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This page contains information on translating content on the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki.

Overview

Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki uses the Translation extension to handle translation of page content. Anyone with a registered Wikimedia user account is able to offer translations using this system.

The wiki's sidebar and interface text are managed through traditional MediaWiki systems.

Translations manual of style

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TMOS

Gendering of words

With languages that "gender" some words, gender-neutral variations of those words should be used whenever possible.

To translate sidebar entries, please go to: Wikimedia:Translations guidelines/Sidebar

Users with administrator or interface administrator rights can make translations directly using the usual steps for a MediaWiki site. Due to the potential for abuse given the high-traffic nature of this content, only users with these approved rights (or higher) may enter these translations.

All other users may offer translations at Wikimedia:Translations guidelines/Sidebar and then alert an administrator to the updates you have made.

Sidebar translations
Content Translation English Source Notes
About Wikimedia About Wikimedia About Wikimedia translatewiki.net
Home Home Home translatewiki.net
Official website Official website Official website Wikidata
Contact us Contact us Contact us translatewiki.net
Wikimedia News Wikimedia News Wikimedia News translatewiki.net Also in use on Meta-Wiki's Sidebar.
Movement Blog Movement Blog Movement Blog translatewiki.net
Movement Calendar Movement Calendar Movement Calendar translatewiki.net
Questions for Wikimedia? Questions for Wikimedia? Questions for Wikimedia? translatewiki.net
Support Wikimedia Support Wikimedia Support Wikimedia translatewiki.net
Donate Donate Donate translatewiki.net
Volunteering Volunteering Volunteering Wikidata
Wikimedia Endowment Wikimedia Endowment Wikimedia Endowment translatewiki.net
Wikimedia Enterprise Wikimedia Enterprise Wikimedia Enterprise translatewiki.net
Wikipedia Store Wikipedia Store Wikipedia Store translatewiki.net
Corporate Corporate Corporate translatewiki.net
Bylaws Bylaws Bylaws translatewiki.net
Values Values Values MediaWiki:Values
Policies Policies Policies translatewiki.net
Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions translatewiki.net
Board meetings Board meetings Board meetings MediaWiki:Meetings-text
Movement affiliates Movement affiliates Movement affiliates translatewiki.net Also in use on Meta-Wiki's Sidebar.
Documentation Documentation Documentation Wikidata
Annual report Annual report Annual report Wikidata
Financial reports and Form 990 Financial reports and Form 990 Financial reports and Form 990 MediaWiki:Financialreports
Fundraising reports Fundraising reports Fundraising reports MediaWiki:Fundraisingreports
Legal Legal Legal translatewiki.net
Memory Bank Memory Bank Memory Bank translatewiki.net
Security Security Security Wikidata
Transparency report Transparency report Official website Wikidata
Wiki Wiki Wiki translatewiki.net
Give feedback Give feedback Give feedback translatewiki.net
Babel Babel Babel translatewiki.net Also in use on Meta-Wiki's Sidebar: m:MediaWiki:Babel-text
Help Help Help translatewiki.net
Recent changes Recent changes Recent changes translatewiki.net

Translation templates

Main page: Wikimedia:Duplicated content

Templates and modules with content and related translations from other wikis should be used as much as possible to avoid workload for translators across wikis.

These pages - primarily templates - are duplicates from other Wikimedia wikis and should be synchronized whenever possible for maintenance purposes:

Page on this wiki Original page to sync with Origin wiki Translations available
Template:Help translate m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Help translate/Content & d:Template:Help translate messages/Content Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
Yes
Yes
Template:Int m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Int & d:Template:Int Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
No
No
Module:Int m:Special:MyLanguage/Module:Int & d:Module:Int Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
No
No
Template:Int string m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Int string Meta-Wiki
Yes
Yes
Template:Label m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Label & d:Template:Label Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
No
No
Template:LabelT m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:LabelT Meta-Wiki
No
No
Template:Localized Wikipedia page m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Localized Wikipedia page Meta-Wiki
No
No
Template:Translated content m:Special:MyLanguage/Template:Translated content Meta-Wiki
No
No
Module:Wikidata m:Special:MyLanguage/Module:Wikidata & d:Module:Wikidata Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
No
No
Module:Wikidata label m:Special:MyLanguage/Module:Wikidata label & d:Module:Wikidata label Meta-Wiki & Wikidata
No
No

Additional translations from translatewiki.net

In addition to already mentioned usages of translation from translatewiki.net, the below translations are also pulled from translatewiki.net.

