Hello, steemians from every part of the world. I'm Travis, one of the current @steemalliance WG. Today I want to ask a favor from the community and it's important because I'm doing this for the whole Steem community.
One of the main principles Steem Alliance chases is that the foundation is built not only for the community but also by the community as a whole. What the current WG expects is active participation from all of you and we believe the more community participates to build this foundation, the better we can drive this to its true value.
English is spoken by the majority of this whole community. Of course, it is. It's the world common language and is spoken everywhere. So, does that mean we are going to exclude non-english communities of this ecosystem to participate in this foundation thing? Of course, NOT.
To contribute to this essential principle, I created a new account @stall-transl. This account will only be used to resteem translations of the official announcements from @steemalliance, so that non-English speakers can learn what the current WG is up to at the moment. By gathering these translations in one place, the community will better locate where to look for whenever they need what they need. Problem is, I still haven't gathered any volunteers for translations, yet. So here's what I want.
Wanted
Anyone who has an ability to translate English to another language(s).
What you'll do
You'll be translating most (not all) of the posts on @steemalliance blog and documents the WG publishes. Translate, post on your account, and @stall-transl will resteem it.
It's not going to be too much, I say around 1 post/wk, and for documents, it's fewer. You can see how often we publish at @steemalliance blog.
Paid?
I'm sorry but it's a volunteer role, not paying you! However, though I can definitely show some gratitude with upvotes :)
How many wanted
I say a maximum of 3-4 steemians for each language.
This is because 1) as I said above, I cannot pay you and therefore don't want to stress you with the workload and 2) more people means more proofreaders, and I expect the translations meet some standards by you cross-checking each other's work.
Even if we can't get as many volunteers, the translation will still be done with the consent of the volunteer(s).
How long?
Well, I believe the current WG will last at least for another 2 months or so. After the WG is disbanded, I can't tell for sure where this will go atm. Maybe the future foundation can take this on or else.
However, you can always quit your volunteer no matter what.
How to volunteer?
If you still haven't checked out Steem Alliance Discord server, please do so. You can find me there. I'm Travis#7199, DM me and I'll get back to you. OR you can just leave a comment on this post but is less likely to be answered as quick.
So, by translating our posts and gathering them into a single spot, we can now spread the news to a wider community. But what about hearing their voices back?
I honestly cannot think of the best way to carry this out. This process needs much more resources than just simple translation work, but realistically, with the time and resources I or the current WG has, it's very unpractical to put too much effort on this huge scheme. I've been informing the news about Steem Alliance by translating @steemalliance posts into Korean for some time but making the Korean community have their voice heard to the rest and the WG is a whole different thing.
So, I don't know. I might stop here, just satisfy at the current stage. Or maybe I can build a smarter structure to make this happen with the translators. Please help me with a comment if you have any feedback with this matter :)
Still don't know what Steem Alliance is? You should find it out at @steemitalliance and our Discord server now. It is a community-driven foundation project, which means you can be a part of the decision-making process of how your steemit life will turn out to be in the future. Don't miss out!
Thanks for those supporting our work and volunteering for this role
Travis
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Fantastic. Resteemed to get the word out for potential translators. I would volunteer, but my Spanish as well as my *English is horrible! Very glad to see that the Working Group is working in a spirit of inclusiveness. Good on ya' !
Thanks for your support friend. We'll figure out the best we can do for the community. :)
I believe @soyrosa was interested in doing some translation .. she commented on a post about the subject that @alexvan wrote
Thanks for notifying @shadowspub! I believe I might be able to unlock about 15 languages for this goal. Cheers!
Hey @travisung, I could help with the Dutch translations, but that's such a tiny language and most Dutch people speak English on a relatively high level, so those translations won't have incredible impact on reach.
I can do something else possibly more valuable for you though: there's a Discord for Steemian translators of about 15 languages from the @davinci-witness project who are managing open source translations. I can ask them if they would invite you in and let you request for translators there. There's a wide variety of languages available, including bigger languages like Chinese and Spanish.
It's getting incredibly late here so I should prepare for sleep, but if you're interested in this idea you can find me on soyrosa:#1544 on Discord.
Cheers!
Hi @soyrosa! Thanks for your favor. I sent you a DM at Discord :)
I hope you find someone @travisung Resteeming!
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