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BABYLON
the Wikimedia translators' portal/noticeboard

Babylon is the Meta translations portal and noticeboard. For general discussions about translations see the talk page.

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Getting started

Communications

Babylon talk page
If you have questions, doubts, proposals and anything else about translations you want to ask, write at this page.
Translators mailing list
The official Wikimedia translators' mailing list. Sign up!
#wikimedia-translation^connect
The official translator's IRC channel. Visit us when you need help, just want to chat, or for updates on new requests!
Translators newsletter
Alternative to the mailing list, with on-wiki newsletter that will send you a notification.

Translation requests

Automagical page listing all translation requests on Meta-Wiki with the new system (see Translate extension help).

Direct links:

How to request a translation
CentralNotice – sitewide banner which is translated on Meta
MediaWiki localization (on the translatewiki.net site)

Sign up to be a translator

It is now easy to sign up as a translator to receive notifications when there is new material that needs translation into your language.
Just go to this page to sign up:
Special:TranslatorSignup
On the same page you can also unsubscribe.
Add yourself to the list of the currently active tech translators.

Translations issues on Wikimedia projects

Translation of the week

Translation of the week here on Meta-Wiki is a project to add articles to Wikipedias where they do not exist by translating them.

WikiProject Translation on Wikisource

An initiative to coordinate between various Wikisource language wikis in the gathering of old translations and the creation of new ones for source texts that have never been translated or have only copyrighted translations et cetera. Hosted on English Wikisource.

About localisation

Information about localisation for both translators and developers can be found on the localisation page on MediaWiki.org.

You can read some useful tips on Amir’s blog.

Long-term translation strategy

You can read and discuss ideas about how to work with translations on the Translation strategy page.

