L10n:Meetings/2020 Urdu Meetup
Highlights
Quality Sprint
This session is to reduce the number of unreviewed strings, focus on high priority projects and localize, review while maintaining the quality of localization.
Style Sheet Creation
The purpose of this session is to create a style guide for Urdu Language that would be referenced by the existing and new contributors to make the localisation easier and of better quality.
Mozilla Staff Session
Mozilla L10n Staff member shall be invited to host a session online/in-person during the event.
Discussions
- Importance of L10n Gatherings.
- Mozilla, it's projects, initiatives and how one can contribute.
- Localisation tools.
- Plans to recruit new localizers.
- Identify or create language resources for Urdu(style guide, glossary, etc.).
- Brainstorming for quality improvements in the current projects.
- Need to create a training/ ‘Getting Started’ material for new contributors.
- Localizer recognition.
- Discuss the state of SUMO in Urdu.
- Roles and responsibilities.
- Reducing the number of days for suggestion review.
- What happens after the event?
Schedule
3rd January, Friday
20:30 - 22:30 DINNER TBD
4th January, Saturday
- 09:00 - 09:30 -----> Welcome and Introduction
- 09:30 - 10:00 -----> Introduction to Mozilla, its programs, projects and aim of the meetup.
- 10:00 - 10:30 -----> Mozilla’s Localisation Project, l10n Urdu Team, localisation process, and different roles.
- 10:30 - 11:00 -----> Tools used to localise and need for a Style Guide.
11:00 - 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 11:15 - 12:00 -----> Initiate creation of Style Guide (Everyone) + 10 min Update.
- 12:00 - 12:30 -----> Firefox for Mobile Quality Check, Review & Terminology Consistency - Process Overview
- 12:30 - 13:00 -----> Firefox for Android Quality Check, Review & Terminology Consistency (Everyone) + 10 min Update
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
- 14:00 - 14:30 -----> Firefox for iOS Quality Check, Review & Terminology Consistency (Everyone) + 10 min Update.
- 14:30 - 15:00 -----> Help or Question (Teammate, Locale manager, L10n Staff, etc)
- 15:00 - 16:00 -----> Update Style Guide (Everyone) + 10 min Update.
16:00 - 16:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 16:15 - 16:45 -----> Bugzilla, it's working, how to file and access bugs, L10n Blog
- 16:45 - 17:15 -----> Firefox for Desktop Quality Check & Terminology Consistency (Everyone) + 10 min Update.
- 17:15 - 17:45 -----> Quality review of Mozilla.org (Everyone) + 10 min Update
- 17:45 - 18:00 -----> Review time (Everyone)
19:30 - 22:30 DINNER TBD
5th January, Sunday
- 09:00 - 09:30 -----> Review yesterday’s work and overview of today’s agenda
- 09:30 - 10:00 -----> SUMO Pages translation process and Quality Check
- 10:00 - 11:00 -----> SUMO Pages Quality Check, Review & Terminology Consistency (Everyone) + 10 min Update
11:00 - 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 11:15 - 11:45 -----> Quality review of Common Voice (Everyone) + 10 min Update
- 11:45 - 12:15 -----> Quality review of Facebook Container (Everyone) + 10 min Update
- 12:15 - 13:00 -----> Update Style Guide / Glossary (Everyone) + 10min Update
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
- 14:00 - 15:00 -----> Update the pontoon info and Mozilla wiki with latest details. (Everyone) + 10 min Team Update
- 15:00 - 15:30 -----> Going forward: Future Community Planning
- 15:30 - 16:00 -----> Language Promotion events in India and Pakistan (For increasing Download). (Everyone) + 15 min Team Update
16:00 - 16:30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK & GROUP PHOTO
- 16:30 - 17:00 -----> Onboarding new members, assignment of roles and promotion of local products online.
- 17:00 - 17:30 -----> Wrap up: Show and Tell/Feedback from Members.
19:30 - 22:30 DINNER TBD
Logistics
Venue Details
Mozilla L10n Urdu Meetup 2020 will be organized at:
TBD
Registration
This is an invitation-only meetup. The invitation period is now closed and all participants have received their invitation.
Travel
Getting to Kuala Lumpur
- Everyone will have their flights booked for the meetup.
- Don't forget to bring your passport & (if needed) your Mozilla travel letter.
- Onward Journey:
You can start on Friday evening.
- Backward Journey:
You can start on Sunday evening or Monday early morning.
Hotel
- We have booked the hotel from Friday evening to Monday morning you will stay at. No need to book by yourself.
- Check-In: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:00 PM Onwards
- Check-Out: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 by or before 12:00 PM
- Rooms are booked for everyone on a sharing basis (Two people in one room).
- Note: If you would like to arrive earlier or stay extra days, you will have to make your own booking arrangements.
Meals
- Dinner for Friday is included with the hotel
- Breakfast for the Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are included with the hotel
- Lunches for the Saturday and Sunday will be taken on-site
- Dinner is organized for Saturday and Sunday.
Reimbursements and receipts
We will reimburse the following items using the usual process:
- visa and immigration costs
- Public transportation from the Airport to the hotel (and back)
- Usual transportation costs (from Home to Airport and back)
People with disabilities: other needed transportation (speak with us beforehand)
No other things will be reimbursed (unless agreed beforehand). If you have any doubt, please contact us!
Like always, keep all receipts. :)
After the event submit an invoice (like for any other event) with all the items listed and all receipts. Deadline: January 12th, 2020.
About Event city
Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia, boasting gleaming skyscrapers, colonial architecture, charming locals, and a myriad of natural attractions. Divided into numerous districts, its main hub is called the Golden Triangle which comprises Bukit Bintang, KLCC and Chinatown. KL is widely recognised for numerous landmarks, including Petronas Twin Towers (the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers), Petaling Street flea market, and Batu Caves, which is over 400 million years old.
With frequent sales events throughout the year, expansive shopping malls like Pavilion KL and Suria KLCC are also among the biggest tourist attractions in the city, hosting a wide range of upmarket labels from all over the world. Plus, if you need more reason to love Kuala Lumpur, there is the abundance of gastronomic delights – with thousands of hawker stalls, cafes, and restaurants serving every imaginable type of delicacies.
Food
Top 10 things to eat in KL
Weather
In January, Kuala Lumpur enjoys mild, welcoming weather even though there are frequent rains. The afternoon temperature reaches its high peak at about 32°C, while it rarely goes below 22°C at night. The overall average daytime temperature is 27°C this month, which is extremely warm. Weather Details
Language
The official language of Kuala Lumpur is Bahasa Malaysia. However, many residents are well-versed in English and speak it as their first language.
Communications Channels
IRC
Contacts
- Tanzeel Khan
- Email: tanzeelkhan94@gmail.com
- Reps Profile: https://reps.mozilla.org/u/tanzeelkhan/
- Telegram: @tanzeelkhan
- Md Shahbaz Alam
- Email: shahbazalam17feb@gmail.com
- Reps Profile: https://reps.mozilla.org/u/shahbaz/
- Telegram: @mdsbzalam
Other
- Hashtag for event: #mozilla #mozl10n
- Notes
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- Resources
- Mozilla l10n Urdu
- Mozilla l10n Urdu Team Wiki
- Mozilla l10n home page
- Pontoon translation tool
- Firefox language pack add-ons
- Mozilla l10n mailing list (please subscribe)
- @mozilla_l10n Twitter account