Going Global Team

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Goal 🎯

Let as many different nationalities benefit from the Open Food Facts database in their native language! 🌎


Needs / Missions

  • Copywriting for the Open Food Facts blog / Website about local issues/events…
  • Translations using Crowdin and the online taxonomy translation system
  • Enhancing taxonomies for your language or country (food labels, food categories, ingredients…)
  • Coordinating with the communication team to ensure media coverage in new countries
  • Coordinating with the communication team to maintain our localized social media channels 📣
  • Reviewing translations pull requests on the Server, Mobile App, Web Content, Blog Content, Robotoff and more
  • Coordinating with the communication team to publish localized blogposts on Wordpress once they are translated
  • Coordinating with the communication team to localize visuals (communication, blogposts) using Figma and Canva
  • Coordinating with the communication team to localize the Knowledge Base
  • ....

Tools 🛠

TOOL WHAT ?
Translation wikipage Translations using Crowdin (https://translate.openfoodfacts.org) and the online taxonomy translation system
Taxonomies wikipage Enhancing taxonomies for your language or country (food labels, food categories, ingredients…)
How to get started on Crowdin A quick tutorial to start your first translation on Crowdin
Communication team wikipage 🎁 Coordinating with the communication team to ensure media coverage in new countries

Helping maintain our localized social media channels 📣

Team referent

Pierre : pierre@openfoodfacts.org

Connect with other members

On the Forum category Going Global.

On the Slack : following channels - #going-global

Perks of being a volunteer at Open Food Facts

⭐ Collective action / Impact / actively contributing to citizen science !

⭐ Highlighting global impact / individual impact (through testimonials, invites)

⭐ Developing skills, learning new ones

⭐ Events (annual Open Food Facts days, meet-ups…)

⭐ Goodies

⭐ LinkedIn volunteer badge / recommendations

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How can I join a specific team ? Fill out the Contributor Skill Pool.

Main page of HOW TO HELP.