, Gregorio; González-Barahona, Jesús M. (n.d.). A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed - Spreadsheet. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 153–167. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11. ISBN 978-3-642-38927-6. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "mutante's WikiStats - List of largest wikis". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Statistics, 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Live localisation statistics, example language Finnish". translatewiki.net. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b Laxström, Niklas (22 April 2011). "translatewiki.net celebrates – so do I". Retrieved 2 August 2014., post for 6th birthday.
- ^ "Translatewiki.net Community". mifos.openmf.org. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
The switch to Translatewiki.net provides us with a stable and actively maintained translation infrastructure smoothly syncing with our Git repository
- ^ Whittaker, James A.; Arbon, Jason; Carollo, Jeff (21 March 2012). How Google Tests Software. Addison-Wesley. p. 212. ISBN 9780132851558. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Redesigning the Translation experience: An overview". Wikimedia Foundation blog. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2014.[unreliable source?]
- ^ a b Stadler, Claus; Lehmann, Jens; Höffner, Konrad; Auer, Sören (2012). "LinkedGeoData: A core for a web of spatial open data". Semantic Web. 3 (4). IOS Press. doi:10.3233/SW-2011-0052. ISSN 1570-0844.
- ^ Bry, Francois; Schaffert, Sebastian; Vrandecic, Denny; Weiand, Klara (2012). "Semantic Wikis: Approaches, Applications, and Perspectives". Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 7487: 329–369. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33158-9_9. ISBN 978-3-642-33157-2. ISSN 0302-9743.
Semantic wikis could be used to contribute to the semi-automatisation of the translation process by making explicit the multi-lingual correspondences between texts.
- ^ "Niklas Laxström, language engineer and Wikimedian". blog.wikimedia.org. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Laxström, Niklas (12 June 2006). "Etusivu — Betawiki". Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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- ^ Gómez Fontanills, David; Mörth, Karlheinz (2012). "Panorama of the wikimediasphere". Digithum (14). University of Cataluna. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Moeller, Erik (18 April 2008). "Free Culture Spotlight: Interview with BetaWiki founder Niklas Laxström". blog.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 1 November 2014.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Laxström, Niklas (1 September 2009). "GSoC wrap-up – Translate extension". Retrieved 3 August 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ Laxström, Niklas (29 December 2011). "Putting that another pair of eyes into good us". Retrieved 3 August 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ Laxström, Niklas (7 September 2012). "Efficient translation: Translation memory enabled on all Wikimedia wikis". Retrieved 3 August 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "File format support". mediawiki.org. Retrieved 1 November 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Wiki: Updated stats, translations, project pages". a3li.li. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "2013 Gentoo Foundation Inc. Secretary's Report". gentoo.org. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "KDE UserBase proudly presents another cool feature of the Translate extension developed by the fantastic Niklas Nikerabbit Laxström". Pipesmoker's Blog. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ Malchow, Ingo (30 December 2012). "4 years in 6 minutes". Retrieved 3 August 2014.
The explosion in around mid 2010 happened when we introduced the awesome translate extension for mediawiki.
- ^ Localising Joomla! Documentation, by Tom Hutchison, 24 February 2014.
- ^ Translation Portal, wiki.simplemachines.org.
External links
- Official website
- MediaWiki Translate extension page and documentation
- MediaWiki translatewiki.net
- Translatewiki.net at Open Hub