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Monday, April 12, 2004

# Posted 5:04 AM by Patrick Belton  

MORE ON TRANSLATING THE BLOGOSPHERE INTO ARABIC AND FARSI: I'm really grateful to everyone who wrote in with their thoughts on my post on providing Arabic and Farsi translations of blogs across the political spectrum, whether automatically by using a translation program or by having volunteers translate a "best of the web" roundup which would represent blogs from across the political spectrum, and could appear, say, once or twice a week.

Right now I'm leaning towards thinking that a human-translated "best of blogs" roundup might be looking like the more attractive option, given the inaccuracies in web translating software at this stage of the game, but I'm also happy to keep looking into both possibilities. For my part, our think tank'd be very happy to host and help administer the project with help, and create a movable type blog for the purpose. I'd be particularly interested in hearing from any of our readers who speak Arabic or Farsi, and who might be willing to help translate posts, perhaps once or twice a month. If you have any other suggestions or would like to help out, please drop us a note!
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