Did you hear the news? Drupal 8.0.0's release date will be November 19, 2015.

Translations needed for the Drupal 8 release

We’re excited to see Drupal 8 out in the world, but that also means there is not a lot of time left to get ready to share it with the world! We are working on both the release announcement and the press release in English. We are looking for volunteers to help translate it to your language. The final translations will be posted on Drupal.org at the time of release.

One of the hallmarks of our community is the hard work we put into making sure that everyone around the globe has access to Drupal in their own language. Since we're focused on translation leading up to the D8 release, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the work of our Friends at the French Drupal Association. To celebrate RC1, they translated some key drupal.org pages in French:

• drupal.org/drupal-8.0 | It's French translation
• drupal.org/drupal-8.0/features | It's French translation
• They even translated the Drupal 8 preview slideshow

To these amazing volunteers, we say Merci Beaucoup. Thanks for leading the way for a truly global release of Drupal.

Want to help in other ways? Here’s how:

If you can help promote the release on Twitter in your respective time zone, Paul Johnson is looking for you. We also suggest you follow @celebr8d8.

We also need you to throw a party! Organize a local meetup on the week (or even better the exact date) with sweets, sessions, shirts, stickers or whatever fits to spice it up. Make sure to tweet about your party with the #celebr8d8 hashtag and let the community know, so it shows up on our world map on Drupical.com.