Proposed by: Arun Thiagarajan
Technical documentation in regional languages
The proposal is for a 10 min talk on the need for having technical documentation in regional languages and how we can go about translating documentation to regional languages. Below is a brief summary of points covered in the talk:
- English is not first language for many Indians.
- Technical documentation is in English and don't have a translation in regional langauges.
- Project documentation contains detailed information which cannot be found in other sources.
- Translating technical documentation in regional languages makes the knowledge accessible to more number of people.
- More Indians can build better software as it breaks language barrier required to build good software.
- Translation is hard - requires bandwidth, focused effort. The way to go around is docathons and community efforts.
Source code/Reference: https://www.arunppsg.in/posts/fastapi-tamil/
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