1.
2014 2015 2016
• Networking Discussions
• LinkedIn post
September 24th
• LinkedIn group
12/4 – 12/31
1,000 members
• Nonprofit application
• Mentoring Survey
May 22nd
• Nonprofit status
approved October
• Advisors, March 1st
• eCoLo revival and Committee
May 20th
• Website Development
Research, August
• LocWorld Montreal
Community track, October

2.
2017
• Technology Think Tank, Interoperability project
• Mentoring Guidelines published
• Interpreting technology Survey
• Implementation of research and platform development
• TC website pilots by Universities of Texas and Leeds
• LocWorld Barcelona and Silicon Valley

3.
• Diverse needs
• Multiple use cases
• Little common ground
The Problem

4.
Sense of Community
The four foundations highlighted by
David McMillan and David Chavis,
1986

5.
MEMBERSHIP INFLUENCE MEETING
NEEDS
SHARED
EMOTIONAL
CONNECTIONS
Sense of community

6.
Membership
Boundaries
Emotional
safety
Personal
investment
Influence
Creating
opportunities
Feature
contributions
Members write
ups
Promote experts
Meeting
Needs
Status of being a
member
Competence
Shared values
Shared
emotional
connections
Regular contact
Meaningful
interactions
Shared history
Emotional
discussions

7.
The Solution
Organized in 3 modules:
• Translate
• Share
• Learn
http://translationcommons.org

8.
Sign up / Register
• Sign up
– Email: username@translationcommons.org
– SSO for the website and other resources
– G Suite (gmail, gdrive, calendar)

9.
Translate - Tools
• Open source
– Amara (subtitle)
– Apertium (MT)
– Pootle (CAT)
– Translate 5 (Proofreading)
• Proprietary
– Memsource
pootle

10.
Share
• Interact with other members
• Participate in TC forum discussions
• Create Working Groups or join existing ones
• Collaborate in Think Tanks and Initiatives
Contributions

11.
Learn
● Join a course in our Google Classroom platform
● Check a comprehensive list of resources for
translators in our Translation Hub
● Join the eCoLo project wiki community
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12.
Deployment - Architecture

13.
Measuring the sense of community
Sense of Community Index 2 (SCI-2)
Survey
segment your community in four groups and obtain a sample from each group which broadly represents the
community
www.communityscience.com
Chavis, D.M., Lee, K.S., & Acosta J.D. (2008). The Sense of Community (SCI) Revised: The Reliability and Validity of the SCI-2. Paper
presented at the 2nd International Community Psychology Conference, Lisboa, Portugal.