Academic Informatics Conference (Akademik Bilişim Konferansı) 2018
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Who What Where When Why
Primary contact: Muhammet Kara
Academic Informatics Conference held at the national level with the aim of introducing the information technology infrastructures, use, training and production in all dimensions, discussing them, sharing experiences and creating a common policy by bringing together related groups on information technologies ... (Google Translate)
This year, we have been given a time slot in the conference on 1th of Feb. Muhammet Kara (Coordinator of GNOME Turkish Translation Team) will talk about Localization of Free Software, and localization of GNOME in particular. We have also been granted a booth space. The aim is to present GNOME to university students and academics, and at least recruit some new translators for our team. It is also a good chance for the Turkish community members to come together.
Please see the conference website for more information about the main event: http://ab2018.karabuk.edu.tr/
Note that free registration is mandatory for all attendees
Seminar Details
Title: Localization of Free Software to Turkish
Location: Karabük University Conference Hall E, Karabük/Turkey
Date & Time: 14:00 - 16:00, Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 (GMT+3)
Content:
- General information about localization of Free Software to Turkish (Gettext, intltool...)
- Free software localization teams in Turkey
- Translation/Localization Tools (Software)
- GTranslator installation, settings, and creating the translation memory
- Joining the GNOME Turkish Translation Team, introduction to the translation workflow
Attendees
Please let us know that you're coming.
Possible Attendees
Name |
City |
Is Student? |
School/Company |
Muhammet Kara (Speaker) |
Ankara |
Yes |
METU/TUBITAK ULAKBIM |
Furkan Tokaç |
Lefkoşa |
Yes |
METU |
Furkan Ahmet Kara |
Lefkoşa |
Yes |
METU |
Enes Kıdık |
Ankara |
Yes |
METU/TUBITAK ULAKBIM |
Ömer Çakmak |
Ankara |
Yes |
TUBITAK ULAKBIM |
... |
... |
... |
... |
Visuals
Please feel free to share verbatim copies of any of the visuals here on your blog posts and/or social media accounts. KUDOS to Özge Doğan for preparing the visuals.
Sponsors
1. GNOME Foundation
- 50 T-shirts for the attendes of the seminar
- ~3000 stickers for the booth
2. TUBITAK ULAKBIM & Karabük University
- Classroom for about 40 people
- Lunch, cakes and drinks
Booth
...
Aftermath
Some twitter posts about the event:
More tweets shared by the visitors/attendees (nice photos): https://twitter.com/hashtag/GNOMEatAB2018
Our photo frame was also visible in the local press of Karabük city: http://karabukmeydanhaber.com/kbude-yapilan-20-akademik-bilisim-konferansinin-ardindan/