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## Translating the WIKI ¶
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## There is no way to translate pages in the current wiki ¶
## This page will be updated, when (if) the system is implemented ¶
This page should be a guideline for translating the WIKI to other languages. ¶


__First of all, what should/can be translated? :-)__ ¶

Well, that's a good question, because more than half of our WIKI is filled up with development-stuff, which isn't interesting to endusers and which should have only one version, which is in English, to not spread confusion. ¶
So the pages, which might be translated are the enduser-pages: ¶

* Everything under "General", with exception of the_Roadmap_ ¶
* Everything under "Help" ¶



__While translation, please keep the following points in mind:__ ¶

* Our main language of the WIKI is English, so if a change was made to Widelands, the English content should be updated, before the translated-pages, so everyone can read it and translate it to further languages. ¶
* If you translate a string that was not translated before, please keep in mind, that it should stay readable for all other languages, as well. So please put the orginal heading/text in the language brakets for every language (just keep it English if you don't know the translation - it's better to show up an English Text, than no text. ¶
* Please try to keep the Wiki-Source as readable as possible. ¶


You might think that keeping the name of the source-page looks unfamiliar on a translated page and of course, you are right :-) ¶
So for this, just use similar code like: ¶


[[The Tribes|Die Stämme]] ¶


__Templates__ ¶

A template which you can use for easier translation can be found [here](http://xoops.widelands.org/Wiki-work.txt) ¶


__Okay, but how to translate than?__ ¶

That's quite easy. Every page that may be translated will be split in headings, blocks and sections. In the following graphic you can see a short example. Only language that is translated here is German (de), all other will show up the English text. The comments ( <!--... --> ) won't show up in the page, just in source. At the end of the example is some general text, without langcode around, which will show up in every language: ¶

<table><tr><td> ¶
<p><a href="/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Image:Wikicode.png" class="image" title="Image:Wikicode.png"><img src="/uploads/mediawiki/2/29/Wikicode.png" alt="Image:Wikicode.png" width="500" height="202" longdesc="/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Image:Wikicode.png" /></a> ¶
</p> ¶
</td></tr></table> ¶
For any questions, just ask on the Index.Php?Title=TalktranslatingTheWiki&Action=EditPage of this page or write Userwl.NasenbaerPage &nbsp;:-) ¶


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