Translating R for Data Science into Portuguese: A Community-Led Initiative
summary
Community volunteers secure O'Reilly permission in September 2023 and run the translation from Sept 2023 to Nov 2024 with more than 20 active contributors and ~30 total volunteers across related efforts; datasets work started earlier with 11 volunteers and the Dados package on CRAN translating variable names and help pages; workflow uses Git/GitHub and a growing translation guide (Quarto) to onboard contributors; output is live at pt.r4ds.hadley.nz and used in university courses, a book club (16 meetings) and recorded sessions.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Portuguese translation project
- 1:09Motivation for translating R4DS
- 3:22Dados package for datasets
- 5:13Starting the book translation
- 7:03Securing translation permission
- 8:51Recruiting contributors
- 10:18Training volunteers
- 12:59Spanish translation lessons
- 14:02Patience in volunteer projects
- 15:50Impact of translated book
- 17:15Acknowledgments
- 17:59Q&A
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