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いつも翻訳ありがとうございます
[edit]お世話になります。VZP10224 です。いつもMetaをはじめとした翻訳に携わっていただき、ありがとうございます。私がMetaの文書を翻訳するときには基本的にユーザーグループ用のアカウントを使用していますので、ユーザーグループのアカウントから失礼いたします。とはいえ以下の内容はユーザーグループの総意ではありませんので、その点ご承知おきください。
- 本題に入ります。Omotechoさんは極力カタカナ言葉を使わない翻訳を目指されていることは承知しており、その姿勢には敬意を表します。しかしながら(これは私がIT業界を本業にしているということもあるのでしょうが)カタカナ言葉を使いすぎてしまうのを修正いただくのはよいとしてこの差分のように、できれば一言声をかけていただきたかったです。私もむやみやたらにカタカナ言葉を使わないようにしたいとは思いますが、それでも「Capacity Exchange」を「技能の貸し借りプロジェクト」と翻訳されたのには違和感がありました。これから私が個人的に極度な和語・漢語の使用と感じたものについて、カタカナ語にする変更を実施するかもしれませんので、この点ご了承いただいてそのままとしていただけると助かります。あまりにもおかしいものがあれば、その時はまたトークページとかにご連絡ください。
VZP10224(WjpUG) (talk) 11:21, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- @VZP10224(WjpUG)さん、お声がけ誠にありがとうございます。実にタイミングよく、類似の話題を持て余していました。まずもって、乱暴な編集だった点を反省します。ごめんなさい。
- お申し越しの件、迅速性を要する翻訳はどうぞ訳出してください。おそらく意識なさっていると深読みしますが、訳語をどのように統一するのか。対案がある人が「翻訳フォーラム」に書いておいて、検索性や資料性を担保しますか? メタもメディアウィキも、Translatewiki.net で並行して作業してますよね、訳語統一に関するルールはどこになるのだろう、悩ましいです。
- 用語集
- 私はマニュアル翻訳から実務を始めたソフトウェア会社で仕込まれたからか、カタカナ用語は本能的に避けがちです(和語で済むかどうかは別問題)。また機械翻訳ソフト用の訳語辞書の内製担当だったため、用語集のない翻訳の無駄は身に沁みているつもりです。
- MinT(翻訳拡張機能)の欠陥
- 商用の翻訳ソフトには用語集機能がつきもの。
- 訳語案を各自が書きこみ、プールしておいて定期的に票決する。
- 翻訳管理者に翻訳査読の権限はない。
- ツルの一声で決める訳語が決まらない。
- メタとメディアウィキはいわばウィキメディアのインフラを論じる場ですから、日本語に限らず、どこも困っているはずです。訳語統一のルールを話し合い、さらに用語集を編むにはどうましょうか?
- メタウィキ、Phabricator
- すでに用語集を作ろうとメタウィキにも持ち込み、Phabricator に転記してくれた人もありました。技術陣の反応は予想どおりです。
- 原語←→訳語の対応があまりに無秩序。
- 具体的な案は出なかった。
- 誰も用語集のプログラム化に食指を動かしません。つくづく英語が母語な人には幸運 を自覚してほしいです。別件ながら、『週刊技術ニュース』から手を引くのも同根です。
- Omotecho (talk) 14:10, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- 訳語をどう取り扱うかについては、5月のESEAP Summitでも話題にしていて、訳語を統一する単語集のようなものが必要だよね、という認識のようなものは共有されたと思ってますが、なかなか前には進まない課題ですよね・・・。日本語が表記ゆれというか複数の言い回しが多すぎるし、原語と日本語が1対1で対応することもない場合があるのが難しいなぁ、と考えてます。それでもウィキメディア特有の用語についてTermbase/jaを使っては、というのはUGの中で話をしていて出てきた案ですが、これも使えるかなぁというのが個人的な感想です。 VZP10224(WjpUG) (talk) 14:18, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- ほんとに悩ましいですね。それにメタなりを訳す利用者は、何かを調べていて原文じゃ読みにくいから日本語化する、そういう場面が多いだろうと想像します。
Note: 財団の補助金枠に、システム系案件の受け皿ができましたね。英語学・翻訳学のわかる人を軸に立てると、多言語対応のシソーラス用モデルが組み上がらないだろうか。しかし今なら1990年代の手法(※)より格段に「楽」に用語集が作れるとは、まだ思えません。- 実は悪あがきをして、なんとか訳語のぶれを残せないかと試みています。翻訳拡張機能の編集要約欄の流用です[1]。
- "※"
- 新語が出てくるたび残すメモ。「用語[半角アキ]原語[半角アキ]→[半角アキ]対訳」。
- 年次計画で包摂性、アクセス性、公平性を押し出していますから、訳語が固まらないまま「ゾウを撫でて」、最大300超のことばで意見や発想をやりとりする状態は危うい気がします。
- Omotecho (talk) 16:15, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- 訳語をどう取り扱うかについては、5月のESEAP Summitでも話題にしていて、訳語を統一する単語集のようなものが必要だよね、という認識のようなものは共有されたと思ってますが、なかなか前には進まない課題ですよね・・・。日本語が表記ゆれというか複数の言い回しが多すぎるし、原語と日本語が1対1で対応することもない場合があるのが難しいなぁ、と考えてます。それでもウィキメディア特有の用語についてTermbase/jaを使っては、というのはUGの中で話をしていて出てきた案ですが、これも使えるかなぁというのが個人的な感想です。 VZP10224(WjpUG) (talk) 14:18, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Growth News #35
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A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.
New releases
[edit]English Wikipedia gets "Add a Link" Structured Task
[edit]We released the "Add a Link" Structured Task to 100% of accounts at English Wikipedia on Tuesday, September 2nd (before then it was available to 20% of accounts).
Growth features for Wikidata
