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A few years ago, I subtitled a few episodes of @tomscott& #39;s Citation Needed series, with the help of @yesitsratih. We used YouTube& #39;s Community Translations feature.

We didn& #39;t expect anything in return, we just thought Community Translations were a great place to practice our translation skills.

Little did we know, it helped some of our friends too.

Even before then, I found joy in translating English texts to Indonesian.

I decided to continue by contributing Indonesian translations to the @reactjs docs, eventually becoming the core maintainer of the project.

Our work is far from finished, but we& #39;re getting there.

For me, when I translate any form of content to Indonesian (documentation, subtitles, etc.), it& #39;s more than just keeping our mother tongue alive.

A majority of Indonesians still lack even the most basic English comprehension.

Even if you have the most well-written content you& #39;ve ever written, the message won& #39;t go through if you don& #39;t cater to these people.

Accessibility is more than just providing access to content the disabled. It& #39;s also allowing people across the world to enjoy your content, regardless of their language comprehension.

Subtitles is a way to achieve that, but proper translation works better.

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