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In the spirit of Wikimedia and commons knowledge-sharing practices, you are encouraged to translate any page into your language. Please retain a note about the original source and link back to the original page. If your translation adds new insight or local context, please annotate and adapt (described below). | In the spirit of Wikimedia and commons knowledge-sharing practices, you are encouraged to translate any page into your language. Please retain a note about the original source and link back to the original page. If your translation adds new insight or local context, please annotate and adapt (described below). | ||
=== Translation Guide === | |||
See [] for an example of a translated page. | |||
<div style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 1em; background-color: #f9f9f9;"> | |||
'''How to Translate a Page''' | |||
* Create a new page with a language prefix. | |||
<pre> | |||
<nowiki> | |||
e.g., a French translation of the individual Translate page would be fr:Contribute/Translate, a Japanese translation ja:Contribute/Translate and an Indonesian translation would be id:Contribute/Translate). | |||
See here for the official ISO 639-1 language codes that MediaWiki uses for prefixes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639_language_codes | |||
</nowiki> | |||
</pre> | |||
* Add a note at the top of this new page and link back to the original page. | |||
<pre> | |||
<nowiki> | |||
e.g., '''This is a translation of [[Contribute/Translate]] from English to French/Japanese/Indonesian etc.” | |||
</nowiki> | |||
</pre> | |||
* Translate the page. | |||
Take care to use clear, consistent terms. | |||
<pre> | |||
<nowiki> | |||
AuthorLast, First. Year. "Title." ''Journal or Source''. Date. [Link] | |||
</nowiki> | |||
</pre> | |||
* Annotate to add context if needed. | |||
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<nowiki> | |||
e.g., if there are culturally specific terms or perspectives to note, or slightly different meanings in translation, please include a brief note or addition as a footnote, or a short translator’s note. | |||
</nowiki> | |||
</pre> | |||
* At the bottom of your page, add: | |||
[[Category:Translated Pages]] | |||
Thanks for helping make this wiki more accessible. ⚡️ | |||
If you translate pages, you can add your name to the list of [[Contributors]]. | |||