Re: [Fwd: auto-translation]

I agree. Especially in the case of the Swedish reports, which are 
unique, and for which auto-translation is not an option.
However, in other cases this might be less useful. We have kids in 
several countries engaged in the same activity, and publishing 
frequently. An example is the sequences topic, and the "guess my robot 
game" in particular. Several groups are planned to start this activity 
soon (or have already started it). In this activity, children will 
frequently publish their challenge sequence or respond to others. The 
main elements on the reports will be tt objects, which transcend 
language. What needs translation is short accompanying comments, which 
would probably make sense even if translated automatically. Perhaps an 
auto-translation tool can be added to the game page template which is 
used for this activity?

ylva fernaeus wrote:

>One thing that is missing at the moment at that might help students
>understanding eachother's projects better would be that we translate and
>describe the activities that children engage in so that at least everyone
>can understand what tasks/ideas the projects refer to.
>
>For instance, each webreport could contain a short text (written by the
>teacher and translated to as many languages as possible) describing what the
>task was.
>
>I think this could help a lot for instance for understanding projects such
>as the ones produced by our swedish kids during the autumn.
>
>/ylva
>
>
>  
>

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