Hosting Volunteer Translators
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We have developed a web site called Minna no Hon’yaku (“Translation for Everyone by Everyone”), which hosts online volunteer translators. Its core features are (1) a blog-like look and feel; (2) the legal sharing of translations; (3) high quality, comprehensive language resources; and (4) the translation aid editor QRedit. Translators who use QRedit daily reported an up to 30 per cent reduction of the overall translation time. As of 3 July 2009, there are about 600 users and 4 groups registered to MNH, including such major NGOs as Amnesty International Japan and Democracy Now! Japan.
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