总结：encyclopedia, Prototype

The Global Text Project is similar in technology to Wikipedia, the free (encyclopedia) that anyone can edit on the Internet. But only one or two people will be able to make the final edits in texts. The project includes a committee of scholars, mostly from developing countries, to advise on required textbooks and their content.

“全球教科书项目”在技术方面类似于Wikipedia（维基百科），它是一种任何人都能在英特网上编辑的免费的百科全书。但只有1、2个人能够对此文本做最后的编辑。该项目还包括一个学者委员会，旨在对那些必备的课本及它们的内容提出建议，其大部分成员都是来自于发展中国家。

Globaltext.org has a link to the (Prototype) Global Text Library, with two books on information systems and economic analysis. Other free texts on subjects including linear algebra and oceanography are also available at globaltext.org.

Globaltext.org网站与“全球原型教课书图书馆”之间有个链接，该图书馆有两本有关信息系统和经济分析的书。其他课目的教课书，诸如线性代数、海洋学也可以在globaltext.org网站上免费使用。

The group’s first book on information systems is being tested in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Professor Watson says the plan is to offer about ten free books within the next year, including an English grammar text.

该项目组的第一本有关信息系统的书正在埃塞俄比亚及印度尼西亚试用。Watson教授表示，在未来一年内计划将提供10本免费课本，其中包括一本英语语法课本。

Project organizers also want to offer textbooks in Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. They are working with a translation company in the United States. And Professor Watson says students could also get involved. For example, a student learning English in an Arab country could translate part of a book into Arabic. Then another student and the class professor could check the translation.

该项目的组织者还想提供一些阿拉伯语、汉语及西班牙语的课本，他们正与美国的一个翻译公司合作。但Watson教授还表示，学生也可以参与进来。例如，一个学习英语的阿拉伯国家的学生，他可以将部分内容翻译成阿拉伯语，然后另外一个学生以及任课教授来对他的翻译进行校验。