Localization workshop @ Prague in June

Jean-Baptiste via trans <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:38:11 +0100
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Dear translators,

I'll do one talk and organize one workshop in Prague in June, related to 
language community health in Linux ecosystem, and how to improve the 
situation.
Could you please route the following message to your language 
communities across the world?

The workshop would greatly benefit to have people with a diversity of 
experiences/projects/languages.

I created this ticket to track invites: 
https://forge.fedoraproject.org/localization/tickets/issues/57
I'll send it to some mailing lists, but if you do, could you please 
share the link with me or in the ticket?
You are welcome to add me in CC of your emails ([email protected])

Thanks a lot for your help,

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The Fedora Project community officially invites you and leaders from 
your localization communities to join us in *Prague* this *June 
14th–16th, 2026*, for a cross-community *workshop on the State of Open 
Source Localization*.

Our l10n community has been processing localization statistics for the 
entire Linux operating system ecosystem over the last 20 years. The 
preliminary data reveals some serious challenges regarding the health 
and velocity of our language communities.

While Flock to Fedora is traditionally our distribution's annual 
contributor conference, these translation challenges cannot be solved in 
a silo. We need the shared experience, knowledge, and perspectives of 
allies from Mozilla, Weblate, LibreOffice, Wikimedia, Localization Lab, 
and others to truly analyze this data.

*Flock 2026 content dedicated on this subject (schedule TBD)*:

  * An introductory talk presenting the 20-year statistical analysis and
    its limitations.
  * An extended, collaborative workshop focused on interpreting the data
    and brainstorming ecosystem-wide improvements.

Your free registration includes conference attendance, meals, evening 
social events, and access to our negotiated hotel block rates. Please 
note that we are unable to offer travel sponsorship at this time. You 
will need to secure your own travel and lodging.

We have 20 years of data to review, and we would love for you to come to 
Prague and share your experience with us. If you have any questions, you 
can reach Jean-Baptiste on the Fedora Matrix server in the 
*#l10n:fedoraproject.org <http://fedoraproject.org>* channel.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Jean-Baptiste

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    <p>Dear translators,</p>
    <p>I'll do one talk and organize one workshop in Prague in June,
      related to language community health in Linux ecosystem, and how
      to improve the situation.<br>
      Could you please route the following message to your language
      communities across the world?<br>
      <br>
      The workshop would greatly benefit to have people with a diversity
      of experiences/projects/languages.<br>
      <br>
      I created this ticket to track invites:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://forge.fedoraproject.org/localization/tickets/issues/57">https://forge.fedoraproject.org/localization/tickets/issues/57</a><br>
      I'll send it to some mailing lists, but if you do, could you
      please share the link with me or in the ticket?<br>
      You are welcome to add me in CC of your emails
      (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>)</p>
    <p>Thanks a lot for your help,</p>
    <p>---<br>
      The Fedora Project community officially invites you and leaders
      from your localization communities to join us in <b>Prague</b>
      this <b>June 14th–16th, 2026</b>, for a cross-community <b>workshop
        on the State of Open Source Localization</b>.<br>
      <br>
      Our l10n community has been processing localization statistics for
      the entire Linux operating system ecosystem over the last 20
      years. The preliminary data reveals some serious challenges
      regarding the health and velocity of our language communities.</p>
    <div>While Flock to Fedora is traditionally our distribution's
      annual contributor conference, these translation challenges cannot
      be solved in a silo. We need the shared experience, knowledge, and
      perspectives of allies from Mozilla, Weblate, LibreOffice,
      Wikimedia, Localization Lab, and others to truly analyze this
      data.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div><b>Flock 2026 content dedicated on this subject (schedule TBD)</b>:</div>
    <div>
      <ul>
        <li>An introductory talk presenting the 20-year statistical
          analysis and its limitations.</li>
        <li>An extended, collaborative workshop focused on interpreting
          the data and brainstorming ecosystem-wide improvements.</li>
      </ul>
    </div>
    <div>Your free registration includes conference attendance, meals,
      evening social events, and access to our negotiated hotel block
      rates. Please note that we are unable to offer travel sponsorship
      at this time. You will need to secure your own travel and lodging.</div>
    <br>
    We have 20 years of data to review, and we would love for you to
    come to Prague and share your experience with us. If you have any
    questions, you can reach Jean-Baptiste on the Fedora Matrix server
    in the <span style="font-family:monospace"><b>#l10n:<a
          href="http://fedoraproject.org" target="_blank">fedoraproject.org</a></b></span> channel.
    <br>
    <br>
    We look forward to hearing from you!
    <p>Jean-Baptiste</p>
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