{"id":828,"date":"2015-11-09T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/?p=828"},"modified":"2016-03-28T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:46:39","slug":"mozilla-turkic-l10n-meet-up-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2015\/11\/09\/mozilla-turkic-l10n-meet-up-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Turkic l10n Meet-up – Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of October, Axel<\/a> and I<\/a> took a trip to Istanbul to organize a new l10n hackathon. Is there a more iconic place than a city extending over two continents, with such diversity of culture, to host a localization event?<\/p>\n

The target for these meetings<\/a> is to gather key l10n contributors in the region, bring them up to speed on the latest updates regarding Mozilla, and understand their team’s health and perspectives.<\/p>\n

At this event, hosted by a local hacking space named Iskele47, we had representatives from five languages: Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Russian, Turkish, and Uzbek.<\/p>\n

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As usual for these meetings, localizers can have very different experiences, with a contribution history ranging from 11 years \u2013 Alexander<\/a>, our Russian localizer \u2013 to brand new l10n contributors like Halil<\/a> for Turkish.
\nSometimes English can represent a barrier in our discussions, and a huge thanks goes to Emin<\/a>, our Azerbaijani localizer, not just for being crucial in organizing the event, but also for acting as trait d’union<\/em> through English, Turkish, and Russian.<\/p>\n

Having participated in five of these meet-ups so far, it’s interesting to try and find common trends and differences:<\/p>\n