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Translating Greasy Fork

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Greasy Fork lets user choose the language they want to browse the site in. The translations are provided by the community. This guide shows you how to contribute translations to Greasy Fork using the Transifex translation editor.

Note that the translations are for the Greasy Fork site itself and not for the individual scripts on the site. Translations of script content can only be done by the script's author.

This is the current status of translations:

Sign up

To help translate Greasy Fork, you need to create an account on Transifex. Visit the registration page and follow the steps there to register.

Become part of the project

After registering, you can join the Greasy Fork project from its project page. To receive email updates, for example when a file has changed, click Watch project in the header. Watch project button

The next step depends on whether the language you want to translate to has already been set up.

The language you want to translate is available

Click the name of the language you want to translate to see the language information page. To be able to translate a language, you must be part of the team for that language. Click Join team in the upper right corner of the table with the translation files and confirm the dialog. Join the team button Your request must be confirmed by a team coordinator before you can start translating.

The language you want to translate is not available

Click Request language, then select your language. When selecting for a language, keep in mind that all language names are in English and searching for language codes like en doesn't work. After selecting a language, click Submit and wait for a team manager to confirm your request. Once you are confirmed, you can start translating. Request language button

Translate

A short introduction on the translator can be found in the Transifex support portal.

Glossary

The glossary of the project is for phrases or words that have different translations in a language. Add those words to the glossary to keep the translation on Greasy Fork consistent. All words with a glossary entry are highlighted in the original language and the translation is provided to you.

Making the changes on Greasy Fork

Translations should be made live on Greasy Fork within a few days. New translations must reach a minimum level before being put live. If your changes aren't being made live, file a GitHub issue or e-mail [email protected].

Translations outside of Greasy Fork

Greasy Fork uses libraries for certain things that have their own translation projects. You may wish to contribute to these projects as well, if translations are missing in them:

  • rails-i18n - general translations for the framework Greasy Fork runs on
  • devise-i18n - translations for things dealing with users (login, registration, etc.)
  • will-paginate-i18n - translations for pagination (1/2/3/next/previous links)

FAQ

How do I translate more than one language?

Transifex doesn't let you create a join request for more than one team. If you want to translate more than one language, file a GitHub issue or contact [email protected] with your request.

What are the roles and what are they allowed to do?

An overview on the roles and their permissions can be found in the Transifex FAQ.

Does the translation editor have keyboard shortcuts?

Shortcuts are listed when clicking on the gear in the editor view, but the most important are:

  • TAB - Save translation and go to next string
  • Shift + TAB - Save translation and go to previous string
  • Ctrl(or Alt) + Down - Go to next string (without saving)
  • Ctrl(or Alt) + Up - Go to previous string (without saving)

How does reviewing translations work?

If you are the first translator for a language, you are able to review translations. All translations, reviewed or not, are included on Greasy Fork. Because reviewing a translation makes it so that other users cannot change the translation, we ask that you not review them. If someone has a reviewed a translation you would like to change, contact a Team Manager to unreview it..

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