The Open Knowledge Vietnam Project operates on the philosophy of “Contribute one page, open ten thousand horizons”. We call on a network of multilingual students, study-abroad students, young lecturers, and experts working in professional fields to contribute. With just 30 minutes per week, you can become a “Knowledge Ambassador,” contributing 1 paragraph or 1 page to complete a textbook for millions of people to use.
Community Translation Model (Crowdsourcing)
In order to translate OpenStax’s massive textbooks effectively and with standard academic quality, the project operates under a collaborative model:
- Open Recruitment of Volunteers: Senior students, study-abroad students, lecturers, or anyone passionate about sharing knowledge can apply.
- Collaborative Translation: Utilizing professional translation platforms like Crowdin or Weblate. Book chapters are broken down into small segments of 1-2 sentences or 1-2 paragraphs, helping volunteers translate quickly during their free time on both computers and phones.
- Academic Peer-Review Board (Core Team): After community translation, the editorial board consisting of leading lecturers and experts will read, check grammar, and synchronize professional glossary terms to ensure the highest academic quality before publishing.
Roles You Can Register to Participate In
Depending on your capacity and time, you can register for the following positions:
1. Translator
- Role: Translate text segments from English to Vietnamese on the collaborative translation platform.
- Requirements: Good reading comprehension of English, fluent expression in Vietnamese. Priority is given to those with background knowledge in the fields being translated (Math, Physics, Biology, Economics, Computer Science…).
- Time: Flexible, can translate whenever you are free.
