The world is really flat. People are globally connected via internet and working together for the cause.
Let people publish their message in their own language to their people about Joomla CMS.
Hope this multi-language project would last forever.
The JCM team considered multi-language access important to offer in the first magazine issue, even if imperfect. Last month Komrade worked hard customizing Google Translator for these pages. The international community noticed.
As the magazine grows, many other ideas will be implemented over the coming months. One of the first to take shape is the possibility to submit and publish articles about Joomla! in languages other than English. We want people to be able to write in their own language, and to make their articles available here.
Volunteers are needed to screen articles in languages other than English for appropriateness and quality. It was a thrill to see this Forum post rapidly inspire representatives for the following 13 languages: Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Lithuanian, Malay, Serbian, Spanish, Tamil and Turkish. Categories will be created for each language in this list, and our goal is to start publishing articles as of September 1.
Help spread the word by encouraging members of your community to write and submit articles. To submit an article in one of the languages listed above, please visit the International Stories page, select your language and submit your idea.
If your language does not appear in this list and you would like to offer your language skills for a new category, please let us know so we can include it!
Leveling the playing field and expanding the scope of opportunity benefits everyone. Many of us can read more than one language, and I for one will be using the Google Translator to tap into the global pulse of Joomla!
I would like to thank Paul Orwig, JCM Lead Editor, for encouraging this idea in every way possible, Komrade for continued support in extending the magazine to include a multi-language submission process, and the Joomla! international community whose enthusiastic response to this initiative confirms its importance and ensures its success.
Joomla! sitebuilder and freelance web designer specializing in non-profits. Co-Lead Editor on the Joomla! Community Magazine, and Secretary on the Board of Open Source Matters.
The world is really flat. People are globally connected via internet and working together for the cause.
Let people publish their message in their own language to their people about Joomla CMS.
Hope this multi-language project would last forever.
Thanks for your encouragement Norito, and thank you for helping us with the Japanese articles!
Thanks for asking Abbas! Yes you can submit articles in Arabic (because we have an Arabic editor) here: http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/116-international_splash_page Please select Arabic in the dropdown list. Use that form to communicate with the editor. You can also go ahead and register as an Author here and submit your article in Arabic: http://magazine.joomla.org/authorlogin/register Thank you!!!
Hi Alice,
I am using Joomla for couple of websites in Lebanon (Arabic language) and most of them were a true success...tried couple of different WCMS before and finally we decided on Joomla...Joomla 1.6 will give us a good boost...especially with the introduction of ACL, Multi-Categorization...etc...It is simply becoming an Enterprise grade CMS.
I wanted to ask you how to contribute to the magazine? can I write the articles in Arabic? I have a success story about the Electronic Government Research Center www.egovconcepts.com which I would like to share.
Regards,
Abbas
Thanks for commenting Carlos! In the article I wrote, "If your language does not appear in this list and you would like to offer your language skills for a new category, please let us know so we can include it!" We currently aren't taking submissions in Portuguese because we don't have a Portuguese editor yet. As soon as a volunteer comes forward we will create the category. Are you interested? I just had an email exchange today with a Portuguese guy who might be interested. We can have more than one editor for a language category too. Let me know if you're interested!