[edit]After examining if the Growth features and Mentorship could be adapted to Wikidata, we activated the Growth features on Beta Wikidata to allow for testing and discussion (T400937). Although some features, like Suggested Edits, are Wikipedia-specific, the Growth team designed most features to be more wiki-agnostic.
Work in progress
[edit]Revise Tone Structured Task
[edit]The Growth team is making progress on the technical architecture, onboarding design, and early user testing. We are targeting an A/B test before the end of this year, with constructive edits by newcomers as the primary success metric.
Add a link to more wikis
[edit]The machine learning team has been working on a new model that can suggest links to more languages, including Urdu, Chinese, and Japanese Wikipedias. We are starting to release the “Add a Link” feature to Wikipedias that weren’t supported by the previous model.
Add a link, which can be configured by the community locally, increases the chance that a new contributor will make their first edit and then continue to participate in Wikipedia.
Research
[edit]The Growth team is involved in several research initiatives to help guide our future work:
Progression System – We have published initial findings from interviews with 10 English and French Wikipedia newcomers. The research examined motivations, challenges, and feedback on a prototype system intended to help editors build confidence, develop skills, and contribute more constructively over time.
Mobile Web Editing Research – This project combines quantitative and qualitative data, community feedback, and user journey analysis to identify possible ways to enhance the mobile editing experience.
Newcomers Survey – This project surveys successful newcomers on English Wikipedia to understand their early editing experiences, tool use, and community interactions.
Community events
[edit]The Growth team participated in several community events to listen, share, and collaborate on improving newcomer experiences across Wikimedia projects.
Wikimania - Organizers as key partners to support newcomers' growth in our movement
This session invited organizers to share how they introduce newcomers to Growth features and the challenges they encounter. The discussion focused on common newcomer questions and opportunities to strengthen collaboration in supporting new editors.
Wikimania - Lightning Talk: Structured Tasks
This talk demonstrated how Structured Tasks help newcomers take their first successful steps on Wikipedia. It shared impact data, community configurations, and a demo of “Add a Link,” illustrating how these tasks make editing more accessible and sustainable, particularly for mobile contributors.
Wikimania - Building a Sustainable Future for Wikimedia Contributors
With active editor numbers declining, the Contributors Strategy aims to create a clearer, more engaging path for participation. This session, led by the WMF Contributors group with involvement from the Editing, Growth, Moderator Tools, and Connection (formerly Campaigns) teams, highlighted efforts to streamline contributor experiences, offer structured and mobile-friendly workflows, and foster meaningful engagement. Participants learned about ongoing initiatives and shared feedback to help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future for Wikimedia contributors.
