Detailed Plan
This project proposes to make our library of Cardano educational content available in Spanish. These translated resources will include both written and audio versions of beginner-friendly Cardano news, insight, and community resources.
Our current website covers Cardano network basics, onboarding paths, news, and insight articles. Notable resources include:
Cardano Basics - starting here:
<https://www.lidonation.com/en/what-is-cardano-and-how-does-it-use-the-blockchain>
Charles Hoskinson Whiteboard Series: Written article versions of the famous & educational whiteboard presentation, starting here:
<https://www.lidonation.com/en/posts/whiteboard-video-part-1-the-evolution-of-cryptocurrency>
"Elevator Pitch" - One Stop Shop helps newcomers understand Cardano basics:
<https://www.lidonation.com/en/posts/lido-nation-elevator-pitch>
Deeper cuts cover DAOs, Wallets, Side Chains, more.
<https://www.lidonation.com/en/insights>
On the news side, we cover Cardano releases and partnerships, helping newcomers understand the relevance and importance of cutting edge technology.
<https://www.lidonation.com/en/news>
CHALLENGE METRICS: Addressed Specifically by this proposal–>
"The volume of proposals originated by Latin Americans participating in Project Catalyst."
--> @LidoNation is known in Twitter Spaces and Cardano Community as a vocal champion of Project Catalyst. This project will help make Catalyst introduction and resources available to Spanish speakers. We have articles explaining Project Catalyst, and how to participate!
"Did we attract new members of the community from Latin American countries?"
--> The first step is providing accessible resources in the right language. LidoNation.com aims to be the first stop on the Cardano learning journey for newcomers from all corners of the globe, the hispanohablantes of Latin America.
"Will we see an increase in transactions processed (blocks minted) in Latin America? New SPOs forming?"
--> As above, the first step is onboarding, exposure, and education in the right language. Lido Nation runs a stake pool, and helps enable other SPOs starting their Cardano Journey. We believe that providing our resources in Spanish will plant seeds across Latin America for new SPOs to form and join Cardano.
At LidoNation.com, we invite community involvement by providing an interface to submit new content, comment and respond to existing content, record audio versions of articles, and propose new article ideas. We have 20 existing articles and pages to translate immediately, and we publish new content on a weekly basis. This project will fund translated content for the next 6 months.
Our website already supports multi-language, including:
Detecting User's preferred language, and presenting content in that language if available. Allow users to toggle between available languages.
We were funded for Swahili translation in Fund 6, and these translations are already rolling out and getting great feedback! This project will allow us to continue and expand translated content.
We have a Spanish translator on our team, and are ready to jump into the work of translation.
About Us
We are two Cardano enthusiasts. With our community of contributors, we provide hype-free, educational news and insight about the Cardano network that is accessible to everyone. Most online blockchain content is written by and for developers and finance geeks. We are building a network of contributors who break down complicated technical ideas for everyday people, and provide relevant news in quick bites.
Our website is a resource for anyone who wants to learn what Cardano is, why they should care, and how they can participate. We want to make these resources accessible to as many people as possible.
Darlington is an engineer by day and at all times a dancer, humanitarian, idealist and entrepreneur.
Stephanie is a teacher and technologist with a passion for helping non-profits navigate and capitalize on technology.
Linked In Pages:
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/phuffyking/>
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/profd2004/>
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/lido-nation>
Motivation
We see that the next frontier of growth for Cardano won't be confined to Developer forums and GitHub repositories. Instead, it will be among our friends and neighbors, as they start to see and understand the applications of blockchain technology for their own lives and futures. We hope they will see Cardano as the most exciting project out there, and we want to provide a trusted resource to help them learn, get involved, and contribute.
Our Values
We believe that Cardano is a powerful platform paving the way for a future that works for everyone. To help connect that future with "everyone", information and resources must be available to all kinds of people, and written by all kinds of people. So we put a high value on accessibility and cross-cultural collaboration:
Explain groundbreaking technology in simple terms
Provide a User-Friendly interface and thoughtful resources
Meet ADA standards for differently-abled users, including Audio versions of all content
Provide our content in other languages, including Spanish
Facilitate original content creation from Spanish speaking community members
How big is the market?
Nearly 600 million people speak Spanish - outnumbering native English speakers!
Budget
$2,000 Translation of 30 existing news, insight and Cardano onboarding articles for beginners.
$2,000 Ongoing translation of new content each weekfor the next 6 months. Article average length is between 500-1000 words, other site content includes additional resources and links for people to learn about Cardano, changing and growing on an ongoing basis.
$2,000 Audio recordings of site content in target language, making resources accessible to more people. This amount allows us to record existing 30 articles, plus new content for the next 6 months.
$1,500 Developer Cost to continue the buildout and maintenance of multi-language support. Darlington has donated ~60 hours to build a basic framework for multi-language content. This amount will allow him to spend the time needed to enhance and support the back end of our multi-language content at a discounted rate
$500 Administrative cost to hire, coordinate, and support translation resources.
Definition of Success
Current website content available in Spanish. (30 existing pages/articles in translation)
Spanish translations of new Cardano news and insight articles over the next 6 months (additional 20 pages/articles)
Translated Content is being viewed in native-Spanish speaking parts of the globe (as captured in Google Analytics)
Roadmap 1 month milestones: Website UI finalized to support multi-languages, responsive language settings based on end-user language settings, toggling between languages, and participation by community translators. Begin gathering & publishing translated content.
3 month milestones: All core educational resources on the site are translated and available in Spanish, and a cadence has been established for translating new content (ongoing news, insight, and community-submitted articles)
6 month milestones: Full library of 6 months of new and existing Cardano content is available in Spanish: written and audio.
Future: Ongoing Spanish content beyond this launch phase can be sponsored by Cardano Community Support and Stake Pool Rewards.
