We are looking to develop a FLOSS translation tool that allows us to collaboratively translate OER and other documents paragraph-by-paragraph with the possibility of editing and reviewing each translated section before approving it. This would benefit platforms like GitBook, Wikipedia and more as well.  

The tool could be centrally hosted or deployed on private servers as needed. A responsive UI with the possibility of making word-by-word suggestions would allow reviewing even on mobile devices. There exist tools for i18n but they don't really suit document translations.

What kinds of help are we looking for? 

I mainly need help on the software and design ends of things as I'm not a programmer or designer myself. I'm fairly familiar with git and GitHub/GitLab and can help coördinate the project on either of those platforms. We should ideally have an open designing session where we identify issues faced with translating and then reviewing longer documents collaboratively.

Note: At the moment, a friend and I are working on translating an old (out-of-copyright) Finnish book, and we're doing it using Google Docs: when my friend adds a new FI-to-EN paragraph, I copy the original FI paragraph and add it as a comment to the EN one, so we can discuss the paragraph as comments to the comment. But this flow isn't ideal and not very visually appealing.

We are looking for people with skills in: 

• Graphic Design
• Software Development
• Community / Grassroots Organizing
  

Can you be based remotely to help? Yes! Can collaborate from anywhere in the world.

Who do I get in touch with if I want to help out?  If you have questions or are interested in helping out, you can contact Achintya Rao at [email protected]