Hi Everyone, みなさん、こんにちは！
I’ve recently started a GitHub repo to attempt a group effort to translate the Software Carpentry core lessons into Japanese. We’ve already started getting a translation team together but if anyone wishes to get involved or contribute, please get it touch or check out the repo: https://github.com/swcarpentry-ja/i18n Huge thanks to David Pérez-Suárez for setting this up. The guide for translators is still a work in progress so please drop us an issue if it’s difficult to set up. See here for a demo of multi-lingual lesson: https://swcarpentry-ja.github.io/git-novice/ Due to the language and culture barriers, we’re first focusing on making sure learners would have access to lesson notes and then helpers/instructors in their language if they don’t speak English very well. If you want to get involved, don’t hesitate to contact us. It’s very early stages here but it would be great to see some workshops in Japan eventually. There’s plenty of interest in East Asia and an active group in South Korea so it would be great to build a community here and exchange ideas. If you have any experience with teaching in different countries or cultures, your advice is welcomed as well. I’d like to revisit the idea of a local discussion channel specific to Japan, as I’m reconsidering whether we’d make use of it. There’s been some interest in such a channel to coordinate our activities here. I think Software Carpentry is the appropriate place to host this so it’s open for others to get involved rather than a separate Slack channel. Since this will likely be specific to Japan (such as the translations) and some members will prefer to communicate in Japanese, I think a “local-japan” group is more suitable but an Asia or Pacific group could be useful in the future for the community aspect (such as calls for helpers/instructors). Thanks for your help! Any responses or contributions will be appreciated. よろしくお願いいたします。 Kind Regards, Tom Kelly Postdoctoral Researcher RIKEN Centre for Integrative Medical Sciences Yokohama, Japan ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T58c7375c50dcba07-Mc934eebd5bb5b115cb5042f3 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
