Coming to terms with social translation: A terminological approach

Figures & data

Figure 1. Classes of scalable characteristics that constitute a prototype concept.

Table 1. Proposed set of characteristics of translation performed by a crowd vs. by a community.

	Crowd	Community
Structure	Typically unstructured	Typically structured
User profiles	Typically indeterminable	Typically determinable
Group size	Typically very large	Any size
Visibility of users	Typically invisible	Typically visible
Initiation	Typically by open call	Typically within the community
Locus of control	Typically outside the crowd	Typically inside the community
Relevance of non-translational goals	Typically low	Typically high
Technology	Typically crowd technology	Typically teamware
…	…	…

Figure 2. Positioning *social translation* concepts in a conceptual system of “translation”.