[commops] Re: [Ambassadors] Golden chance to translate Fedora 24 in your language

[Justin W. Flory]

On 03/31/2016 06:18 AM, Jona Azizaj wrote:
>  Out of the six billion people in the world, only 339 million have
> English as a first language. The importance of English in global business increases the
> number of English speakers, but the people learning are taking English on as a second
> language. A notable number of users prefer products in their own language. In the Fedora
> Globalization (G11n) group, we are making this happen. The efforts are huge, and kudos to
> all our contributors.If you are a non-English user in Fedora and want to help improve
> translations in your native language, this is your time to contribute! A virtual Fedora
> translation sprint is coming up soon for Fedora 24 GUI applications.
>
>  Although it is a virtual event, if there are more contributors at a single location, they
> can gather together at an available place and work together.If any Ambassadors have this
> plan, please contact the G11n list with your requirements.
>
>  The translation sprint is happening according to the Fedora 24 schedule. There is a good
> chance to get your own contributions into Fedora 24!
>
>  So what are you waiting for? The vFAD is starting from April 1 – 5, 2016. Not sure how to
> contribute? Have a look at our new article published on the CommBlog.>
> https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/translate-fedora-24-in-your-langu...
>
>  Thanks :)
>  ~Jona
>  
Thanks for sharing this with the list, Jona! This is definitely an 
awesome opportunity to help contribute to Fedora for anyone with 
multilingual skills.

As of now, there's also a pretty awesome badge people can earn by 
participating in this vFAD too!

     https://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/fedora-24-translation-sprint

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Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com