<s>
translatewiki.net,	O
formerly	O
named	O
Betawiki	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
translation	O
platform	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Translate	O
extension	O
for	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
about	O
15,000	O
translators	O
and	O
over	O
100,000	O
messages	O
to	O
translate	O
from	O
over	O
50	O
projects	O
including	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
,	O
OpenStreetMap	O
,	O
Mifos	B-Language
,	O
Encyclopedia	O
of	O
Life	O
and	O
MantisBT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translatewiki.net	B-Language
is	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
and	O
so	O
has	O
a	O
relatively	O
low	O
barrier	O
to	O
entry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translations	O
are	O
synchronised	O
between	O
a	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
and	O
translatable	O
wiki	B-Protocol
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
on	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
projects	O
,	O
new	O
localisations	O
may	O
reach	O
live	O
sites	O
within	O
a	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
suggestions	O
from	O
a	O
text	O
corpus	O
and	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
Translatewiki.net	B-Language
is	O
also	O
a	O
Semantic	B-Protocol
MediaWiki	I-Protocol
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
semantic	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translatewiki.net	B-Language
was	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
Niklas	B-Language
Laxström	I-Language
as	O
localisation	O
platform	O
for	O
all	O
languages	O
of	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
around	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
translation	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
(	O
Nukawiki	B-Language
in	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
improvement	O
of	O
internationalisation	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2007	O
Siebrand	B-Language
Mazeland	I-Language
joined	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
it	O
already	O
supported	O
over	O
100	O
languages	O
for	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
and	O
200	O
of	O
its	O
extensions	O
,	O
"	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
translated	O
software	O
projects	O
ever	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
FreeCol	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
while	O
being	O
an	O
independent	O
volunteer	O
project	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
recognised	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
global	O
success	O
of	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
projects	O
powered	O
by	O
it	O
,	O
like	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
in	O
over	O
280	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
it	O
was	O
improved	O
by	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
project	O
by	O
Niklas	B-Language
Laxström	I-Language
.	O
</s>
