Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Maryland Baltimore County/German 319 (Fall 2020)

identify the basic components of translation as a process and a product.
identify and analyze phonetic, syntactic, and semantic peculiarities when translating texts.
identify and analyze certain issues (idiomatic expressions, cultural variations, genre or field specificity, consumer-orientation) when translating texts.
incorporate the strategies of the learning objectives 1-3 to produce translations that are true to the source texts yet appropriate for the intended audience of the target text.
develop meta-cognitive skills by recognizing translation as a process that requires self-awareness and self-assessment skills, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills.

Students will choose an individual wikipedia page, written in German. Students can choose an area of interest (double majors!) or pick from pages offered by the instructor. Students will first research the topic itself but ultimately work on translating the wikipedia entry, which includes deciding how to be true to the original text but how to compensate for translation loss in meaningful ways by e.g. providing explanations for concepts particular to German or German culture. At set dates, students will "submit" their work to instructor and peers for feedback.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Joonez
99ccarbaugh
Adam Ratajczak	de:Pecherei
Heejin3
Knowzer
TrevorJansen	Seaman's chest
VerschPreu

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Thursday, 3 September 2020

Assignment - Phase 1: Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Phase 1: Practicing the basics

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link Frau Sutton posted in Blackboard.
It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 8 September 2020 | Thursday, 10 September 2020

Assignment - Phase 2: Choose an article

In Class, we will discuss each students' interests so that everyone choses an article that is meaningful to them. Choose two articles (a first choice, and a backup) to translate into English. You should look for a page that you feel you can manage within the parameters of this assignment. Post the article links on your talk page, and submit them to Frau Sutton for review before we meet for class.
Once Frau Sutton has approved one or both of your choices, finalize your choice of which article to translate.

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 15 September 2020 | Thursday, 17 September 2020

Assignment - Phase 2: Begin translating

Copy your article from the German Wikipedia into your sandbox.
Begin to translate your work.

Supplementary trainings:

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 | Thursday, 24 September 2020

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 29 September 2020 | Thursday, 1 October 2020

Assignment - Phase 3: Translation- Progress and Discussion IN CLASS I

Be ready to discuss your progress translating your article.

Week 6

Course meetings

Thursday, 15 October 2020

Assignment - Phase 3: Translation-Progress and Discussion IN CLASS II

Be ready to discuss your progress translating your article.

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Assignment - Phase 4: Discussion - Publish your work IN CLASS

Discussion of fact-checking translated work, finding English-language sources.

Assignment - Phase 4: Publish your work

Move sandbox articles into main space.
- If you are expanding an existing article, it's time to add your revised translation (including English sources, when available). Copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. Be sure to check the article's talk page and respond to suggestions from Wikipedians. Don't panic if your edits are removed or changed! Discuss it civilly on the article's talk page, and make a note of it for your report or presentation about your editing experience.
- (This point might not be reelvant for our project:) If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow instruction on the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
In your first edit to the article namespace, include a link of the source article (i.e., the article you translated) in the "edit summary" before hitting "save."
Copy the code {{Translated page|es|Page Title}} to the bottom of the Wikipedia article, replacing es with the language code of the language you a translating from and replacing Page Title with the title of the source page.

Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

Week 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 24 November 2020

Assignment - Milestone: Final Translation Due

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading. For rubric of Wikipedia work, see post in Blackboard under "Semesterproject" (80% of Semesterproject grade)

Week 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

In class - Milestone: Class Presentations December 1-8

Individual presentation about your translation process on Wikipedia. For rubric for Wikipedia translation project, see rubric posted in module "Semesterproject" in Blackboard (20% of semester project grade)