Site translator for ECLAC/CEPAL publications

brazuca

We are in the process of rolling out Zotero as our preferred biblio management tool. Now I'm trying to make the input process easier, especially for our own publications. Would anyone be willing to make a site translator for our publications? Here is an example page (and note that there are Spanish and English publications):

http://www.cepal.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/9/38409/P38409.xml&xsl=/deype/tpl-i/p9f.xsl&base=/tpl/top-bottom.xslt

We put the Sale No in the [Extra] field, and the "LC/G...." number in [call-number] if possible.

The author for these is always ECLAC (english) or CEPAL (spanish).

Thanks!

ajlyon

If you have access to the CEPAL site, why not "Make your site Zotero-ready"? Doing this using unAPI or COinS is actually quite easy. The advantage of exposing metadata in this way is that it will make it easier for all users to save items from your site, even if they aren't using Zotero. Mendeley, for example, can read your unAPI or COinS (I think).

brazuca

I have no access to the site, and I don't think adding unAPI or COinS would be done anytime soon even if they decided to do it today. This is the UN, after all. I will ask for it, though. Maybe when Zotero use is more universal they will get on board.

ajlyon

In that case, your situation probably does call for a translator. The best option of course is for someone within your organization to do it, since it's part of your organization's needs. Most people here who write translators (I've written one) are usually quite busy-- there are hundreds of requests and most don't get fulfilled. A programmer should be able to write one in just a few hours, if the site is reasonably consistent in how it presents its data; perhaps you'd be able to hire someone?

brazuca

Thanks. I can ask, but I'm basically the entire Zotero effort at my org. I wrote the csl style and am training editorial on how to manage the biblios with the authors. I would basically have to learn how to do the translator myself, which is why I was hoping for some help.

I guess I'll make it a priority to get IT guys involved somehow.

ajlyon

I just looked again, and your site already has some RDF metadata embedded in the page, in the form of META tags. Right now, it only includes the author and title, and the title is incorrect. That said, maybe the site developers could "fix" that metadata to have it provide the metadata you want it to provide? As a bug fix, that might be more palatable of a change, and they could add other relevant metadata at the same time.

brazuca

I will bring this to their attention. Maybe we can kill 2 birds with one stone.

Thanks ajlyon.