A research partner has been identified and we're waiting for the contracting process to complete. In the meantime, prep work for recruitment has begun.

Recruitment screener written, privacy policy, and recruitment query drafted. Meeting with partner next week to review upcoming logistics and create materials such as protocols and additional screeners.

Recruitment outreach is ongoing and we're in the process of preparing research session protocols and discussion guides.

Research materials (i.e., protocols/discussion guides) are finalized. We are currently scheduling sessions, and still need to fill some remaining ones, particularly those reserved for current Hindi and Awadhi contributors. Research sessions begin this week.

Research sessions and data collection underway.

Completed first round of phase 1 research sessions, including interim reporting which was used to update prototype concepts. Second round of phase 1 research sessions are underway as of today.

Completed second round of phase 1 research sessions. Eli presented a highlight of preliminary results with the research team. As of 15Dec phase 2 research sessions are underway.

Phase 2 research sessions completed

Analysis is underway and we're working on reporting ahead of shareouts scheduled with the Language Team for 25Jan and 15Feb.

• First of two shareouts was completed on 25Jan with opportunity for the team to review additional materials on their own afterwards and leave any comments/questions to address further.
• Working on completing and refining second report which will be shared on 15Feb.
• Beginning to update meta page with results and summaries

Second shareout of results completed on 15Feb. Aim to complete project close out tasks next, including updating meta page and uploading reports to commons.

Finished various administrative project close out tasks, including updating the meta project page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:MinT_(Machine_in_Translation)_Research.