Translating Facebook's Interface into Iñupiatun (and other Indigenous languages)

Though few Indigenous languages are currently supported by Facebook´s interface, Facebook's Translations Application allows for community-driven crowdsourcing of translations. This paper and presentation presents how grassroots efforts helped bring Iñupiatun (an Inuit language of Alaska) onto F...

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Other Authors: Creed, Myles
Format: Text
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Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44829
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Summary:Though few Indigenous languages are currently supported by Facebook´s interface, Facebook's Translations Application allows for community-driven crowdsourcing of translations. This paper and presentation presents how grassroots efforts helped bring Iñupiatun (an Inuit language of Alaska) onto Facebook and how other Indigenous languages communities can follow suit. (session 3.2.4) 44829.mp3