Breaking Language Barriers: Crowdsourced Translations for Academics
Anna Murphy
Kelly Fang
Ege Kabasakaloglu
Carolina Moura
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Motivation
“There is a plethora of research in non-English-language papers that gets lost in translation, or is never translated, creating a gap in the global community’s scientific knowledge. As the amount of scientific research grows, so does the gap”
Existing volunteer translation efforts face problems with collaboration and recruiting volunteers for larger projects
We want to democratize access to online educational content for non-English speakers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Our solution
Crowdsourced translations for educational and research materials
Genius-style annotation interface for easy collaboration
Rank accuracy of translations by upvoting, export compiled translations
“The Great Gatsby” annotations in Genius
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Measuring Impact
The number of total translations measures user engagement
The number of unique translated languages measures reach