New English/Arabic Translation Site Hopes To Promote Citizen Diplomacy

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 22, 2010 @09:46AM from the but-who-will-the-government-villainize-then dept.

Wired has mention of a new site that hopes to encourage a grassroots "citizen diplomacy" movement by combining English/Arabic translation software with a Facebook-style meeting place. "Meedan, which officially launches Monday, lets users post stories and comments in English and have them automatically translated into Arabic, or the opposite. People who don’t share a common language can have an online discussion in near real time. The name, appropriately, means 'gathering place' or 'town hall'; in Arabic. Think of it as a social network filled with people you don't know, but want to understand."

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Re:All I can think is... by drinkypoo · 2010-02-22 14:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But now I see you're right - after meeting our teabaggers and treehuggers all they'll walk away with is that americans are generally barbaric assholes and ignorant wimps.
So, what are they going to learn from the tree huggers?

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Re:Quoting something about not quoting something? by spun · 2010-02-23 03:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

As if I'd find an intelligent argument there...

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