Call for Participation: Translations Devroom 2024

Hi all,

Web version available here: https://gitlab.com/translations-devroom/cfp

# FOSDEM 2024 In Person -- Translations DevRoom Call for Participation!

FOSDEM 2024 [1] will take place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 
2024 in Brussels, Belgium.

## Key dates / New updates

* Conference dates: 3-4 February, 2024 In person.
* Translations DevRoom [2] date: Sunday 4th February (half a day in the 
morning).
* Submission deadline: Sunday 10th December.
* Announcement of selected talks: Friday 15th December.
* You must be available in person to present your talk.
* Talk submissions should be 30 mins and this should include Q&A time.

## TALK TOPICS

For the second year in a row, FOSDEM will hold a devroom on all things 
related to translating FLOSS projects.

* Recruiting new people to translate your project.
* How it works in your project to translate softwares, websites, 
packages, manuals, tools, and so on.
* Which tools are used by translators.
* Exchange experiences between FLOSS projects.
* Rewarding volunteer contributors and keeping volunteers motivated.
* Showing which languages your project has been translated to.

Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of 
translations!

## HOW TO SUBMIT A TALK

* Visit the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx [3] website. This has replaced Pentabarf!
* Follow the instructions to create an account.
* Once logged in, select “submit a CFP”.
* Your submission must include the following information:
     - Proposal title
     - Track - Select **Translations** from the drop down list
     - Abstract
     - Description
     - Add any other details as needed to the Submission notes.
     - Additional speaker
     - _Click Continue or you can save and come back to it_
     - About your proposal: Which open source license do you use?
        - FOSDEM is an open-source software conference, please specify 
which OSI approved license [4] your proposal uses.
     - Extra review material, only shown to reviewers (not published 
when scheduled)
     - Extra Contact details (optional)
     - _Click Continue or you can save and come back to it_
     - Finally tell us your name
     - Biography
     - Availability

If you need to get in touch with the organiser of the Translations 
DevRoom, email us at <[email protected]>

FOSDEM code of conduct [5].

Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana [6] - Translations DevRoom Organiser


[1] https://fosdem.org/2024
[2] https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/translations
[3] https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp
[4] https://opensource.org/licenses
[5] https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct
[6] https://phls.com.br