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<title>Information for Translators</title>
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<h1>Translations</h1>
<p id="introduction" class="p-summary">
Free Software Foundation Europe is an international organisation.
Our goal is to <strong>reach as many people as possible</strong>
and include them in our activities to promote, help and support
the Free Software movement. To achieve this, we want to make our
published texts and website available in several languages.
</p>
<p>
A major part of the translation effort applies to the web pages,
especially the frequently updated pages like the <a href="/index.html">front
page</a>, the <a href="/news/">news page</a> and the <a
href="/events/">events page</a>. But not only web pages have to be translated: <a
href="/press/">Press releases</a>, <a
href="/news/newsletter.html">newsletters</a>, <a
href="/contribute/spreadtheword.html#promo-material">brochures and leaflets</a>
and other texts also become more wide-spread with every additional
language they are available in.
</p>
<p>
This page gives you a rough overview of our translation processes. More detailed information how to contribute translations can be found on our <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Mainpage/Translations">translators' wiki pages</a>.
</p>
<h2>Priorities</h2>
<p>
As FSFE is active in many different countries, texts are also
often written in different languages. However, we generally use
English as a starting point for sharing these texts with other
parts of the organisation and for further translations.
Therefore, we especially need help to
</p>
<ul>
<li>translate from other languages <em>to</em> English,</li>
<li>proofreading English texts written by non-native English
speakers, and</li>
<li>translating from English to other languages.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Experience shows that the best translation results are achieved
when people translate from a foreign language to their mother
tongue. Having a good idea about <a href="/about/">what the
FSFE is</a> and about <a href="/about/principles.html">our
concepts and values</a> is a good idea before starting
translating. To help you out with difficult words and phrases, we
maintain a <a
href="/contribute/translators/wordlist.html">wordlist in over 15
languages</a> that you can rely on when facing technical
terminology or just standard ways of expressing oneself when
speaking on behalf of FSFE.
</p>
<h2>Coordination</h2>
<p>
Translations are generally coordinated on the <a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">translators
mailing list</a>, and everyone wanting to contribute to
translations efforts can subscribe to this list. It is also a place
to seek help when in doubt or cooperating with other translators on
larger projects. As we have material available in over 30
languages already, the chance is that you will always find
somebody in the organization willing to help you.
</p>
<p>
Texts to be translated or proofread are sent to this list along
with a reference to the desired languages. Whoever starts with a
translation sends an answer to the list to avoid duplicate work.
Finished translations are also sent to the list to allow others to
proofread the translation and propose possible improvements. Both
original texts and translations are usually sent around as plain
text file attachments to minimize copy and paste efforts.
</p>
<p>
Ideally, the translation team for a specific language has several
members that relieve and support each other, so translations to
a language would not depend on a single person.
The Free Software Foundation Europe is an international organisation. Our goal is to spread the word about Free Software!
To achieve this, we want to share our information and work for software freedom in as many languages as possible. Do you want to help us?
</p>
<p>
Recently we have adopted the use of weblate for some of our activities. You can find the FSFE project <a href="/translators/weblate">here</a> and we are grateful for your help with translating via weblate.
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<p class="head">
<a href="#translators-team">Translating for software freedom</a>
</p> <!-- class="head" suggests that this paragraph is styled as a heading or section title using CSS-->
<ul style="white-space: nowrap;">
<li><a href="#translating">All you need to know for translators</a></li>
<li><a href="#weblate">Join our weblate project</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="head"><a href="#proofreading">All you need to know for proofreaders</a></p>
<p class="head"><a href="resources">Resources</a></p>
<p class="head"><a href="translation-team">Translation Coordinators</a></p>
</div>
<p>The FSFE's translators team is open to everybody and all contributions are welcome!</p>
<p>No matter if it is only a phrase or a small page, we are grateful for
your commitment to spread the word about Free Software. <strong>With your
help we can enable more people to learn about Free Software</strong>.</p>
<blockquote>Translating and proofreading is a precious contribution to the work
of the FSFE and an excellent chance to spontaneously take part in
the <a href="/activities/" >activities of the FSFE</a>.</blockquote>
<h2 id="translators-team">Translating for software freedom</h2>
<!-- <p>There are <em>different</em> translation processes used depending on the material.
