anon_tronOct 4, 2023
BBC News Labs
The BBC creates news stories in more than 40 languages. So earlier this year we built a prototype to help keep track of them. https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/projects/mat/
Multilingual Article Tracker (Mat)

Matching translated news articles with the original English-language text.

Aug 14, 2023 at 8:59amWeb
Show threadMael DuinAug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs
Very interesting. Are there plans to open-source any of these tools?
Show threadDec [{()}]Aug 14, 2023
@maelduin13 @BBC_News_Labs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/
BBC Open Source

Show threadDee ToherAug 14, 2023

@dec23k @maelduin13 @BBC_News_Labs

Buried within there you can see examples such as
https://bbc.github.io/rcookbook/ which has been released on the BBC github account for anyone who wants to do BBC style graphs using #RStats #OpenSource https://github.com/bbc/bbplot

(Correction made: not on cran, just on GitHub)

Show threadMael DuinAug 14, 2023
@DToher @dec23k @BBC_News_Labs
Nice
Show threadBBC News LabsAug 14, 2023
@dec23k @maelduin13 Yep, we do open source things when it makes sense to do so; e.g. how valuable will it be to others and how much work will be required. But not in this case
Show threadMael DuinAug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs @dec23k
Cool. Great to have a feed of what you're working on here!
Show threadDec [{()}]Aug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs @maelduin13
I still use the virtual PPM meter from baptools because I prefer them to VU meters (and nobody makes PPM hardware anymore).
Show threadDec [{()}]Aug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs
Is there any chance of linking to @BBCRD from that Open Source page? As of now, there is just a link to Twitter.
Show threadmdyAug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs This is probably a foolish question, but here goes: would it be possible to assign a unique article ID to the original English language article, then include that original article ID as additional (provenance?) metadata to the translated versions when they're created? That way, you don't have to infer origin by translating back to ENG — it will be explicitly declared in the metadata.
Show threadBBC News LabsAug 14, 2023
@mdy Not foolish, it's one we asked ourselves. It was just a case of working within limitations of not being able to change an old system, when the new system will eventually make this redundant
Show threadmdyAug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Ah, that totally makes sense. Thank you; appreciate the extra context.
Show threadWildduckSep 25, 2023
@mdy @BBC_News_Labs I had the exact same thought 👍
It would have been a waste to build such a tool for the future instead of an integrated way to match the articles at the time of creation.
Show thread藤井太洋, Taiyo FujiiAug 14, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Interesting! I have not had idea about how translating news been published.
Show threadlese muirAug 15, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Very clear explainer! Just not sure what the semicircle is meant to represent in the graphic showing the flow of information?
Show threadBBC News LabsAug 16, 2023
@ozter good spot, I think that might be a mistake
Show threadCătă 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇲🇩🇪🇺Aug 24, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs This way I just discovered in 2008 you shut down the #Romanian language service which was as old as 1939. Damn, why did you do this? 😀 Are there any plans to reopen it in a not-so-distant future now that pretty much all Romanian media is under a political agenda?

@rferl already did this a few years ago during the #Dragnea regime. You do seem to have quite some interesting topics on your archived website, but sadly, none of the links to your audio interviews are working anymore (for example this interview of former president Emil Constantinescu).

BBCRomanian.com | Arhivă | Romanian Archive index

Show threadWolf_BaginskiSep 25, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs

It's OK, I already have to monitor a French news channel to get reliable news from London.

Show threadalienSep 25, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs interesting! So, in the near future, the user can use it to ensure the article is the same as the original article.
Show threadAngus Marshall  Sep 25, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs why not just report the news instead of creating it?