Grants:Project/MSIG/Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania/Translation of MCDC Candidates pages into Swahili
Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.
Project Goal[edit]
Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Support to 8 Wikimedians to translate the Movement Charter Drafting Committee candidates' pages into Swahili.
Project Plan[edit]
General knowledge on meta page translations will be shared among the translators, then the candidates' pages (candidates' statements specifically) will be distributed amongst the Tanzanian Wikimedians who will help translating these pages. Translation will be done as a team work and later proof reading will be done. Final review and submission will then be followed.
Activities[edit]
- What Wikimedia movement activity will your work support?
- Translating Wikimedia Foundation pages (Movement Charter Drafting Committee -Candidates meta page)
- If you are translating any materials or doing live translation, in what languages will you support these needs? Who will be responsible for doing the translations?
- Swahili
- Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- This project is important to Swahili community as through translation the community members will be able to ready and understand on what each candidate is saying towards Movement Charter Drafting Committee election.
Budget[edit]
How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
- Compensation for translation-related work (including preparation, meeting facilitation time, debriefing, live translation time, translation work of documents and material):
- Online tools and services (subscription services for online meeting platforms): 400USD
- Small equipment costs (such as microphones, headsets, webcam, but not larger equipment such as laptops, computers, or tablets): 300USD
- Online calls and communications for knowledge transfer: 36USD
TOTAL:736USD
Completing your application[edit]
Once you have completed the application, please do the following:
- Change the application status from
status=draft
tostatus=proposed
in the {{Probox}} template. - Contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.