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en/translation-overview.wml   5) #include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor: Translation Overview" CHARSET="UTF-8"

en/translation-portal.wml     6) 
en/translation-portal.wml     7) <div class="main-column">
en/translation-portal.wml     8) 

en/translation-overview.wml   9) <h1>Tor: Translation Overview</h1>

en/translation-portal.wml    10) <hr />
en/translation-portal.wml    11) 
en/translation-portal.wml    12) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml    13) The Tor bundles include several different programs, all of which need

en/translation-portal.wml    14) translation help. In order of importance they are:

en/translation-overview.wml  15) <a href="<page vidalia/index>">Vidalia</a>,

en/translation-overview.wml  16) <a href="<page torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>, and

en/translation-portal.wml    17) <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">TorCheck</a>.
en/translation-portal.wml    18) Please read the sections below and help out. If you need help, please
en/translation-portal.wml    19) ask; we're always happy to lend a hand.

en/translation-portal.wml    20) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml    21) 

en/translation-portal.wml    22) <a id="TTP"></a>

en/translation-portal.wml    23) <a id="TTPVidalia"></a>
en/translation-portal.wml    24) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#TTP">Using The Tor Translation Portal</a></h2>

en/translation-portal.wml    25) <hr />
en/translation-portal.wml    26) 
en/translation-portal.wml    27) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml    28) The <a href="https://translation.torproject.org/">Tor Translation Portal</a>

en/translation-portal.wml    29) is a website that lets users contribute translations online using their
en/translation-portal.wml    30) web browser. It lists all sentences or phrases (called "strings") used

en/translation-portal.wml    31) by a particular project, and allows interested volunteers to translate

en/translation-portal.wml    32) individual sentences or phrases as they are able.

en/translation-portal.wml    33) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml    34) 
en/translation-portal.wml    35) <p>
en/translation-portal.wml    36) You can check the status of all translations for a given project by visiting
en/translation-portal.wml    37) each project page.  The following statuses are updated in real time when new
en/translation-portal.wml    38) translations are added:

en/translation-portal.wml    39) <a href="https://translation.torproject.org/projects/vidalia/">Vidalia</a>,

en/translation-portal.wml    40) <a href="https://translation.torproject.org/projects/torbutton/">Torbutton</a>,

en/translation-portal.wml    41) and
en/translation-portal.wml    42) <a href="https://translation.torproject.org/projects/torcheck/">TorCheck</a>.

en/translation-portal.wml    43) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml    44) 

en/translation-portal.wml    45) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml    46) To get started using our translation website, you need to sign up for an
en/translation-portal.wml    47) account. Visit the <a

en/translation-portal.wml    48) href="https://translation.torproject.org/register.html">account registration

en/translation-portal.wml    49) page</a> to get started. Be sure to enter a proper email address and a strong
en/translation-portal.wml    50) password. After you fill in the form and use the 'Register Account' button, you
en/translation-portal.wml    51) should see some text indicating that things worked out: 

en/translation-portal.wml    52) </p>

en/translation-portal.wml    53) <pre>
en/translation-portal.wml    54) Account created. You will be emailed login details and an activation code.
en/translation-portal.wml    55) Please enter your activation code on the activation page.
en/translation-portal.wml    56) </pre>
en/translation-portal.wml    57) 
en/translation-portal.wml    58) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml    59) Shortly after you see this text an email will be sent to the email address you

en/translation-portal.wml    60) provided. The email should look something like the following:

en/translation-portal.wml    61) </p><pre>

en/translation-portal.wml    62) A Pootle account has been created for you using this email address.
en/translation-portal.wml    63) Your activation code is:
en/translation-portal.wml    64) 36074ec543c1fa23ceeaf8e187dfa43e
en/translation-portal.wml    65) This message is sent to verify that the email address is in fact correct. If
en/translation-portal.wml    66) you did not want to register an account, you may simply ignore the message.
en/translation-portal.wml    67) Your user name is: example_user
en/translation-portal.wml    68) Your password is: example_user
en/translation-portal.wml    69) Your registered email address is: username@example.com
en/translation-portal.wml    70) </pre>
en/translation-portal.wml    71) 
en/translation-portal.wml    72) <p>
en/translation-portal.wml    73) Once you've received the email, you'll need to activate your account by
en/translation-portal.wml    74) visiting the <a

en/translation-portal.wml    75) href="https://translation.torproject.org/activate.html">activation page</a>.

