crowdsourcing translation

Crowdsourcing and its role in translation

Crowdsourcing is a new concept which is becoming very popular. This concept is defined by Wikipedia as a neurologist compound of Crowd and Outsourcing for the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group of people or community, through an ‘open call’ to a large group of people (a crowd) asking for contributions.