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I'm trying to wrap my head around this: Meedan is a news site that translates from Arabic to English and back automatically using machine translation, with easy upgrade to human accuracy using a team of free-service translators. Now remember, we don't call these folks "community translators" on my blog; they are "hobby translators." But to give credit where credit is due, these guys have put their reputations on the line in a community designed to bridge the translation gap between Arabic and English - but not for money...world peace perhaps? There certainly is a crying need for more translation in this language pair. This lack of translation between Arabic and English has been a problem for years - something like 4000 books per year. Anyway, the flow of cross-linguistic info has been low considering the global importance of English and the number of Arabic speakers in the world. So Meedan utilizes a machine translation to drive a bilingual interface for the free flow of information. The Arabic word 'meedan' - Ù...ÙSداÙ+ - means 'town square' or 'gathering place.' Sponsors say that Meedan is a digital town square where you can discuss and share Middle Eastern news with people from outside your language community. Everything that appears on http://meedan.net is mirrored in Arabic and English - whether it's the headlines you read, the comments you post, or the articles you share. This pitch has several tines... Get another perspective; share opinions; talk to people from other cultures. Comments are threaded so you can reply to the main thread or to an individual post, with the latest comment on top. You can also see the Arabic translation if you want to see how your words are being viewed by Arabic speakers. And if you want to take conversations private - you can. Meedan allows you to make friends and send private messages. You can also subscribe to an event that interests you, so that you're notified every time a new comment or link is added. Notifications are all housed on your personal profile page. So that's interesting and noble - and someone else is paying for it! The cynic sitting on my left shoulder is whispering that it sounds too well-intentioned to work the way it is intended to. On the other hand, is it just me, or have people on the internet become more polite and helpful? We seem
to be forming these online communities where people are as respectful and well-intentioned as they are in our press-the-flesh networks. Anyway, I've checked the site out and made a beeline to the trashiest story on it - that of the Saudi prince who killed his manservant, who apparently slept at the foot of the prince's bed. I'm not sure how else I would have found that important bit of information. Ever since I phoned in my first story from a phone booth, I've loved that kind of city news. So it's a great way for ex-newshounds to kill time. Perhaps you will be equally fascinated. A very interesting and admirable effort.
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