Translation English
Translate Wikimedia Foundation mark Wikimedia Foundation mark
Translate Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation
Translate Want to help translate? [ Translate the missing messages]. Want to help translate? [$1 Translate the missing messages].
Translate Wikimedia projects Wikimedia projects
Translate This page in a nutshell: This page in a nutshell: $1
Translate in a nutshell: $1 in a nutshell: $2
Translate This guideline in a nutshell: This guideline in a nutshell: $1
Translate This policy in a nutshell: This policy in a nutshell: $1
Translate This section in a nutshell: This section in a nutshell: $1
Translate The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.
Translate Questions about the Wikimedia Foundation or our projects? Get in touch with our team. Questions about the Wikimedia Foundation or our projects? Get in touch with our team.
Translate Questions for the Wikimedia Foundation? Get in touch with our team by emailing answers@wikimedia.org Questions for the Wikimedia Foundation? Get in touch with our team by emailing answers@wikimedia.org
Translate This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the [[|current talk page]]. This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
Translate [[|Sign]] posts using the four tildes (~~~~) Sign posts using the four tildes (~~~~)
Translate This page is for discussions related to the page. This page is for discussions related to the $1 page.
Translate Remain [[|civil and polite]] during discussions. Remain civil and polite during discussions.
Translate Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.
Translate Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the [[|original English version]] takes precedence. Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.
Translate Contact a human Contact a human
Translate Main pages: Main pages: $1
Translate Please remember to: Please remember to: $1
Translate Register account Register account
Translate Shortcuts Shortcuts

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Tips for translators

Feel free to add your own tips!

  • Some content may be placed within templates being used by the page you are translating. You may want to check the original page's wiki code for any templates in need of translating
  • Translate the namespace for pages. Many within namespaces have a "proper page title" further within the page's content. See the Manual of style for more information on page title headers.

Tips for page editors and translation admins

Before beginning and when you are unsure what to do, always begin by reviewing the "Tutorial for setting content up for translation" and Translate extension documentation.

To reduce the amount of repetitive work for translations, please use templates and others features available through duplicated content efforts.

For consistency across this wiki and whenever possible:

  • In bullet lists of links, setup relevant <translate> tags only within the link's text.
  • Always include italics formatting code ('' '') within the content's elevant <translate> tags.
  • With the exception of the Home page and other possible unique exceptions, the <languages /> tag for any translated page should be at the very top of the page above any information boxes (aka infoboxes and hatnotes).
  • "Number" based entries in templates should always include their number alias rather than be based on the entries place within the template. For example: {{example|text|information}} should be {{example|1=text|2=information}}
  • Generally, <tvar name="NAME"> tags should be named using a number (1, 2, 3, etc.) based on its placement within a specific set of <translate> tags or autogenerated <!--T:##--> tag. Once a tvar name is placed, it should not be renamed.
  • Bullet lists which have the potential for frequent updates - such as this one - should have each entry separated with its own <translate> tags. All other bullet lists should be broken up every 2-4 entries depending on size of the entries.

Staff able to support your efforts

These are staff with active editor or administrator accounts on this wiki who might be able to support your efforts to setup content for translation. Please note that you should not expect these people to do your content setup work for you, but rather help answer your questions and support building your capacity in this area of wiki editing. Please feel free to add your own username if you are interested in supporting your colleagues.

Relevant resources

Wikimedia resources

External resources

Templates to monitor

These translatable templates should be monitored and updated routinely as needed:

See also