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Translations

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?

The FSFE's translators team is open to everybody and all contributions are welcome!

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.With your help we can enable more people to learn about Free Software.

Translating and proofreading is a precious contribution to the work of the FSFE and an excellent chance to spontaneously take part in theactivities of the FSFE.

Translating for software freedom

All you need to know for translators:

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 tocontact@fsfe.org.

Step by step!

• Forprinted material like stickers or flyers: send an email totranslators mailing list. Our coordinators will get in contact wiht you.
  • All resources can be found on ourdownload server.
• Forwebpages: find a page you want to translate.
  • You can check ouroverview of pages.
  • Or respond to a translation request that is sent to thetranslators mailing list.
  • You can also pick a page fromfsfe.org that you would like to translate.
  1. Copy the URL to our webpreview tool.

     If it is a page from theoverview you can click on the linked number in the column "Original version".

  2. Click on "Proofread/Translate".
  3. ChooseTranslate 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".Please note, that automatic translations require a careful review.
  4. Select a section of text you want to change by clicking on it and typing your replacement.
  5. Send your translation to the translators team.
     1. Right click on the pad number.
     2. Click on "Copy link". This copies the webpreview link of the pad.
     3. Send the link with your translation to:translators@lists.fsfe.org
     • Or you can download / export your work to a xhtml file by clicking on "Export X[HT]ML" and send this file totranslators@lists.fsfe.org

Join our weblate project

Weblate is a translation tool that is developed by theweblate organisation. In this handy tool you will find different "components" that are ready for you to translate. For example we provide theAda & Zangemann children book, theREUSE tool and theRefund 4 Freedom project as such components. Take a look and leave a translation!

Step by step!

1. Go to the FSFE'sWeblate project.
2. Create an account with weblate, which is free of charge and Free Software.
3. Choose a component in the FSFE'sWeblate project which you would like to translate.
4. Start your translation!
5. Either click onBrowse orTranslate.
6. All that is left for you to do is to enter your suggested translation.

In the following months we will continuously update the weblate project and add more components fromfsfe.org. Thank you for your understanding andpatience.

All you need to know for proofreaders:

If you want to proofread the FSFE's material please join ourtranslators mailing list.

Step by step!

1. Find a page you want to proofread.
   • You can pick a page fromfsfe.org that you would like to proofread.
   • Or respond to a proofreading request that is sent to thetranslators mailing list.
2. Copy the URL to our webpreview tool.
3. Click on "Proofread/Translate".
4. ChooseProofread and you can continue from there.
5. Select a section of text you want to change by clicking on it and typing your replacement.
6. Send your proofread text to the translators team.
   1. Right click on the pad number.
   2. Click on "Copy link". This copies the webpreview link of the pad.
   3. Send the link with your proofread text to:translators@lists.fsfe.org
   • Or you can download / export your work to a xhtml file by clicking on "Export X[HT]ML" and send this file totranslators@lists.fsfe.org

Resources

• Translation Documentation, here you can find further information on how to translate with the FSFE.
• Wordlist, lists words and expressions commonly used in the FSFE.
• Mailing list, coordination and help on translation efforts.
• How to use FSFE's webpreview for translations
• Overview of translation.
• Join our web team for a better understanding of our website system

Translation Coordinators

If you require more information regarding our translation activities, you are welcome to contact the translation coordinators, by sending an email tocontact@fsfe.org

Translating for software freedom

• All you need to know for translators
• Join our weblate project

All you need to know for proofreaders

Resources

Translation Coordinators