I am in Zagreb, Croatia, today with a fabulous collection of folks passionate about open content  and FOSS translation tools. Open Translation Tools is organised by Aspiration  and the Multimedia Institute [MI2]. It brings together software developers working to develop translation tools with projects that have particular use-cases for translation. Together we are going to learn from each other and seek to bridge the gaps, if they exist, between use-cases and available tools.

The remarkable Allen "Gunner" Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration, has been facilitating a highly interactive day which has included an analog opinion differentiator (not as high tech as it sounds!), small group brainstorming, concept grouping and, of course, lots of opportunity to meet new people and learn about their projects. Since I am a complete newbie to the world of translation tools, I am finding that nearly everyone I speak to has something to teach me. And of course they are equally interested to hear about what eIFL-FOSS is proposing to do with its ILS support documentation project. I'm especially looking forward to the Speedgeeking session tomorrow.

I will report further as time permits (I'm on short lunch break at the moment!) with links to some of the tools that stand out.