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Wiki Project Med Foundation The Translation Task Force arm of WikiProject Medicine is a collaborative effort begun in 2011 with the goal of improving healthcare's most important topics, followed by translation into as many other languages as possible (including simple English). The project is a collabortation between WikiProject Medicine, Wikimedia Project Med Foundation, and Translators Without Borders. Wiki Project Med Foundation and Translators Without Borders are both supporting organizations and connected through, Healthcare Information For All by 2015. A complete list of languages in which Wikipedia exists related to the number of speakers of said language can be found at stats Process Our goal is to translate the ~100 most important medical articles into as many languages as possible. Plus we plan to translate summaries of a larger number of less key articles. A flow diagram illustrating the article flow process of the WP:MED journal collaboration and translation project We currently have 33 articles ready to be translated in both full and simplified versions. And we have an addition 45 simplified articles. If you are interested in translating an article please email Enrique Cavalitto enrique at proz dot com. If you are interested in improving articles prior to translation please contact Doc James or simply create a Wikipedia account and start editing. The process involves: Bringing the core topics up to WP:GA or WP:FA status by updating the pages on the English Wikipedia using secondary sources per WP:MEDRS. For simplified version you just need to improve the lead of the article in question. A simplified shortened version is than created based on the lead of the main article Translating either the full or simplified version into as many other languages as possible (carried out by TWB as well as independent Wikipedians) Adding the translated articles to the appropriate language of Wikipedia (carried out by Wikipedians in those languages → currently recruiting) Bringing topics up to GA or FA status All full articles must reach WP:GA or WP:FA status before they are translated. To get the biggest benefit out of the efforts of those doing translation we need the starting text to be excellent. For advice on how to edit medical articles see WP:MEDHOW. And for specific requirements that help with translation see Writing For Translation. Creating simplified version Some smaller languages have little or no content. Often there is also a limited vocabulary for complicated medical terminology and the number of volunteer translators are few. Thus we have created a shortened simplified version of all the articles. These are typically 2-4 paragraphs in length and give just a brief overview of the condition in question. If you use Firefox, this Simple English dictionary will help you improve the simplified articles by marking any words that are not in the Simple English vocabulary as "misspelled". After you install the extra dictionary, right-click in an edit window and change the spell check dictionary (under "Languages") to "English". Translating the articles to as many other languages as possible The translation will take place from the full or simplified English edition of the articles. This will be done in Translators without Borders's translation center, powered by ProZ.com A translation center profile has been created for Wikipedia with James Heilman as contact person. The translation center includes FAQs and user manual Adding articles back into the appropriate language of Wikipedia Ideally this will be taken care of by local Wikipedians. In some languages it has been difficult to recruit and thus is being done by none native speakers. Instructions on how to add articles is here (including the user name and password to access the TWB website. To do We need local Wikipedians to indicate on these tables which articles should and should not be translated We have a list of articles in English that are ready to be translated into other languages here Many English articles are still in need of improvement and there is lots of work available for non medical editors including improving sections on the history of the disease or its social and cultural significance (this can be done based on books found via Google books). People involved If you are interested in this project please add yourself to the list of people involved along with your languages abilities. Reasons to become involved Wikipedia is the most used health care resource on the Internet both by unique visitors and by pageviews. For all those interested in global health this is an opportunity to help bring high quality healthcare information to the world. The effort is primarily concentrating on 80 top importance medical articles of global significance. Currently they are put together as a Wikipedia Book in English at Book:Health Care and in simple English at here. In the month of February 2012 these pages in English received a total of 10.6 million page views.[1] A more in depth breakdown can be found at popular pages of the translation taskforce A comparison of unique visitors for Wikipedia's medical content versus that of other popular health sites. Aug 2012 A comparison of pageviews for Wikipedia's medical content versus that of other healthcare sites. Aug 2012 Press Article in The Guardian (April 11, 2012) Translators fight the fatal effects of the language gap Volunteers translating health messages from English into local languages are providing a vital service for NGOs and freeing up millions of extra dollars to be used for medical aid ....TWB is working on an even more ambitious project with Wikipedia. The aim is to take Wikipedia entries on the most important health topics, turn them into simple English and then translate them into as many languages as possible. The articles will then be accessible for free on mobile phones through new agreements between Wikimedia, which runs Wikipedia, and telecoms operators. A number of Wikipedia articles covering dengue fever, Aids, malaria, cholera and tuberculosis are awaiting translation from TWB's army of volunteers." The Guardian (April 11, 2012) Grant application We have requested funding to help with some aspects of this project. The grant proposal is linked here. Possible sources of grants are here [2]. Requests for support Project summary for TWB In order to post the articles for translation in the translation center, a project must be created, including a name, a summary and a description. The project summary (up to 200 chars) will be included in the notification sent to the volunteers so this is one of your strongest tools to get their attention and potential commitment. The project description should explain in a few paragraphs what is the reason behind the translation project, why the translation will make a difference by helping mitigate damages or risks, by improving education, etc. The project description should also provide information useful for the translators, such as variance of the target language to be used, register, cultural level of the people who will use the translation, etc. This is a draft of the project name, summary and description. Feedback and editing will be welcome: Mentions by the press "Translators fight the fatal effects of the language gap" The Guardian, April 11, 2012 "Book That Plagiarized From Wikipedia Is Pulled From Market", New York Times, June 12, 2012 "Leveraging the Web to Overcome Challenges in the Developing World", EContent Magazine, July 5, 2012 "Translating Health Content Without Borders", Global Voices, August 30, 2012 "UCSF First U.S. Medical School to Offer Credit For Wikipedia Articles", USCF online, September 26, 2013 "Editing Wikipedia Pages for Med School Credit" The New York Times, September 29, 2013 "Should I be getting health information from Wikipedia", The Atlantic, October 1, 2013 "Doctors' #1 Source for Healthcare Information: Wikipedia", The Atlantic, March 5, 2014 Progress In 2013 1.92M words were translated, which is equivalent to a donation of $384,440 from TWB. Translation workforce Project summary (up to 200 chars) The translation of Wikipedia articles on globally significant health care problems has the potential to improve people's lives worldwide. Thank you for joining us. Project description There is a serious need for good medical (and more specifically health care) information in most languages. There is a wealth of information everywhere, but language is a barrier that in many cases prevents people in need from making good use of it. In particular the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., the American non-profit charitable organization operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia. Volunteers have created, primarily in English, many high quality medical articles considered critical in terms of relevance to global health. As part of this project, a simplified version of the articles has been created. For some languages with limited volunteer translated and little content, translating a large number of short articles will be of higher impact than translating a small number of in depth articles. It is believed that this project will have a significant impact on the availability of good health care information worldwide and that this, in turn, is likely to save many lives and to improve the quality of life of many people globally. Previous efforts at translation A previous collaboration with Google in 2010 translated a number of medical articles into Swahili, Spanish, and Arabic.Google Project and Googles Blog Our goal is to build upon this. Templates For giving attribution Template Appearance {{Translation attribution}} Template:Translation attribution User templates Template Appearance {{User WPMedTranslateNew}} Template:User WPMedTranslateNew {{User WPMedTranslate}} Template:User WPMedTranslate Also drop me a note on my talk page if anyone encounters difficulties with the community.