Gazebo launches community-led docs localization with Crowdin support

A new open-source initiative called gazebosim-docs-l10n, created by the Localize The Docs organization and announced by hwhsu1231, aims to translate The Gazebo Documentation into multiple languages. Gazebo is a popular open-source robotics simulator used for 3D modeling and testing of robots in complex environments. The project is hosted on GitHub, uses Crowdin as its translation management platform, and offers live previews through GitHub Pages. This setup allows translators to work collaboratively, with changes automatically synced between Crowdin and the GitHub repository, reducing friction for contributors.

Anyone interested in documentation translation is welcome to join. The project currently supports a default set of languages, and users can submit an issue to request additional languages, which will be added before translation begins. This mirrors similar efforts like ROS 2 documentation localization, which has been active for years. By making Gazebo's official docs available in more languages, the project lowers the barrier for non-English-speaking robotics developers and students, ultimately expanding the reach of the Gazebo ecosystem. The announcement also references the migration of the awesome-gazebo repo to OSRF Projects, showing ongoing community infrastructure improvements.