1. Mª del Mar Sánchez Ramos University of Alcalá (Spain)
How do translation students collaborate?: Crowdsourcing and the translator training curriculum
Mª del Mar Sánchez Ramos
University of Alcalá (Spain)

2. I.- Crowdsourcing
II.- Crowdsourcing in the translation classroom
III.- Didactic materials design
IV.- Conclusions

3. I.-Crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing:
Term coined by J. Howe (2006), ‘The Rise of Crowdsourcing’, Wired magazine
Howe, J. (2008). Crowdsourcing: Why the Power Of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business. New York: Three River Press
‘taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people or community in the form of an open call’ (Howe, 2008)

4. I.-Crowdsourcing
“translation practices involving the Internet crowd are still an emerging phenomenon with even its label yet to be agreed upon” (O´Hagan, 2011: 15-16)
Collaborative translation, community translation, crowdsourcing, user-generated translation, social translation / localisation…

5. I.-Crowdsourcing Open source software localisation:
Translator communities

6. I.-Crowdsourcing
Collaborative platforms (Pootle) to localise open source software (Tuxpaint, Wordpress) into different languages

7. I.-Crowdsourcing
Non profit sector: Translators without Borders, KIVA, Permondo, The Rosetta Foundation

8. II.- Crowdsourcing in the translation classroom
Localisation: 4º course
Degree in Modern Languages and Translation (UAH)
Syllabus
Workload
UNIT 1.- PRINCIPLE ISSUES IN LOCALISATION
3 hours
UNIT 2.- WEBSITE LOCALISATION
9 hours
UNIT 3.- SOFTWARE LOCALISATION
UNIT 4. MOBILE LOCALISATION
UNIT 5.- LOCALISATION STANDARS
UNIT 6.- REVIEW
6 hours

9. Contenido Semana / Sesión 01ª
Unit 1: Principle issues in Localisation: Introduction
02ª
Unit 1: Principle issues in Localisation: Main tools
03ª
Unit 2: Website Localisation: HTML and CSS
04ª
Unit 2: Wesite Localisation: Style sheets
05ª
Unit 2: Website Localisation: Images Localisation
06ª
Unit 3: Software Localisation: Progamming introduction
07ª
Unit 3: Software Localisation: Industrial Localisation tools
08ª
Unit 3: Software Localisation: Open Source software
09ª
Unit 3: Software Localisation: Social Localisation
10ª
Unit 4: Mobile Localisation: Introduction to mobile development
11ª
Unit 4: Mobile Localisation: Building and localising your application (ANDROID)
12ª
Unit 4: Mobile Localisation: Building and localising your application (WINDOWS PHONE)
13ª
Unit 5: Localisation Standards: Introduction
14ª
Unit 5: Localisation Standards: XLIFF tutorial
15ª
Review

10. III.- Didactic materials design
Learning objectives:
To make students aware of new trends in translation and localisation
To boost cooperative and team working skills
To familiarize translation students with main CAT tools and collaborative platforms used in open source software localisation (Virtaal, Pootle) and standards and files (PO, POT, MO)

11. III.- Didactic materials design
General theoretical introduction to open source software localisation
Open Source Software: advantages and disadvantages
Some open source software examples
Gettex system: files and standards (POT, PO, MO)

14. III.- Didactic materials design
Collaborative platforms:
POOTLE:
TRANSIFEX:
POEDIT:

15. III.- Didactic materials design
Hands-on session: Localising PO files
To understand how localisation works in many open source projects
To understand what a PO file is and its main characteristics
To be able to collaborate in the localisation of an open source project in the future

16. III.- Didactic materials design
Hands-on session: An introduction to crowdsourcing and collaborative platforms
To be aware of the most popular crowdsourcing initiatives in localisation/translation (Google in your language, Amazon Mechanical Turk)
To be aware of the most popular translation/localisation collaborative platforms (Launchpad)

17. III.- Didactic materials design
To familiarize students with some non-profit organizations currently working on crowdsourcing and social localisation
Kiva, Translators without Borders
PerMondo:
Seminar to introduce this organization and its social translation initiatives (November 2012)

18. III.- Didactic materials design
The Rosetta Foundation
Reinchard Schäler, February 2013
“Why Localisation is important!”
“Localización social – Globalización para los ciudadanos”

19. IV.- Conclusions
Crowdsourcing as a new trend in translation and localisation: translation students need to be aware of theoretical and practical aspects (technical competence)
Motivation to get involved in different projects
‘Collaboration’ with other subjects to develop collaborative translation and localisation (Audovisual Translation):
Developing technological competences through collaborative translation (Degree of Modern Languages and Translation, University of Alcalá)

20. References
European Commission Studies on Translation and Multilingualism Crowdsourcing Translation.
O´Brien, S. & Schäler, R ‘Next generation Translation and Localization: Users are taking charge’. In Translating and the Computer 32, Nov 2010, Londres, Reino Unido.
O´Hagan, M (ed.) ‘Translation as a Social Activity. Community Translation 2.0’. Linguistica Antverpiensia, 10.
Permondo.
The Rosetta Foundation.

21. Thank you