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German word that sounds like 'gull-lighter'
I'm listening to an audio book about Hitler's life. It frequently uses a word that sounds like 'gull-lighter'. I assume that it's a German word. As best I can tell from the context, it appears to be some sort of title or class for a person. Does anyone know what word this is and what it means? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 01:50, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Probably Gauleiter, which see. --Trovatore (talk) 01:55, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

wiki, source, translate
Is there anywhere that (ancient) texts are translated collaboratively in wiki fashion? 2601:1C1:8100:900:5474:70C7:1370:8987 (talk) 17:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, translatedby.com is a wiki for collaborative translations, though they don't particularly mention ancient texts in the front page spiel. They seem to be at a fairly early stage of development. --Antiquary (talk) 18:48, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * And now I find there's so much crowdsourced online translation going on that there's a whole book about it. You'd think there was some sort of catalogue of these sites on the web, but I've had no luck finding one. --Antiquary (talk) 19:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * There seem to be several on-line collaborative Bible translations, though the probably most well-known one, the New English Translation had a limited number of trusted editors (as opposed to people discussing the translation)... AnonMoos (talk) 02:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)


 * You might find these URLs of interest: Lexicity (index for ancient language resources) and Palaeolexicon (a tool for the study of ancient languages). —Stephen (talk) 10:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)