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=== How do I start translating? === | === How do I start translating? === | ||
First you need to find an article that you'd like to translate. Then, in the URL bar of your browser, add the abbreviation of your desired language (see | First you need to find an article that you'd like to translate. Then, in the URL bar of your browser, add the abbreviation of your desired language (see | ||
[ | [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/languages/data/Names.php here] for a list) followed by a slash (/) in front of the English article title and go to that page. Thus, if I wanted to translate the TerraSync article into Dutch, I would visit the [[nl/TerraSync]] page. As you can see this page does not exist yet, so we are sure no-one translated it in Dutch so far. | ||
Now we translate the actual article. You can leave wiki links as they are (pointing to the English article,) unless the article is translated into the language of your article. In that case you make a wiki link like this: <tt><nowiki>[[:nl:Hoofdpagina]]</nowiki></tt>. [[:nl:Hoofdpagina]] will be shown in the article. It is prefered however to use <tt><nowiki>[[:nl:Hoofdpagina|Hoofdpagina]]</nowiki></tt>, as that will get rid of the language prefix ([[:nl:Hoofdpagina|Hoofdpagina]]). | Now we translate the actual article. You can leave wiki links as they are (pointing to the English article,) unless the article is translated into the language of your article. In that case you make a wiki link like this: <tt><nowiki>[[:nl:Hoofdpagina]]</nowiki></tt>. [[:nl:Hoofdpagina]] will be shown in the article. It is prefered however to use <tt><nowiki>[[:nl:Hoofdpagina|Hoofdpagina]]</nowiki></tt>, as that will get rid of the language prefix ([[:nl:Hoofdpagina|Hoofdpagina]]). | ||
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# Look left below, if the page has been translated to other languages it will list those languages below '''In other languages'''. | # Look left below, if the page has been translated to other languages it will list those languages below '''In other languages'''. | ||
# If your language is not listed you can claim it and start translating. (If your language *is* listed, check it and update it) | # If your language is not listed you can claim it and start translating. (If your language *is* listed, check it and update it) | ||
# Find out the Language Extension '''LE''' of your language from [ | # Find out the Language Extension '''LE''' of your language from [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/languages/data/Names.php this] list. | ||
# Edit the English version on the page. | # Edit the English version on the page. | ||
# Add to the bottom of the page <tt><nowiki>[[LE:Page title]]</nowiki></tt> where LE is the language extension and <tt>Page title</tt> is the '''correct''' title in '''your language'''. | # Add to the bottom of the page <tt><nowiki>[[LE:Page title]]</nowiki></tt> where LE is the language extension and <tt>Page title</tt> is the '''correct''' title in '''your language'''. | ||