Lightning Talk: Going Global: Lessons From Internationalizing... Severin Neumann & Tiffany Hrabusa

This lightning talk features Severin Neumann from Causely AI and Tiffany Hrabusa from Grafana Labs, who discuss the OpenTelemetry Project's efforts to internationalize its documentation. They outline their experience in localizing the website into multiple languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Bengali, Ukrainian, and Romanian, which resulted in over 500 localized files and more than 20 contributors. The speakers share insights into their rollout plan, the challenges faced during the process, and the importance of community dynamics in fostering contributions from non-native English speakers. This session aims to provide attendees with a practical playbook for successfully internationalizing documentation in open-source projects.