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Translation on WikiMedia requires two steps, which can be done by different people: | |||
=== 1. Add translation features to a page === | |||
# Create a user account (upper right corner) | * '''Prepare a page''' for translation | ||
# Identify a page | *# Create a user account (upper right corner) | ||
# Go to [[ | *# Identify a page that needs to be set up | ||
# Click "Prepare" | *# Go to [[Special:PagePreparation|Prepare a Page for Translation]] | ||
# | *# Click "Prepare" | ||
# Click the link to "Mark this page for translation" at the top | * '''Mark "chunks" of text''' '''on the page''' for translation | ||
# Confirm "Mark this page for translation" at the bottom | *# Go to the page you just set up | ||
*# Click the link to "Mark this page for translation" at the top | |||
*# Confirm "Mark this page for translation" at the bottom | |||
* Bonus step - '''add a parrot emoji''' to the main page to identify your articles so others can start translating. | |||
</translate> | === 2. Translate the pages === | ||
* Visit the [[Special:PageTranslation]] to select your page and start translating. | |||
</translate>[[Translate the Software|> Translate the Software]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:05, 22 February 2024
Translation on WikiMedia requires two steps, which can be done by different people:
1. Add translation features to a page
- Prepare a page for translation
- Create a user account (upper right corner)
- Identify a page that needs to be set up
- Go to Prepare a Page for Translation
- Click "Prepare"
- Mark "chunks" of text on the page for translation
- Go to the page you just set up
- Click the link to "Mark this page for translation" at the top
- Confirm "Mark this page for translation" at the bottom
- Bonus step - add a parrot emoji to the main page to identify your articles so others can start translating.
2. Translate the pages
- Visit the Special:PageTranslation to select your page and start translating.