</p>
<h3>How to translate?</h3>
<p>Take a look at our short video and follow the 5 steps proposed in it. For any question feel free to reach out to <email mailto="yes">contact@fsfe.org</email>.</p>
<figure>
-->
<h3 id="translating">All you need to know for translators:</h3>
<p>
Take a look at our short video and follow the 5 steps described in
it or follow the guide below. For any question feel free to reach
out to <email mailto="yes">contact@fsfe.org</email>.
</p>
<figure>
<iframe title="How to use FSFE's webpreview for translations" width="560" height="315"
src="https://media.fsfe.org/videos/embed/2Hx5degpF8oKuuWTRSaBEo?loop=1&amp;amp;autoplay=1&amp;amp;controlBar=0&amp;amp;peertubeLink=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""
sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms"></iframe>
src="https://media.fsfe.org/videos/embed/2Hx5degpF8oKuuWTRSaBEo?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms"></iframe>
</figure>
<h2>Your contribution makes a difference!</h2>
<p>
Many of our translators are already active in other Free Software
projects in addition to FSFE. Helping with translation efforts in
the FSFE strengthens the Free Software community at large and gives
people, no matter the language or nationality, a chance of learning
more about Free Software.
<h4> Step by step! </h4>
<ul>
<li>For <strong>printed material</strong> like stickers or flyers: send an email to <a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">translators
mailing list</a>. Our coordinators will get in contact wiht you.
<ul>
<li>All resources can be found on our
<a href="https://download.fsfe.org/" >download server</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>For <strong>webpages</strong>: find a page you want to translate.
<ul>
<li>You can check our <a
href="https://status.fsfe.org/translations/">overview of pages</a>.</li>
<li> Or respond to a translation request that is sent to the <a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">translators
mailing list</a>.</li>
<li>You can also pick a page from <a
href="/index.html">fsfe.org</a> that you would like to translate.</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Copy the URL to our <a href="https://webpreview.fsfe.org/">
webpreview tool</a>.
<blockquote>If it is a page from the <a
href="https://status.fsfe.org/translations/">overview</a> you can
click on the linked number in the column "Original version".</blockquote>
</li>
<li>Click on "Proofread/Translate".</li>
<li>Choose <strong>Translate</strong> and the language into which you want to translate.
If your native language is available you can now start by creating an automatic
translation by clicking on "Automatically translate".
<strong>Please note, that automatic translations require a careful review.</strong>
</li>
<li>Select a section of text you want to change by clicking on it and typing your replacement.</li>
<li>Send your translation to the translators team.
<ul>
<ol>
<li>Right click on the pad number.</li>
<li>Click on "Copy link". This copies the webpreview link of the pad.</li>
<li>Send the link with your translation to: <email mailto="yes">translators@lists.fsfe.org</email></li>
</ol>
<li> Or you can download / export your work to a xhtml file by
clicking on "Export X[HT]ML" and send this file to <email mailto="yes">translators@lists.fsfe.org</email></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="weblate">Join our weblate project</h3>
<p>Weblate is a translation tool that is developed by the <a
href="https://weblate.org/">weblate organisation</a>. In this handy tool you
will find different "components" that are ready for
you to translate. For example we provide the <a
href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fsfe/ada-zangemann/">Ada
&amp; Zangemann</a> children book, the <a
href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fsfe/reuse-tool/">REUSE
tool</a> and the <a
href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fsfe/refund-4-freedom/">Refund
4 Freedom</a> project as such components. Take a look and leave a translation!
</p>
<p>
Translating and proofreading texts is a precious contribution to the work
of the FSFE and an excellent chance to spontaneously take part in
the activities of the FSFE without long-term obligations.
<figure>
<iframe title="Help the FSFE to spread the word of Free Software - How to use weblate?" width="560" height="315"
src="https://media.fsfe.org/videos/embed/9jEdTukxLCVhK3NBdbinz7?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms"></iframe>
</figure>
<h4>Step by step!</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to the FSFE's <a href="/translators/weblate">Weblate project</a>.</li>
<li>Create an account with weblate, which is free of charge and Free Software.</li>
<li>
Choose a component in the FSFE's <a href="/translators/weblate">Weblate
project</a> which you would like to translate.
</li>
<li>Start your translation!</li>
<li>Either click on <strong>Browse</strong> or <strong>Translate</strong>.</li>
<li>All that is left for you to do is to enter your suggested translation.</li>
</ol>
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For each created translation the FSFE's project maintainers will
receive an information and will automatically merge the contribution
in the git repository.
