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gryllida.fastmail.fmProject idea
[edit]A new Translate tab for articles at Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and other projects.
Interface
[edit]- New Translate tab
- Dictionary — a floating box to query phrases in source language and obtain their translations.
- Translation interface:
- Language to translate to: [INPUT BOX]
- Headline in target language: [INPUT BOX]
- Per-paragraph main translation area with preview for each.
- Preview all button.
There is a start at wmtran. There are several things to do to bring the idea to completion:
- Shape it into a gadget with a Translate tab. It would have to talk to two wikis at once.
- Add ability to load content from a target wiki so the user can save an unfinished translation and can continue at any time by loading two pages in the tool.
- Add option to do large chunk translate (in one block, not per-paragraph).
Project goals
[edit]- Add translation functionality to all contributors. Currently translation process is entirely manual.
- Relief from manual look-up of translations of phrases, such as Earth in English is Земля in Russian: you can check that manually by loading the page and moving mouse over the interwiki, but in practice, you only need the interwiki. Similarly for words at Wiktionary.
Integration
[edit]VisualEditor users can type content easily. Why not also be able to translate?
Mobile users have a big fat 'Read in another language' button, but not a 'Translate' one. They will be happy to use it! 
Get involved
[edit]Welcome, brainstormers! Your feedback on this idea is welcome. Please click the "discussion" link at the top of the page to start the conversation and share your thoughts.
Support
[edit]Add a * and your signature as desired if you'd not like to write a comment. Otherwise just use the talk page at leisure. Thanks!
As already said, this is an existing software project of the WMF Language engineering team. --Nemo 08:54, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Missed this being said before. I expected a WMF team to work on this, and I have left them a comment on their talk page. I appreciate your pointer. Gryllida (talk) 09:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
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