Ari Hautasaari
ABSTRACT
In this demonstration video, we introduce the Language Grid Toolbox, an open source multilingual communication tool, and two community sites based on the Language Grid Toolbox. The G30 Community Site aims to create a multilingual and multicultural community to accommodate the needs of Japanese and international students. The Pangaea Community Site is used by facilitators of NPO Pangaea located in different countries around the world to communicate in their native languages through machine translation supported multilingual BBS.
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Index Terms
- Intercultural collaboration with the language grid toolbox
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