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Transcription & Translation Breakout 1: Translation of Texts into English Download the following .txt files. Note that the link takes you to a page on your browser; use “save this page as” to download it to your computer.

Transcription & Translation Objectives and Competencies for this session: understand the different approaches to translation and the research questions for which each is most appropriate Become familiar with software for automated translation via direct upload and api Learn to use the different types of automated and manual transcription tools Understand the strengths and weaknesses of automated translation Be able to describe the metadata required for transcription files Pre-class Preparation Readings

‘Paperless’ data collection Objectives and Competencies for this session: Be able to explain the advantages of paperless data collection Identify means of preventing data loss when collecting data electronically Learn how to build a form, and collect, upload, and download data using EpiCollect Pre-class Preparation Download: Epicollect app to a phone or tablet (if you need to borrow a phone or tablet let me know).

Paperless Data Collection Part 1: Using EpiCollect5 to gather data. Part 1a: Collecting and Uploading Data Download the Epicollect5 app and install it on a phone or tablet.

Automated Data Extraction Part 1: Scraping Data from Tables on Websites Import Wikipedia tables into Google Sheets. a. Open Wikipedia page of List of Countries by Population (UN)

Data, Ethics, & The Law Before we start… an example from our lab of a real data clean-up situation for which OpenRefine is ideal Part 1: Anonymizing is hard Exercise 1: Finalize this “anonymization log' for one of your interviews.

Automated data extraction Objectives and Competencies for this session: Please read / watch these before class: Readings: Drinkwater, R. E., Cubey, R. W., & Haston, E. M. (2014). The use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the digitization of herbarium specimen labels.

Legal and Ethical Issues Objectives and Competencies for this session: Pre-class Preparation: Readings: de Koning M, Meyer B, Moors A, Pels P. 2019. Guidelines for anthropological research: Data management, ethics, and integrity.