The Office Team is glad to announce our participation in the MSDN and TechNet Library Machine Translation Pilot for SharePoint Products and Technologies.
The MSDN and TechNet Libraries are major resources for developers and IT professionals around the world who use Microsoft tools, products, and technologies. Both libraries contain a bounty of technical information. This includes sample code, documentation, technical articles, and reference guides. In order to provide content to all developers, regardless of locale, we are piloting a test of machine-translating our MSDN and TechNet Library content.
Infrastructure and Technology
This pilot will make use of two new Web presentation technologies: bilingual side-by-side display and translation Wiki.
Bilingual side-by-side display allows users to see English and translated content side by side on the page. It has just been released as a feature in Windows Live Translator for translation and display of entire Web pages. Our pilot will use a version of this technology optimized for MSDN and TechNet content.
Translation Wiki functionality, which allows authorized users to directly edit machine translated content and other users to make suggestions for translation improvements, was first released as part of the Brazilian MSDN translation Wiki for Visual Studio 2005. Office will be only the second user of this technology.
Pilot Content Assets
The MSDN and TechNet Library Machine Translation Pilot for SharePoint Products and Technologies includes the following content assets:
- MSDN content: MSDN Labs - content translation Wiki for MSDN: This lab includes the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK and the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK.
- TechNet content: MSDN Labs - side-by-side viewer for TechNet: This lab includes the Office SharePoint Server 2007 TechNet content.
Pilot Languages
All pilot content is provided in two pilot languages:
- Spanish (es-es)
- Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br)
Pilot Schedule
Pilot period: November 26th to January 19th
Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK (Wiki Beta)
Try out this beta version of the machine-translated Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK. Add your suggestions and feedback with the Wiki editor.
Your feedback and collaboration will help us provide better localized content. You can find a feedback link in the upper-right section of each page.
MVPs will be invited to participate as moderators in the SDK Wiki pilot, and to assist in further engaging local communities.
Our hope is that MT content provides the beginning of the communications bridge for Microsoft Library content across all languages.