16 September 2006, was Software Freedom Day and Translate.org.za took part in the event at the

Department of Science and Technology campus in Pretoria.  Read more about the Pretoria event here.

 

Software Freedom Day is an event held around the world to celebrate Free and Open Source Software, to showcase local initiatives in Open Source and to allow more people to learn about Free Software.

 

Dwayne Bailey gave this talk (http://odeo.com/audio/2354459/view) on the day.

Translate.org.za will be hosting the following events during the day:

• Localisation sessions: learn about localisation and watch localisers in action.
• Translate@thon: join us as we translate some Free Software into Xhosa, Venda, Afrikaans and other languages.  If you are a professional translator or passionate about your language, why not help us translate.  Our localisers will be available to give you a guiding hand.
• Demos: See the OpenOffice.org suite, Firefox web-browser and Thunderbird email client on Windows and Linux.  In all 11 official languages of course.
• South African keyboard: See and use the South African keyboard that allows you to type in Afrikaans, Venda, Pedi and Tswana.  We'll have copies for sale.
• Talks: learn how Translate.org.za creates spell checkers, why we see Open Source Software as the only software that can realistically bridge the digital divide.