</p>
-->
<blockquote>
In the following months we will continuously update the weblate project
and add more components from <a href="/index.html">fsfe.org</a>. Thank
you for your understanding and
patience.
</blockquote>
<h2 id="proofreading">All you need to know for proofreaders:</h2>
<p>If you want to proofread the FSFE's material please join
our <a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">translators
mailing list</a>.</p>
<h4>Step by step!</h4>
<ol>
<li>Find a page you want to proofread.
<ul>
<li>You can pick a page from <a href="/index.html">fsfe.org</a> that you would like to proofread.</li>
<li>Or respond to a proofreading request that is sent to the <a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">translators
mailing list</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Copy the URL to our <a href="https://webpreview.fsfe.org/">
webpreview tool</a>.</li>
<li>Click on "Proofread/Translate".</li>
<li>Choose <strong>Proofread</strong> and you can continue from there.</li>
<li>Select a section of text you want to change by clicking on it and typing your replacement.</li>
<li>Send your proofread text to the translators team.
<ul>
<ol>
<li>Right click on the pad number.</li>
<li>Click on "Copy link". This copies the webpreview link of the pad.</li>
<li>Send the link with your proofread text to: <email mailto="yes">translators@lists.fsfe.org</email></li>
</ol>
<li> Or you can download / export your work to a xhtml file by
clicking on "Export X[HT]ML" and send this file to <email mailto="yes">translators@lists.fsfe.org</email></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="subpages">Navigation</h2>
<h2 id="resources">Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h3><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Mainpage/Translations">Translating for web</a></h3>
<p>
How to translate <em>fsfe.org</em>, <em>freeyourandroid.org</em>, <em>pdfreaders.org</em>, and <em>drm.info</em>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3><a
href="/contribute/translators/wordlist.html">Wordlist</a></h3>
<p>
Words and expressions commonly used in the FSFE.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3><a
href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">Mailing
list</a></h3>
<p>
Coordination and help on translation efforts.
</p>
</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.fsfe.org/en/techdocs/mainpage/translations">Translation Documentation</a>,
here you can find further information on how to translate with the FSFE.</li>
<li><a href="/contribute/translators/wordlist.html">Wordlist</a>, lists words and expressions commonly used in the FSFE.</li>
<li><a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">Mailing list</a>, coordination and help on translation efforts.</li>
<li><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/2Hx5degpF8oKuuWTRSaBEo?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1">How to use FSFE's webpreview for translations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://status.fsfe.org/translations.html">Overview of translation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/contribute/web/web.html"> Join our web team</a> for a better understanding of our website system</li>
</ul>
<h2>Translation Teams</h2>
<h2 id="translation-team">Translation Coordinators</h2>
<p>
If you require more information regarding our translation activities
and do not feel confident in public, you are welcome to contact the
translation coordinators. Information about the various language-specific teams can be found on the <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Translators/">translators' wiki pages</a>.
If you require more information regarding our translation activities, you are welcome to contact the
translation coordinators, by sending an email to <email mailto="yes">contact@fsfe.org</email>
</p>
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<div id="related-content">
<h3>Quick Links:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/2Hx5degpF8oKuuWTRSaBEo?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1">How to use FSFE's webpreview for translations</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Mainpage/Translations">How to translate</a> fsfe.org, freeyourandroid.org, pdfreaders.org, and drm.info
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://status.fsfe.org/translations.html">Outdated translations</a> and other useful information for all languages.
</li>
<li>
<a href="/contribute/translators/wordlist.html">Wordlists and expressions</a> commonly used in the FSFE.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/postorius/lists/translators.lists.fsfe.org">Mailing list</a> for coordination and help
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Translators/">The translation teams</a> in our wiki
</li>
<li>
<a href="/contribute/web/web.html">Information on webmastering</a> for translators who want to have a better understanding of our website system
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Content</h2>
<div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">
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<p class="head"><a href="#translators-team">Translating for software freedom</a></p> <!-- class="head" suggests that this paragraph is styled as a heading or section title using CSS-->
<ul style="white-space: nowrap;">
<li><a href="#translating">All you need to know for translators</a></li>
<li><a href="#weblate">Join our weblate project</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="head"><a href="#proofreading">All you need to know for proofreaders</a></p>
<p class="head"><a href="resources">Resources</a></p>
<p class="head"><a href="translation-team">Translation Coordinators</a></p>
</div>
</sidebar>
</html>