CEE Meeting - Retaining beginners and improving content moderation: an inclusive and sustainable future for Wikipedia contributors
Many communities face a decline in volunteer engagement. Newcomers often leave soon after joining, while experienced editors struggle to manage increasingly complex workflows and overwhelming backlogs. We presented the Contributors Strategy and the different features and workflows that can help communities to address these challenges. We listened to the specific needs of the CEE communities to help guide the Contributors teams' work.
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10:23, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
This Month in Education: October 2025
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 14 • Issue 10 • October 2025
- "WikiDonne Internship: Wikimedia Platforms for Open Education and Inclusive Culture!" winner at the Open Education Awards 2025
- A Proud Chapter in My Wikimedia Journey 🇳🇬: From Editor to Organizer
- Debating open science and scientific dissemination in Brazil
- Enhancing Academic Articles on Wikipedia with the State University of Jakarta
- India’s Students and Educators Lead the Way in the Wiki Science Competition 2025
- JDACA & Amman Arab University
- New starting page for Wikipedia users had been launched in September
- Teaching Evidence Synthesis Automation with the Wikipedia–Kaggle Dataset
- Wikimedia MKD’s Education Program activities for October
- Wikimedia Serbia prepares eight annual Edu Wiki camp
- Wikivoyage editathon in Peshkopia, Albania
Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!
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Hello Omotecho,
We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.
Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages
- Date: December 6, 2025
- Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
- Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)
If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.
Strengthen your collaboration through CapX
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We invite you and your community to join the Capacity Exchange (CapX), a Wikimedia community-built platform for connecting, collaborating, and exchanging skills with peers across the movement.
CapX helps Wikimedians and organizations find each other, share expertise, and build stronger, more connected communities.
Whether you’re an individual contributor, a user group, a community initiative or an affiliate, CapX helps you grow through knowledge exchange.
More information
[edit]→ Explore the CapX platform: capx.toolforge.org
→ Read: User Guide & FAQ
→ Watch: Meet the Capacity Exchange video
→ Join our Telegram community chat: CapX Telegram Group
If your community, usergroup or affiliate would like to have a CapX organization profile, please reach out at capx@wmnobrasil.org, and we’d be delighted to support you.
With warm regards,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
Outreach Facilitator,
Capacity Exchange Project – Wikimedia Brasil
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
This Month in Education: November 2025
[edit]This Month in Education
Volume 14 • Issue 11 • November 2025
- Auckland Museum's Wiki Summer Student Programme is back for 2025 & 2026
- Edu Wiki camp 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia
- Wikidata na Escola: estudantes da zona rural de Minas Gerais contribuem com dados sobre mulheres negras brasileiras
- 190 students from Oteitza Lizeoa create 48 articles on the history of the Basque Country for Txikipedia in one day
- 2nd International Congress Wikimedia, Education, and Digital Cultures – WECUDI
- Africa and Proud Leads Wiki Classroom Project Across Three Nigerian States
- November 2025November 2025/Annual Czech Wiki Conference took place on Saturday, Nov 8th
- EduWiki Meetup at GLAM Wiki Conference 2025
- Highly productive autumn education activities in Macedonia
- Kannada Wikipedia Asian Month 2025: Edit-a-thon & Workshop Highlights from Loyola College, Karnataka
- Kosovo Wikivoyage Editathons in Gjakova and Krusha e Madhe
- Ukrainian educators create open lesson plans based on the «Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom» course
- United Architects of the Philippines Student Auxiliary – University of Nueva Caceres joins Wikisource Training
- Videos on Teaching Experiences with Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and OSM
- Wiki as a tool for technological empowerment of indigenous knowledge
- Wiki Science Competition in Albania and Kosovo
- Wiki Workshop 2026 Call for Contributions
- Wikipedia Contribution with Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Students in Kosovo
- Impact of Wikimedia Rwanda Wiki Clubs in Growth of Wikimedia User Group Rwanda Community