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Tuesday, July 24 2007

News to Babelians about Babel forums

Hello Babelians!!!

What's up?

This is Diane from the e-community office.

First of all, thank you so much to all those who helped us translate the new generation of Babel Forums. Moritz, Marta, Stella, Natalia, Anna and more- it could not have been possible without you. You can have a sneak preview if you click here.

When exactly will they be launch? The forum is already accessible as you have seen but not yet public. That’s because we need to make it lively first. Your individual input will be extremely important. We count on you to make the forum lively, scandalous while informative!

The next step is to create a list of moderators and translators who will help animate the Babel Forums. If you would like to get involved, please send me or Vince an email at blog@cafebabel.com and we will provide the necessary tools for you to have special powers!

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,

Diane

How to translate a topic on the forum and why.

In order to build a European Public opinion, we need to discuss local, regional or international issues at transeuropean level. This is why we created the babelforums with a special tool to translate the first posts of a discussion.

How do you translate?

1) First of all, you need to register on www.cafebabel.com: Go to “Sign up” above at the right hand side. You create a personalized profile. If you are already registered, just sign in.

2) Ask for special powers to witkowski@cafebabel.com. Vaness will provide you with the necessary authorizations to translate directly online. 3) Click on the forum.

4) Click on “Translate this discussion”.

5) Select a version already available in “Translate from the following language”.

6) Then, choose carefully below the “Language” in which you are going to write.

7) Translate! Make sure to include whatever picture or link was included in the original version. It is also very important to include the author of the original post as well as a link to his/ her profile.

8) For safety measures, we encourage you to copy/paste your translation on a word doc…  9) Save your work by clicking on “Create topic”.

10) Congratulations and many thanks for your contribution!