The amount of French reading people on Lemmy instances may be low but it looks worth sharing this. Pass it on.
From their About :
Le Journal du hacker a pour ambition de présenter l’activité des hackers francophones, du mouvement du Logiciel Libre et open source en langue française, mais aussi des startups et du mouvement entrepreunarial de la communauté francophone. Le Journal du hacker s’inspire directement du site anglophone Hacker News car l’idée de base est excellente mais propose d’aller plus loin en offrant un moteur basé sur un logiciel libre fonctionnant par cooptation afin de créer une vraie communauté responsable. Il suffit de demander une invitation pour nous rejoindre et partager vos infos avec nous ;)
In particular for those who speak French natively and perhaps begrudgingly read original materials in English by virtue of the dearth of adequate translations, I imagine it makes for a pleasanter reading experience.
Or for those learning French, such as myself, this offers a way to continue to learn while reading nifty articles.
I’m just a bit puzzled because most software and technical docs are written in English anyway, so techies are immersed in it, and those articles in French are just going to paraphrase and/or link to English documents. I have nothing against native French projects and articles being in French, but this seems a bit weird to me.