Grants:Project/MSIG/Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania/Translation of MCDC Candidates pages into Swahili

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Movement Strategy

Translation of Movement Charter-Drafting Committee-Candidates pages into Swahili

This grants is applied for engaging some of the Tanzanian Wikimedians to translate into Swahili the candidates' pages (candidates' statements specifically) for the candidates who seeks to be on the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.

targetSwahili Translation for the MCDC Candidates statements/pages

start date18th October

start year2021

end date30th November

end year2021

budget (local currency)1,695,250TZS

budget (USD)$736

grant typegroup

grantee• Jadnapac

contact(s)• antonicmtavangugmail.com• pmandele9@gmail.com

website (if applicable)• N/A

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Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Goal

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1. Support to 8 Wikimedians to translate the Movement Charter Drafting Committee candidates' pages into Swahili.

Project Plan

General knowledge on meta page translations will be shared among the translators, then the candidates' pages (candidates' statements specifically) will be distributed amongst the Tanzanian Wikimedians who will help translating these pages. Translation will be done as a team work and later proof reading will be done. Final review and submission will then be followed.

Activities

1. What Wikimedia movement activity will your work support?

   Translating Wikimedia Foundation pages (Movement Charter Drafting Committee -Candidates meta page)

2. If you are translating any materials or doing live translation, in what languages will you support these needs? Who will be responsible for doing the translations?

   Swahili

3. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

   This project is important to Swahili community as through translation the community members will be able to ready and understand on what each candidate is saying towards Movement Charter Drafting Committee election.

Budget

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• Compensation for translation-related work (including preparation, meeting facilitation time, debriefing, live translation time, translation work of documents and material):
• Online tools and services (subscription services for online meeting platforms): 400USD
• Small equipment costs (such as microphones, headsets, webcam, but not larger equipment such as laptops, computers, or tablets): 300USD
• Online calls and communications for knowledge transfer: 36USD

TOTAL:736USD

Completing your application

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• Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
• Contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.