Translation requests
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| Welcome to the Meta-Wiki translation portal. This page points to translation requests on Meta. It also has information and help on how to translate, and how to sign up to help with translation. See the Babylon for more general info. |
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How to translate[edit]
- Find something in the translators dashboard that you would like to translate
- Click relevant section
- Start translating
Moreover, below there are some manual requests using the old system (see Translation FAQ).
How to request a translation[edit]
- If it doesn't exist yet, create the page you want to be translated here on Meta-Wiki.
- Follow the tutorial to prepare the page for translation (steps 1 and 2 of the tutorial).
- A translation administrator (or yourself if you're one) will see the page on Special:PageTranslation and mark it for translation (step 3 of the tutorial).
If you don't understand what to do and the documentation doesn't help, or translation administrators haven't seen your request, ask for help (transcom members are also a suitable target for direct requests).
Best practices in short (read more):
- Make the source text as clear and understandable as possible. When a text is to be translated, clarity comes before conciseness.
- For texts used outside of Meta, it is recommended that you include an explanation or a link showing the context of the original.
- Think about when you want the translation to be ready, and which languages it is most relevant to translate the given text into, and specify those on the page itself.
Manual requests[edit]
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The automatic list of the translations needed in your language with the new system (Translate extension) is on Special:LanguageStats. |
- These are currently open requests for translation, which require help from translators and other editors.
You may find open requests at Special:LanguageStats too.
- Perpetual translation requests that are not in the new Translate extension
- Template:Main Page/WM News, the "Goings-on" section of the Main Page on Meta
- The editnotice (see here) explains how to translate it.
- Wikipedia article: Translation of the week/2013 translations, the current Translation of the week
- You do not have to translate the full article if it is too long; you can just write a stub on your language's Wikipedia.
- Requests in priority
- 6 January 2016: User:Addbot/Wikidata Summary
- 8 June 2013: User:NatigKrolik/Undo Summary
- 26 March 2012: CentralNotice/Generic maintenance notice
- Other requests from Transcom
- 4 November 2011: Translation requests/WMF/Donor policy
- 5 November 2010: Licensing tutorial
- 15 April 2010: CentralNotice/Shared
- Additional translation requests from Wikimedia community
Automatic requests[edit]
Translation statistics for English (recent translations).
See also[edit]
- Special:MessageGroupStats
- Special:LanguageStats
- Translators-l, a mailing list frequently used to notify translators about new translation requests
- (for translation administrators): Special:NotifyTranslators (signup stats, brief documentation)
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