I am glad to hear that WMF wants to do outreach in a variety of languages. However, I have a concern. Volunteers in many languages, in my experience, don't simply appear within 24 hours when someone wants a non-urgent translation, and I think that as a matter of courtesy WMF should give more than 24 hours' notice for a request of this nature. I think that 7 days might be realistic. Is there a reason for such short notice, and is there a reason that WMF cannot wait longer than 24 hours for a translation before posting this message to village pumps if a volunteer does not provide one within 24 hours?

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 1:34 PM Elena Lappen <elappen@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello all,

We are looking to spread the word about nine new Strategy Liaison positions with the Movement Strategy Team.

The brief message to be translated is linked here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ELappen_(WMF)/Sandbox

We would like it translated into Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. We will post it at those local Village Pumps in ~24 hours.

If you want to learn more about the position or are interested in applying, follow the link in the post. Please also pass it along to others you think may be interested.

Best,
Elena

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Elena Lappen
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation

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