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+{{Babylon Header}}
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 <translate>
 == Getting started == <!--T:1-->
 <!--T:13-->
-* [[<tvar|translationsintro>Meta:Babylon/Translations</>|Introduction to Wikimedia translations]]
+* {{<tvar name="translationsintro">ll|Meta:Babylon/Translations</tvar>|Introduction to Wikimedia translations}}
-* [[<tvar|mw-help-translate-example>mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example</>|Tutorial]] (in MediaWiki documentation)
+* [[<tvar name="mw-help-translate-example">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example</tvar>|Tutorial for translators]]
-* [[<tvar|mw-babel-templates>m:Special:MyLanguage/User language</>|What language do you speak?]]
+* {{<tvar name="mw-babel-templates">ll|User language</tvar>|What language do you speak?}}
-* [[<tvar|newtranslators>Meta:Babylon/Translations/New translators</>|Short introductions for translators who are new to the Wikimedia movement]]
+* {{<tvar name="newtranslators">ll|Meta:Babylon/Translations/New translators</tvar>|Short introductions for translators who are new to the Wikimedia movement}}
 </translate>
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 <translate>
 == Communications == <!--T:2-->
 <!--T:14-->
-* <big>'''[[<tvar|talk>Meta talk:Babylon</>|Babylon talk page]]'''</big>
+* <span style="font-size:larger">'''[[<tvar name="talk">Meta talk:Babylon</tvar>|Babylon talk page]]'''</span>
 *: If you have questions, doubts, proposals and anything else about translations you want to ask, write at this page.
-* [[<tvar|translators-l>mail:translators-l</>|translators mailing list]]
+* [[<tvar name="translators-l">mail:translators-l</tvar>|Translators mailing list]]
 *: The official Wikimedia translators' mailing list. Sign up!
 * {{channel|wikimedia-translation}}
 *: The official translator's [[w:IRC|IRC]] channel. Visit us when you need help, just want to chat, or for updates on new requests!
+* {{<tvar name="newsletter">ll|Meta:Babylon/Translators newsletter</tvar>|Translators newsletter}}
-</translate>
+*: Alternative to the mailing list, with on-wiki newsletter that will send you a notification. </translate>
 </div>
-<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;">
+<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;min-height:15.5em;">
 <translate>
-== [[Special:LanguageStats|Translation requests]] == <!--T:3-->
+== [[<tvar name="1">Special:LanguageStats</tvar>|Translation requests]] == <!--T:3-->
 <!--T:15-->
-Automagical page listing all translation requests on Meta-Wiki with the new system (see [[<tvar|mw-translate-extension-help>mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate</>|Translate extension help]]).
+Automagical page listing all translation requests on Meta-Wiki with the new system (see [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate</tvar>|Translate extension help]]).
 <!--T:12-->
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 <!--T:16-->
-* [[<tvar|translation-request-howto>Special:MyLanguage/Translation requests#How to request a translation</>|How to request a translation]]
+* [[<tvar name="1">Translation requests#How to request a translation</tvar>|How to request a translation]]
-* [[<tvar|central-notice>Special:MyLanguage/CentralNotice</>|CentralNotice]] — sitewide banner is translated on Meta.
+* <tvar name="2">{{ll|CentralNotice}}</tvar> – sitewide banner which is translated on Meta
-* [[<tvar|mediawiki-localisation>BetaWiki:</>|MediaWiki localization]] (on the ''<tvar|twn>[[translatewiki.net]]</>'' site)
+* [[<tvar name="3">BetaWiki:Translating:MediaWiki</tvar>|MediaWiki localization]] (on the ''<tvar name="4">[[translatewiki.net]]</tvar>'' site)
 </translate>
 </div>
-<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;margin-bottom:0;">
+<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;margin-bottom:0;min-height:15.5em;">
 <translate>
 == Sign up to be a translator == <!--T:4-->
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 * It is now easy to sign up as a translator to receive notifications when there is new material that needs translation into your language.
 * Just go to this page to sign up:
-*: <big>'''[[<tvar|signup>Special:TranslatorSignup</>|Special:TranslatorSignup]]'''</big>
+*: <tvar name="signup"><big>'''[[Special:TranslatorSignup]]'''</big></tvar>
 * On the same page you can also unsubscribe.
+* [[<tvar name="list">Tech/Translators/List</tvar>|Add yourself to the list of the currently active tech translators.]]
 </translate>
 </div>
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 == Translations issues on Wikimedia projects == <!--T:6-->
 </translate>
-<div style="{{column-width|36em}}{{column-gap|0.5em}}"><!-- start Translation issues columns -->
+<div style="{{column-count|2}}{{column-width|36em}}{{column-gap|1.5em}}"><!-- start Translation issues columns -->
 <div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}">
-<translate>
-=== Translation of the Week === <!--T:7-->
+=== {{ll|Translation of the week}} ===
-<!--T:18-->
+<translate><!--T:18-->
-* [[<tvar|totw>Special:MyLanguage/Translation of the Week</>|Translation of the week]] here on Meta-Wiki is a project to add articles to Wikipedias where they do not exist by translating them.
+Translation of the week here on Meta-Wiki is a project to add articles to {{<tvar name="wp">ll|Wikipedia</tvar>|Wikipedias}} where they do not exist by translating them.
 </translate>
 </div>
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 <div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}">
 <translate>
-=== [[<tvar|wikispelling>Special:MyLanguage/Wikispelling</>|Wikispelling]] === <!--T:8-->
+=== [[s:WS:WPT|WikiProject Translation]] <small>on Wikisource</small> === <!--T:10-->
-<!--T:19-->
+<!--T:21-->
+An initiative to coordinate between various {{<tvar name="ws">ll|Wikisource</tvar>|Wikisource}} language wikis in the gathering of old translations and the creation of new ones for source texts that have never been translated or have only copyrighted translations et cetera. Hosted on English Wikisource.
-Contrarily to what we translators may think <tvar|SmileyBlink><tt>''';-&#x29;'''</tt></>, things should ''not always'' be translated. That is why  [[<tvar|wikispelling>Special:MyLanguage/Wikispelling</>|Wikispelling]] was created, in order to avoid misspelling of proper nouns and local names. Wikispelling is a trans-wiki and multilingual project. Please help by checking the translation in your own language of commit messages at [[<tvar|wikispelling-commit>Special:MyLanguage/Wikispelling#commit-messages</>|Wikispelling]]. And feel free to participate!
 </translate>
 </div>
+</div><!-- end Translation issues columns -->
-<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}">
+</div><!-- end Translation issues -->
+<div style="{{column-count|2}}{{column-width|36em}}{{column-gap|0.5em}}">
+<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;min-height:7.7em;"><!-- information about localisation -->
 <translate>
+== About localisation == <!--T:22-->
-=== [[<tvar|capitalization>Special:MyLanguage/Capitalization</>|Capitalization]] on Wiktionary === <!--T:9-->
-<!--T:20-->
+<!--T:23-->
+Information about localisation for both translators and developers can be found on the [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/i18n</tvar>|localisation page]] on MediaWiki.org.
-Languages have different rules regarding capitalization. For example, in English, the month names and most words of work titles are always capitalized, but in French they are not. Most [[<tvar|wiktionary>Special:MyLanguage/Wiktionary</>|Wiktionary]] projects differentiate nowadays between capitalized letters and small letters. Wiktionary needs to know what rules each language has regarding capitalization. Please help to complete the table of [[<tvar|capitalization>Special:MyLanguage/Capitalization</>|Capitalization]]!
-</translate>
+<!--T:26-->
+You can [<tvar name="url">https://aharoni.wordpress.com/2020/10/23/amir-aharonis-quasi-pro-tips-for-translating-the-software-that-powers-wikipedia-2020-edition/</tvar> read some useful tips] on Amir’s blog.</translate>
 </div>
-<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}">
+<div style="{{break-inside|avoid}}border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;margin:0.5em 0;padding:0.5em;min-height:7.7em;"><!-- information about translation strategy -->
 <translate>
+== Long-term translation strategy == <!--T:24-->
-=== [[s:en:Wikisource:WikiProject Translation|WikiProject Translation]] on Wikisource === <!--T:10-->
-<!--T:21-->
+<!--T:25-->
+You can read and discuss ideas about how to work with translations on the [[<tvar name="1">Translation strategy</tvar>|Translation strategy]] page.
-An initiative to coordinate between various Wikisource language wikis in the gathering of old translations and the creation of new ones for source texts that have never been translated or have only copyrighted translations et cetera. Hosted on English Wikisource.
 </translate>
-</div>
-</div><!-- end Translation issues columns -->
-</div><!-- end Translation issues -->
-<div style="margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;"><!-- information about localisation -->
-== <translate><!--T:22-->
-About localisation</translate> ==
-<translate><!--T:23-->
-Information about localisation for both translators and developers can be found on the [[<tvar|mw-translation>mw:Special:MyLanguage/Localisation</>|localisation page]] on MediaWiki.org. The information may be outdated.</translate>
 </div>
-<div style="margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #C8D0DC;background:#E8F1FF;padding:0.5em;"><!-- information about localisation -->
-== <translate><!--T:24-->
-Long-term translation strategy</translate> ==
-<translate><!--T:25-->
-You can read and discuss ideas about how to work with translations on the [[Translation strategy|translation strategy page]].</translate>
 </div>
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