Mozilla
L10n Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati and Angika Community Meetup 2018
1-2
September 2018, Pune
“जहां
चाह है, वहां
राह है"
“Where
there's a will there's a Way”
"If
you are determined, you can find a way to achieve whatever
you want, even if it is very difficult."
I
would love to start this Blog with above saying which is the perfect
match of what we have achieved as outcome of the L10n meetup held in
Pune during 1-2, September 2018.
It
was an honor for me to get an invite to participate in the meetup and
give a talk on ‘How to bring
Impact on Mozilla mission through localization and QA’.
With
the objective of not to miss any moment or any session of the meetup,
I started from Kolkata on 31st
August 2018 and landed Pune at late evening on the same day.
Without
wasting any time, I rushed to the hotel to see some of the
participants before they go to sleep. Yes, my plan was successful, I
manged to meet and kill some of the time of Prathamesh and Aniket :P
Accommodation
was arranged for all the participants in Hotel Novotel, which is a world
class International 5 Star
hotel in Pune.
As expected, I was
suppose to share room with Umesh who already checked in the hotel on same evening.
We discussed about plan of the meetup scheduled next morning. I then
had my dinner ‘Veg Biryani’ in the hotel room itself. Next morning, i.e on
1st September, we all assembled in hotel lobby at around
8:00 AM. We quickly finished breakfast and left for the venue of the
meetup. Complimentary breakfast at the hotel was an awesome
combination of South India, North India and regional dishes.
Highlights of Day-1
Umesh
started
‘Day-1’
with interactive discussion and
introduction of all the participants. He also took their
views, feedback and
exception with the two days meetup.
The bold statement of the session was:
“Don’t
hesitate to ask any questions.”
After having introductory session, we moved on various sessions as follows.
Session-1 ‘Ice- breakdown -- Warm up session’ by Umesh Agarwal
We all assembled at hotel lobby at around 8:30 AM to have breakfast and to leave for the venue of the meetup. Like Day-1, complimentary breakfast at the hotel was an awesome combination of South India, North India and regional dishes.
Day-2 started with the recap of day-1, individual team work of day-1 and planning to complete the task in day-2.
All the team completed the localization of products under the supervision of their locale leaders.
Lunch Break: We all enjoyed the lunch from KFC.
After the lunch, following session were conducted.
Useful Resource:
Meetup Wiki Page for more details: Click Here
Photos of Day-1: Click Here
Photos of Day-2: Click Here
Session-1 ‘Ice- breakdown -- Warm up session’ by Umesh Agarwal
Before
kicking start with the agenda, Umesh has quickly announced the agenda for
the day. Participants of the meetup mutually decided the hash-tag of
the meetup as, #MozINL10n18
Session-2:
“How to bring Impact on Mozilla Mission through Localization and
QA” by Shahid Ali Farooqui
I divided my session in to following there parts.
I divided my session in to following there parts.
1.
Languages
2. Bringing impact in regional community through localization and QA
3. Bringing Impact on Mozilla Mission through Localization and QA
I mostly tried to motivate participants toward focusing on quality and consistent contribution in localization.
2. Bringing impact in regional community through localization and QA
3. Bringing Impact on Mozilla Mission through Localization and QA
I mostly tried to motivate participants toward focusing on quality and consistent contribution in localization.
Session-3:
Understand the Individual's Role - Eg. Manger, Translator, Reviewer
and Product Tester by Umesh Agarwal
Session-4:
Pontoon
Tool Overview Tips and Tricks by
Dhiraj
Kumar Singh and Mahtab Alam
Session-5: Firefox for Mobile Quality Check and Terminology Consistency by Ravi Kumbhkar
Session-6: Firefox for Android Quality Check and Terminology Consistency (Individual team breakout)
Session-5: Firefox for Mobile Quality Check and Terminology Consistency by Ravi Kumbhkar
Session-6: Firefox for Android Quality Check and Terminology Consistency (Individual team breakout)
Lunch
Break: We all enjoyed Domino’s
Pizza
Session-7:
Introduction
to Bugzilla and Bug Filing, Access Rights, Mozilla L10n Blog
by
Gujarati
Team
Session-8: Individual Team Feedback (General Comment by all ‘A Productive Day’)
Day-1 end-up with Cake Cutting, Swag distribution, group photo and then grand dinner
Session-8: Individual Team Feedback (General Comment by all ‘A Productive Day’)
Day-1 end-up with Cake Cutting, Swag distribution, group photo and then grand dinner
Highlights of Day-2
We all assembled at hotel lobby at around 8:30 AM to have breakfast and to leave for the venue of the meetup. Like Day-1, complimentary breakfast at the hotel was an awesome combination of South India, North India and regional dishes.
Day-2 started with the recap of day-1, individual team work of day-1 and planning to complete the task in day-2.
All the team completed the localization of products under the supervision of their locale leaders.
Lunch Break: We all enjoyed the lunch from KFC.
After the lunch, following session were conducted.
Session-1:
Training
session for new members -- How to do it? Let’s discuss by
Chandrakant and Shahid
Session-2:
SUMO
Pages translation process and Quality Check by
Mahtab
Alam
Session-3:
Agile
Methodology
by
Umesh
Agarwal
Session-4: Feedback from participants
Session-4: Feedback from participants
Champ
of the Year 2018 for each locale are recognizer with a special gift.
Angika: Kumar Ritu Raj
Gujarati: Hariom Panchal
Hindi: Mahtab Alam
Marathi: Narendra Petkar and Nilima Chavan
Angika: Kumar Ritu Raj
Gujarati: Hariom Panchal
Hindi: Mahtab Alam
Marathi: Narendra Petkar and Nilima Chavan
Day-2
end-up with a group photograph, grand dinner and saying bye-bye with a commitment to meet again with same enthusiasm and passion.
My Observation about the Meetup: This
meetup was part of the Mozilla L10n community events in 2018. The meetup was of very high standard, productive and end up with great
success metrics. Approximately twenty leaders of four regional
languages traveled from various parts of the country to participate
in the meetup.
Acknowledgements: My special thanks to Umesh for taking initiative and hosting such a productive meetup of year 2018. My sincere thanks to Prathamesh, Aniket, Chandrakant Ji and Umesh for such an outstanding logistics arrangement and their tiring efforts to make the meetup successful and productive. Last but not the least, I thanks all the participants for all their contributions, sparing valuable time and traveling all the way from their place to Pune to participate in the meetup.
My Takeaway: Good to see community heading in right directions with full of strength!
Discussion over tea: I thanks Chandrakant ji and his wife for offering me an awesome tea at their home.
Photo of the Meetup:
Acknowledgements: My special thanks to Umesh for taking initiative and hosting such a productive meetup of year 2018. My sincere thanks to Prathamesh, Aniket, Chandrakant Ji and Umesh for such an outstanding logistics arrangement and their tiring efforts to make the meetup successful and productive. Last but not the least, I thanks all the participants for all their contributions, sparing valuable time and traveling all the way from their place to Pune to participate in the meetup.
My Takeaway: Good to see community heading in right directions with full of strength!
Discussion over tea: I thanks Chandrakant ji and his wife for offering me an awesome tea at their home.
Photo of the Meetup:
Useful Resource:
Meetup Wiki Page for more details: Click Here
Photos of Day-1: Click Here
Photos of Day-2: Click Here
