Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

crowdsourcing

Italian translation:

Crowdsourcing

Feb 12, 2010 15:13
14 yrs ago
English term

crowdsourcing

GBK English to Italian Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Definition from Jeff Howe:
Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.
Example sentences:
Cash is key to getting people to participate, but successful crowdsourcing taps into a well of passion about a product that stretches beyond monetary incentives. (Bloomberg L.P.)
Surprisingly for a sector that has traditionally relied on volunteers to make up for its limited resources, development institutions have been slow to embrace "crowdsourcing" as a model for adding value (The World Bank Group)
So, are crowdsourced translations the future of our business? Probably not. Will crowdsourcing play a role in some sectors of the translation business? Probably. (ForeignExchange Translations, Inc.)
Proposed translations (Italian)
3 +6 Crowdsourcing
Change log

Feb 12, 2010 14:07: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Feb 12, 2010 15:14: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

Feb 15, 2010 15:56: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

Feb 15, 2010 16:59: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

Proposed translations

+6
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Crowdsourcing

Definition from Wikipedia:
Il termine crowdsourcing (da crowd, gente comune, e outsourcing, esternalizzare una parte delle proprie attività[1]) è un neologismo che definisce un modello di business nel quale un’azienda o un’istituzione richiede lo sviluppo di un progetto, di un servizio o di un prodotto ad un insieme distribuito di persone non già organizzate in un team. Tale processo avviene attraverso degli strumenti web o comunque dei portali su internet.
Example sentences:
Data: 12 Novembre 2008 Testo a cura di: Francesco Caccavella Crowdsourcing Sul Web la folla dei navigatori crea valore. Da Amazon a Dell a Wikipedia: come il crowdsourcing cambia il modo di lavorare e di vivere online (ICTV)
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agree Lorraine Buckley (X)
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agree gio11 : Yes
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agree Aurelia Peressini
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agree Claudia Pachiega
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agree Mariarosa Coggiola
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agree Marianna Tucci
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