en/translation-portal.wml    76) Enter your username and activation code into the form and then submit the form
en/translation-portal.wml    77) by pressing the "Activate Account" button.
en/translation-portal.wml    78) 
en/translation-portal.wml    79) You'll see a message that says:

en/translation-portal.wml    80) </p><pre>

en/translation-portal.wml    81) Redirecting to login Page...
en/translation-portal.wml    82) Your account has been activated! Redirecting to login...
en/translation-portal.wml    83) </pre>
en/translation-portal.wml    84) 
en/translation-portal.wml    85) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml    86) When you login to your new account, you'll be prompted to configure your basic

en/translation-portal.wml    87) language preferences on the <a

en/translation-portal.wml    88) href="https://translation.torproject.org/home/options.html">options page</a>. At

en/translation-portal.wml    89) the very least, you'll want to select the user interface language, select any

en/translation-portal.wml    90) of the projects you're interested in translating, and additionally the languages

en/translation-portal.wml    91) you wish to translate. Save your changes by clicking the "Save Changes" button
en/translation-portal.wml    92) when you're finished.
en/translation-portal.wml    93) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml    94) 
en/translation-portal.wml    95) <p>
en/translation-portal.wml    96) You're ready to translate!
en/translation-portal.wml    97) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml    98) 
en/translation-portal.wml    99) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml   100) At this point, you can select a project, such as <a

en/translation-portal.wml   101) href="https://translation.torproject.org/projects/vidalia/">Vidalia</a>. You'll

en/translation-portal.wml   102) see a nice list of all of the currently supported languages along with the

en/translation-portal.wml   103) current translation progress. Select a language — in our example,
en/translation-portal.wml   104) you'll click

en/translation-portal.wml   105) <a href="https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/">German</a>. The next

en/translation-portal.wml   106) page should show you a single row of data for the file "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   107) href='https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/vidalia_de.po?translate=1&amp;view=1'>vidalia_de.po</a>".

en/translation-portal.wml   108) This is the file with all of the currently translated German strings for

en/translation-portal.wml   109) Vidalia. You should click on the "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   110) href='https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/index.html?editing=1'>Show

en/translation-portal.wml   111) Editing Functions</a>" link above the 'vidalia_de.po' row. Next you should

en/translation-portal.wml   112) click the "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   113) href='https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/translate.html?fuzzy=1&editing=1&blank=1'>Quick

en/translation-portal.wml   114) Translate</a>" link. This will take you to the first untranslated string in the
en/translation-portal.wml   115) language group for the current project.
en/translation-portal.wml   116) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml   117) 
en/translation-portal.wml   118) <p>
en/translation-portal.wml   119) If you're able, please translate the string you see and click the 'Submit'
en/translation-portal.wml   120) button. If you're unsure, click the 'Suggest' button. Feel free to leave
en/translation-portal.wml   121) comments for any of the translations if you feel it's important to clarify
en/translation-portal.wml   122) anything.
en/translation-portal.wml   123) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml   124) 
en/translation-portal.wml   125) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml   126) When you're finished, you need to commit your changes. Return to the

en/translation-portal.wml   127) page with the <a

en/translation-portal.wml   128) href="https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/index.html?editing=1">Editing

en/translation-portal.wml   129) Functions</a>, and click on the "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   130) href='https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/index.html?editing=1&amp;docommit=1&amp;commitfile=vidalia_de.po'>Commit</a>"

en/translation-portal.wml   131) link. This will commit your changes into the <a

en/translation-overview.wml 132) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/translation/trunk/projects/vidalia/de/">Translation

en/translation-portal.wml   133) subversion module</a> in the specific area as specified by your choices of
en/translation-portal.wml   134) language and project (Vidalia and German, for this example).
en/translation-portal.wml   135) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml   136) 

en/translation-portal.wml   137) <p>

en/translation-portal.wml   138) That's all there is to it! Be sure to go through the steps again and
en/translation-portal.wml   139) contribute to Torbutton and Torcheck too.

en/translation-portal.wml   140) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml   141) 

en/translation-portal.wml   142) <p>

en/translation-overview.wml 143) If your language isn't in the list of options yet, send mail to
en/translation-overview.wml 144) <tt>tor-translation AT torproject.org</tt> and we'll add it for you.

en/translation-portal.wml   145) </p>
en/translation-portal.wml   146) 

en/translation-portal.wml   147) <p>
en/translation-portal.wml   148) For more advanced users who like to translate without a web browser, you can
en/translation-portal.wml   149) also download the .po file directly. You'll find this option after clicking on
en/translation-portal.wml   150) the "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   151) href='https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/index.html?editing=1'>Show

en/translation-portal.wml   152) Editing Functions</a>" link. You should see a link to download the "<a

en/translation-portal.wml   153) href="https://translation.torproject.org/de/vidalia/vidalia_de.po">PO file</a>".

en/translation-portal.wml   154) If this option fits your working habits, by all means, please use it!

en/translation-portal.wml   155) You may find a program called <a href="http://www.poedit.net/">Poedit</a>
en/translation-portal.wml   156) to make the job easier, especially for right-to-left languages that don't
en/translation-portal.wml   157) work as well in text editors. If you're using Poedit, you should disable
en/translation-portal.wml   158) compiling .mo files in Poedit's preferences (File -&gt; Preferences -&gt;
en/translation-portal.wml   159) Editor -&gt; Behavior, uncheck "Automatically compile .mo file on save").
en/translation-portal.wml   160) When you're finished translating the .po file, you can upload it by
en/translation-portal.wml   161) using the "upload file" form in the upper right hand corner: simply
en/translation-portal.wml   162) select the file and click the 'Upload file' button.