Welcome to the Worldwide Lexicon open translation memory server. This open web API enables you to add collaborative translation to almost any website or web application. You can find the server source code, documentation and API documentation here on this site. To learn about a specific web service, just click on the (doc) link adjacent to each service below. For more information about WWL, visit
www.worldwidelexicon.org. If you would like to deploy and manage your own translation server, you can download the WWL source code (written in Python, runs on App Engine). Contact Brian McConnell at bsmcconnell at gmail for more information (we will be publishing the source and documentation on Google Code shortly).
Tutorials
Source Code & Documentation (Sept 2009 Release)
- comments.py : Save and retrieve comments about translations (doc)
- config.py : Editable configuration file for system settings
- deeppickle.py : General purpose data format conversion module (doc)
- feedparser.py : General purpose RSS feed parser (www.feedparser.org)
- hosts.py : Implements host controller for translation proxy servers (doc)
- language.py : Language utilities and language detection (doc)
- mt.py : Machine translation proxy server (doc)
- scores.py : Save and retrieve scores for translations (doc)
- search.py : Translation search engine and community platform (doc)
- translations.py : Save translations, retrieve human and/or machine translations (doc)
- users.py : User related classes and methods (doc)
- www.py : Embedded documentation server (doc)
Web API Documentation & Test Forms
News
We are working on a turnkey translation service that will make any website or blog translatable. The new service is built upon a new tool we are making, the WWL Translation Gateway. With this new tool
Andy Oram of O’Reilly Media writes…
I’ve reported before on the Worldwide Lexicon, the brainchild of my friend Brian McConnell. His most recent breakthrough, which I blogged about
Ethan Zuckerman of Global Voices writes…
By spending the last decade or so watching technology adopted, rejected, refashioned and hacked in the developing world, I’ve developed the strong sense
This week, Worldwide Lexicon launched its long-awaited Universal Translator plugin for Firefox. There are still a few kinks to work out, but don’t wait to install this one. It’s a glimpse
About WWL
The Worldwide Lexicon is an open source collaborative translation platform. It is similar to systems like
Wikipedia, and combines machine translation with submissions from volunteers and professional translators. WWL is a translation memory, essentially a giant database of translations, which can be embedded in almost any website or web application.
Our mission is to eliminate the language barrier for interesting websites and articles, by enabling people to create translation communities around their favorite webites, topics or groups.
WWL is open source software, published under the New BSD license, and can be adapted for commercial and non-commercial use, and can be customized for a wide variety of applications, from translating research journals, to creating translatable news portals for readers in countries around the world.
Credits
- System Concept : Brian S McConnell (1998-2009)
- Translation Memory Server Software
- User Interface Designs & CSS : Chris Blow
- Inline Javascript/AJAX Translation Viewer/Editor : Alex Tolley
- System and Source Code Documentation : Brian S McConnell