Apparently his editor Karen Attiah at WaPo has already made Khashoggi's works available in Arabic (I assume everything was published originally in English, but not sure) https://twitter.com/KarenAttiah/status/1052150458960281600
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 2:50 AM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > The Global Voices translation team > <https://globalvoices.org/global-voices-translation-services/> may have > thoughts. Syndication services may help use of the translations begets > interest. > Perhaps process insight from the AP? > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 10:52 PM Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Up until recently, Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked for > > the Washington Post. What happened to him? I couldn't say it better > > than Wikipedia: [1] > > > > (begin quote) > > > > On 2 October 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in > > Istanbul to obtain documents related to his marriage; he never left the > > building and was subsequently declared a missing person. > > Anonymous Turkish police sources have alleged that he was murdered > > and dismembered inside the consulate. > > > > (end quote) > > > > The Washington Post has now published Khashoggi's last column, titled > > appropriately, "What the Arab world needs most is free expression". > > [2] In it, he writes of the need for translation efforts and platforms > > for free expression: > > > > (begin quote) > > > > Arabs need to read in their own language so they can understand > > and discuss the various aspects and complications of democracy > > in the United States and the West. If an Egyptian reads an article > > exposing the actual cost of a construction project in Washington, > > then he or she would be able to better understand the implications > > of similar projects in his or her community. > > > > The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational > > media so citizens can be informed about global events. More > > important, we need to provide a platform for Arab voices. We > > suffer from poverty, mismanagement and poor education. > > Through the creation of an independent international forum, > > isolated from the influence of nationalist governments > > spreading hate through propaganda, ordinary people in the > > Arab world would be able to address the structural problems > > their societies face. > > > > (end quote) > > > > I'm wondering what folks in the Wikimedia community and movement make > > of this call to action. Is there more that Wikimedia can do, for > > example, to support translation of news articles into many languages? > > > > There is nothing in Jamal's own op-ed that indicates that it would be > > legally permissible to translate it. This is, unfortunately, the norm > > for news; there are few outlets that use a Creative Commons license, > > and those that do, typically tend to choose the most restrictive > > variants. > > > > Perhaps there would be value in an organized community effort that > > would pick up news articles [3] that _are_ licensed under free > > licenses, and translate them into as many languages as possible. If > > launched under a prominent umbrella -- e.g., Wikimedia --, this might > > then also help incentivize more outlets to selectively license content > > openly, permitting translation. Beyond its intrinsic value, such an > > effort would also help the Wikimedia projects by expanding the reach > > of impacted citations into more languages. > > > > Thoughts? Does Jamal's call to action resonate in other ways with > > Wikimedia's mission? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Erik > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi -- written by > > multiple authors and distributed under Creative Commons Attribution > > ShareAlike-License 3.0 Unported > > > > [2] > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html > > -- quoted as fair use > > > > [3] Likely restricted to some subset of outlets, e.g., sources most > > Wikipedia editions would accept as citations > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
