New project announcements, project and localization releases, working group progress, upcoming events and more!

Thank you to all who participated in the recent Ask Me Anything with the SecureDrop team! The discussion was littered with diverse questions about who uses and can use SecureDrop, the tool's technical features and localization needs. Below you will find some key resources and questions as well as an abridged transcript of the discussion.

Want to see more AMAs with Localization Lab supported projects? Let us know who you would like to see an AMA for or if you are a project that would like to host one.

Upcoming events and community updates and highlights from March and the first week of April, 2018.

Upcoming Events:

SecureDrop AMA: Thursday, April 12th, 17.00 UTC
Localization Lab Community Meeting: Friday, April 13th, 14.00 UTC

Upcoming Translation Deadlines (for inclusion in next release):

Onion Browser: April 27th
SecureDrop: May 7th

“Contributor Insights into Turkmenistan” is the first of a series of Localization Lab user profiles and interviews leveraging the experience of Localization Lab contributors in order to provide more insight into the needs and threats of minority language users and users living and working in closed societies.

We are now accepting applications for Localization Lab translators interested in attending this year's Localization Summit and Sprint, which will take place at the 2018 Internet Freedom Festival from March 5th - 9th in Valencia, Spain!

We are excited to announce that FreedomBox is joining the Localization Lab community!

FreedomBox is a simple private server, wireless internet router, and multi-purpose tool designed to create internet freedom with only free software and inexpensive hardware. FreedomBox is a Debian-based system designed to protect against data-mining, surveillance, and censorship. It empowers users to leave the cloud and take control of their data by hosting services on a private server.

And to welcome FreedomBox into the fold and properly introduce the project, we will be hosting an Ask Me Anything with the FreedomBox team on Saturday, September 30th at 14:00 UTC in the Localization Lab Mattermost channel! Mark your calendars and come ready with any questions and feedback that you might have. This event will be open to all, regardless of your familiarity with FreedomBox.
 

Didn't make it to this year's Localization Lab Summit and Sprint? Take a look at the 2017 Localization Lab Summit and Sprint Report to find out what you missed and let us know your thoughts!

Join Localization Lab as a translator-contributor at the 2017 Internet Freedom Festival, March 6th - 10th in Valencia, Spain! Applications to participate in the Localization Summit and related events are due Sunday, January 22nd.

This Sunday, December 18th marks the 7th annual World Arabic Language Day! And what better way to celebrate this diverse language than to make access to the open Internet and digital security more accessible to the millions of Arabic speakers!

Take a look at this month’s Localization Lab newsletter to learn about new projects and events for October and November, get a full picture of translation progress across all Localization Lab projects, view the urgent translation needs for October, and get tips for keeping translators updated as a project owner.

In this month's inaugural newsletter for Localization Lab you will find information about new projects and events for September, an update on translation progress across Localization Lab projects, urgent translation needs for September as well as a call forLanguage Coordinators and project maintenance.
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you would like to see included in next month's newsletter!