An overview of the Global Voices project with emphasis on the Lingua project. Presented at Barcamp Tokyo on 16 May 2009.

1. So who are these people following your blogs and blogs
from more than 100 countries?
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2. Global Voices Online
Global Voices is a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work
together to bring you translations and reports from blogs and citizen media
everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international
mainstream media.
Global Voices 200

4. Here is a post on Malaysia
by one of our authors

5. Our author is aggregating comments from Malaysian bloggers and also adding some
background information to help you make better sense of it.
The post contains quotes from
notable Malaysian blogs talking
about the issue

6. Our author is aggregating comments from Malaysian bloggers and also adding some
background information to help you make better sense of it.
The post contains quotes from
notable Malaysian blogs talking
about the issue

7. Our author is aggregating comments from Malaysian bloggers and also adding some
background information to help you make better sense of it.
The post contains quotes from
notable Malaysian blogs talking
about the issue

8. Once it is available in English, our
translation team tries to make the
post available in multiple languages

9. In French

10. In Chinese

11. Native
English
Language

12. Our Japan authors also help
translate Japanese content to
English
Once it is in English, the
translation teams may reproduce
the content in other languages

14. As an author for Globalvoices,
it is thrilling to see my posts
being translated in multiple
languages
Globalvoices

15. How can you use GVO content?
The content is available under a Creative Commons
Attribution license.You can use it as long as your attribute
the original source.
GVO
Creative Commons Attribution

16. How can you help?
We are looking for people interested in helping the world
understand Japanese online space. If you are interested in
translation or aggregation of Japanese content please
email us at japanese@globalvoicesonline.org
japanese@globalvoicesonline.org