Dear NARALO Members,

I hope this email finds you well.

As we prepare for the NARALO Post-ICANN85 Readout tomorrow at 19:00 UTC, I wanted to highlight why you should prioritize attending the session where Glenn McKnight and I will present on our work: The Bengali Translation of the VSIG Internet Governance Course.

Our presentation offers more than just an update on a successful project; it shares a critical, replicable framework for digital inclusion rooted in a fundamental human right.

Why This Presentation Matters to NARALO Members

The effort to localize the VSIG course into Bengali is deeply personal for me, standing as a continuation of the fight for linguistic rights that defined the Bengali Language Movement. Our work, anchored in the belief that language should not be a barrier to governance discussions, is a practical tribute to this legacy, an idea often reinforced when I reflect on the Shahid Minar in Montreal.

Over the past year, our entirely volunteer-driven team successfully translated a 10-module curriculum using an efficient AI-human hybrid workflow. This effort culminated in a live pilot at the University of Dhaka with 38 students.

The pilot achieved a remarkable 47% course completion rate, but more critically, it exposed major, real-world internet failures:

Real-World Failures: We encountered unexpected Universal Acceptance (UA) issues. Automated emails written in Bengali script were silently vanishing (an EAI failure), and browsers were actively stripping out Bengali conjunct characters (a Unicode rendering failure). We were teaching digital inclusion on platforms that were failing the students in real-time, underscoring the urgency of this technical work for the global community.
Replicable Methodology: Based on this experience and the subsequent evaluation of the translation project, we developed a proven Five-Pillar Replication Framework—a playbook we distilled from our efforts that can be adopted by any language community embarking on a localization project:
1. Terminology Kit: Build a shared glossary first.
2. AI Governance: Use an AI-human hybrid workflow, but ensure human review for cultural and contextual accuracy.
3. Script Engineering: Test Unicode rendering and font fallback for non-Latin scripts early.
4. Academic Anchor: Partner with a university for institutional credibility and structured learning.
5. Expanding Spiral: Start small, pilot, gather data, refine, and repeat.

Looking forward to sharing more during our presentation.

Best regards,

Mohibul Mahmud

NARALO Member

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM Rookayya G via NA-Discuss <na-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

Dear NARALO Members,
I hope this message finds you well.
You are warmly invited to attend the NARALO Post-ICANN85 Readout, which will take place tomorrow during our monthly NARALO meeting at 19:00 UTC.
Following ICANN85, this session will provide an opportunity to hear key highlights, insights, and takeaways from the meeting, which brought together the global Internet governance community to discuss policy, DNS-related issues, and ongoing ICANN work.
Here is the agenda:
https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYCuNg
This readout is an excellent opportunity to stay informed, engage with fellow community members, and discuss developments relevant to the At-Large community and end users.
We look forward to your participation.
Kind regards,
Rookayya Gulmahamed
NARALO, Secretariat
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