Teams can work together bilingually using automatic simultaneous translation
Linqa is a great online tool for bilingual collaboration. In Linqa, users can upload documents to a digital whiteboard. They can discuss them in a parallel, automatically translated chat. In addition, they can arrange headings and notes on the board which are also automatically translated.
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Understanding the benefits of openness and collaboration
Teams can work together bilingually using automatic simultaneous translation, for example to discuss documents in writing
File upload to a digital whiteboard, sticky notes, visual linking with arrows, real-time discussion, filtering chat by annotated documents
Linqa’s source code is publish under the free license AGPLv3, as proposed by the Free Software Foundation Europe.
We show the bilingualism of the chat.
Linqa displays the original and the machine translation in parallel and marked accordingly.
Messages and their translations are displayed simultaneously. All content is visible in both languages and can be re-edited to manually improve the automatic translation
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The Linqa platform helps to overcome language barriers by providing shared workspaces.
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Consists of both a whiteboard, on which texts, documents, videos, notes and photos can be placed, and a chat/discussion area.
collaborate
As a user of the Linqa platform, you are a member of one or more shared workspaces, you communicate and collaborate with the other members of the workspace.
Linqa is ideal for documenting workshops.
The costs for customization and further development of the software are based on your individual requirements: Price by agreement.
whiteboard
You can read documents and notes, watch videos, annotate and download documents.
Translation
Notes, text blocks, headings and document names are translated automatically. There is a separate discussion forum for documents.
chat/discussion area
Each workspace has a chat/discussion area. Messages and their translations are displayed simultaneously. There is a general chat as well as special discussions on a specific document or text block.
Linqa is an open-source software and collaborative effort, its further development benefits all users. This collective approach leads to the creation of new functions and application options, enhancing the overall capabilities of the software.
We at DMX, a Berlin-based IT company, have been working on the bilingual software since 2021. It all started with the development of the online platform in collaboration with the Franco-German Zukunftswerk. Based on the positive experiences, we are convinced that even more European organizations can benefit from multilingual and GDPR-compliant software.
In collaboration with the
Franco-German Zukunftswerk
We would like to present you with some of the feedback we have received from our clients.
“Linqa is a gamechanger for a bilingual project like ours. We used to translate mails between our German and French partners: The communication was not only awkward, but it completely depended on our resources. Linqa enables our partners to chat and exchange among themselves. That way multi-lingual communities of practice can develop organically.“
“The main benefit of developing Linqa as Free Software lies in its potential for widespread adoption and adaptation. The Franco-German Forum for the Future has a very specific use of the Linqa platform, which follows from our particular methodology and the people we work with. We get exactly what we need with Linqa but still its potential goes beyond our specific use case.“
