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8 years ago I really like the idea and what you are hoping for people to continue contributing to the project after Mozfest, but just wondering if you have thought about how should people participate in your session? Should they bring their own computer to participate or you are just going to show them how?
[ ID ] a38fc751-058b-4e14-9dac-b92a7c4711cc
[ Submitter's Name ] Leandro Regueiro [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Translate House
[ Space ] localisation [ Secondary Space ] youth
[ Format ] learning-lab
Description
One of the simplest ways to contribute to open source for people with technical knowledge is to translate. If your software is in a language that most users can't understand then it is no so cool.
This session is intended to teach non-techies how to quickly start translating Mozilla products using Pootle translation platform.
Agenda
Interested people can come to some space where we will show them how Pootle eases translation, and how to use it for them to translate. This will include some time for translators to ask about doubts, receive advice, and to translate since the best way to learn is to do it.
Participants
The problem is not how many people comes, but how many people has trouble in the practical part. Depending on how many people requires assistance at the same time we might need people to help.
But we surely will be able to handle a group of 25+ people with 2 or 3 people having doubts at the same time.
Outcome
The session is intended to transfer basic knowledge on the usage of Pootle, as well as some basics about localization, and basic practice on Pootle actual usage.
We expect that some of the participants will join their respective translation teams and continue contributing to them after Mozfest.