Comments on Medical Translation Insight: Crowdsourcing turned bad

The current discussion on LinkedIn focuses on two ...

2009-07-01T18:55:59.761-04:00

The current discussion on LinkedIn focuses on two key issues:
1. What materials and projects qualify for the community/collaborative/distributed/hive translation approach?
a. Flossmanuals's audacious goal of translating the internet" is an obvious candidate (http://en.flossmanuals.net).
b. Anything regarding direct communications or user forums involving people not

To an extent I agree with Pepper. Crowdsourcing as...

2009-07-01T14:45:27.326-04:00

To an extent I agree with Pepper. Crowdsourcing as a creative sourcing strategy isn't going away - but LinkedIn was clumsy in their approach to translators. If professional translators are the target 'crowd' as they were for LinkedIn then they need to be treated with respect and the gain (monetary or otherwise) must be clear - otherwise it just ends up being an affront!

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IMHO Crowdsourcing didn't turn bad. LInkedin a...

2009-06-30T17:33:54.473-04:00

IMHO Crowdsourcing didn't turn bad. LInkedin approached turned bad, that's all.
Crowdsourcing is here, kicking and and alive; not only in the translation domain but everywhere.

Think about the events in Iran; how the crowd is taking part in news reporting (and commercial groups such as CNN and others are taking advantage of it).

Crowdsourcing is here. We need