This document provides an overview of Meedan, a case study on Arabic-English media sharing on the internet. It discusses topics like social media, language barriers, machine translation, social translation, and creating an inclusive global information society by sharing information across languages. It presents examples of conversations translated between Arabic and English to demonstrate machine and social translation capabilities.

1. Meedan: A case study in
Arabic‐English media sharing
on the Internet

2. Web 2.0

7. Source: Social media, Alex Wong

8. Source: Social media, Alex Wong

9. “ We cannot live for ourselves alone.
Our lives are connected by a thousand
invisible threads, and along these
sympathetic fibers, our actions run
”
as causes and return to us as results
Herman Melville

10. “ Blogging represents the embodiment of
the uniquely human desire to make a
difference, to leave a stamp on the world,
and to contribute to the larger society.
”
Victoria Carrington

11. Language

15. If you are not there, you
can not talk to anyone.
Photo by: Dave Coates

16. But they want to..

17. The Great Wall of Language.

18. Machine Translation:
A Crash Course

20. ‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬
ً Hello
‫واﺣﺪ‬
One
‫إﺛﻨﺎن‬
Two
‫ﺛﻼﺛﺔ‬
Three
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻞ‬
Beautiful
‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬
ً
Hello
‫ﺟﻴﺪ‬
Good
‫آﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ‬
How are you
‫أﻧﺎ ﺟﻴﺪ ﺟﺪا‬
ً
I am very good
‫ﺁﺧﺮ اﻷﺧﺒﺎر‬
Latest news

21. Social Translation

23. Future of
Cross Language Web

27. Beyond the
English Web

28. Creating a truly inclusive
global information society
shared world
‫ﻋﺎﻟﻢ ﻣﺸﺘﺮك‬

29. Openness

30. Mashups

32. www.meedan.net