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Are you fluent in multiple languages? Having our software interfaces and documentation available in multiple languages is important to enable more people to be able to comfortably use our software, and you can help make this happen.
Are you fluent in multiple languages? Having our software interfaces and documentation available in multiple languages is important to enable more people to be able to comfortably use our software, and you can help make this happen.


The KDE Translation team takes fragments of text from KDE software as well as sections of Documentation, all of which are primarily written in English, and converts them into other languages. These are fed back into the software, and the end result is that a user can use an application entirely in their native language. And that, of course, means you too — instead of translating messages and menu items and button text in your head every time you use an application, you can do it just once, and then have it in your own language whenever you use it.
The KDE Translation teams take fragments of text from KDE software as well as sections of Documentation, all of which are primarily written in English, and translates them into other languages.
 
The translations are fed back into the software, and the end result is that a user can use an application entirely in their native language.
 
And that, of course, means you too — instead of translating messages and menu items and button text in your head every time you use an application, you can do it just once, and then have it in your own language whenever you use it.


== Communicating with the team ==
== Communicating with the team ==


There are several ways to get in contact with the translation team. The two most important are:
There are several ways to get in contact with the translation team. See the tables in [[#Teams]] for an overview of the translation teams and their specific communication channels.
 
The two most important are:


* the [https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#kde-i18n:kde.org #kde-i18n] channel on Matrix or IRC [https://libera.chat/ Libera Chat] is where translators chat to each other in real time
* the [https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#kde-i18n:kde.org #kde-i18n] channel on Matrix or IRC [https://libera.chat/ Libera Chat] is where translators chat to each other in real time
* the primary mailing list for talking about translations is the [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-i18n-doc kde-i18n-doc list], although there are other lists for specific languages which you can find on the [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/ list of KDE mailing lists]
* the primary mailing list for talking about translations is the [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-i18n-doc kde-i18n-doc list], although there are other lists for specific languages which you can find on the [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/ complete list of KDE mailing lists]
 
See the tables below for an overview of the teams and their communication channels.


== First steps ==
== First steps ==
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KDE uses custom tools to internationalize the GUI and documentation of programs. You will want to review [http://l10n.kde.org/docs/translation-howto/ The Translation Howto] to learn the process. To dive in and start translating, head to [http://l10n.kde.org/ KDE Localization Home Page] and choose your language. From there, you can contact the specific team for your language and download the translation files.
KDE uses custom tools to internationalize the GUI and documentation of programs. You will want to review [http://l10n.kde.org/docs/translation-howto/ The Translation Howto] to learn the process. To dive in and start translating, head to [http://l10n.kde.org/ KDE Localization Home Page] and choose your language. From there, you can contact the specific team for your language and download the translation files.


There is also a scoreboard showing [http://l10n.kde.org/teams-list.php progress of current teams].
There is also a scoreboard showing [https://l10n.kde.org/teams-list.php progress of current teams].


== A helping hand ==
== A helping hand ==
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KDE is a big community, and translating its software is a big project. It is easy to feel lost when you first start. Several people have volunteered to help new members by answering your questions and pointing you to the right places. You can find a list on the [[Mentoring#Translations|mentoring page]].
KDE is a big community, and translating its software is a big project. It is easy to feel lost when you first start. Several people have volunteered to help new members by answering your questions and pointing you to the right places. You can find a list on the [[Mentoring#Translations|mentoring page]].


==Translation teams==
==Teams==


In the tables below an overview of translation teams within KDE is provided; see the column "Team (language code)" for language-specific links.
In the tables below an overview of translation teams within KDE is provided; see the column "Team (language code)" for language-specific links.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Local_Communities|Local Communities]]
[[Local_Communities|Local Communities]]


[[KDE_Localization|Localization]]
[[KDE_Localization|KDE Localization]]


[[The KDE Network|The KDE Network]]
[[The KDE Network|The KDE Network]]
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[https://kde.org/support/international/ International Sites]
[https://kde.org/support/international/ International Sites]
[https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php ISO 639-2 Language Codes (Library of Congress Standards)]

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Are you fluent in multiple languages? Having our software interfaces and documentation available in multiple languages is important to enable more people to be able to comfortably use our software, and you can help make this happen.

The KDE Translation teams take fragments of text from KDE software as well as sections of Documentation, all of which are primarily written in English, and translates them into other languages.

The translations are fed back into the software, and the end result is that a user can use an application entirely in their native language.

And that, of course, means you too — instead of translating messages and menu items and button text in your head every time you use an application, you can do it just once, and then have it in your own language whenever you use it.

Communicating with the team

There are several ways to get in contact with the translation team. See the tables in #Teams for an overview of the translation teams and their specific communication channels.

The two most important are:

First steps

KDE uses custom tools to internationalize the GUI and documentation of programs. You will want to review The Translation Howto to learn the process. To dive in and start translating, head to KDE Localization Home Page and choose your language. From there, you can contact the specific team for your language and download the translation files.

There is also a scoreboard showing progress of current teams.

A helping hand

KDE is a big community, and translating its software is a big project. It is easy to feel lost when you first start. Several people have volunteered to help new members by answering your questions and pointing you to the right places. You can find a list on the mentoring page.

Teams

In the tables below an overview of translation teams within KDE is provided; see the column "Team (language code)" for language-specific links.

If the team of the language you are searching for is not here, please check the teams list at the KDE Localization website. If you also do not find what you are looking for there, contact [email protected] to request more information on how to create a new team.

The tables below are ordered by language code, e.g., German (de 'Deutsch') appears before English (en 'English').

WWW translation teams

Note: these languages are included in the list of translations for kde.org.

Translation Teams
Team (language code) Wiki Chat Mailing Lists
اللغات (Arabic) Arabic Team (ar) -- -- kde-l10n-ar
bosanski (Bosnian) Bosnian Team (bs) -- -- --
Català (Catalan) Catalan Team (ca) -- -- kde-i18n-ca
Català - Valencià (Catalan - Valencian) Catalan (Valencian) Team (ca@valencia) -- -- kde-i18n-ca
Český (Czech) Czech Team (cs) wiki.l10n.cz/wiki/Návody/Jak_překládat_Kde/ -- kde-i18n-cs
Deutsch (German) German Team (de) German (de) -- kde-i18n-de, www-de
Ελληνικά (Greek) Greek Team (el), Info kde-i18n-el, lists.hellug.gr (INACTIVE)
English (British) British English Team (en_GB) -- -- kde-l10n-en_gb
Esperanto Esperanto Team (eo), Info kde-i18n-eo
Español (Spanish) Spanish Team (es), Info -- -- kde-l10n-es
Eesti (Estonian) Estonian Team (et)
Euskara (Basque) Basque Team (eu) -- -- kde-i18n-eu
فارسی (Persian) Persian Team (fa) kde-i18n-fa
Suomi (Finnish) Finnish Team (fi) Finnish (fi) -- kde-l10n-fi
Français (French) French Team (fr), Info French (fr) -- kde-francophone
Galego (Galician) Galician Team (gl) Galician (gl) -- --
Magyar (Hungarian) Hungarian Team (hu) -- -- kde-l10n-hu
Interlingua Interlingua Team (ia), Blog -- -- kde-l10n-ia
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Indonesian Team (id) -- -- --
Italiano (Italian) Italian Team (it), Tradurre per KDE Italian (it) Matrix: #kde-i18n-it:kde.org kde-i18n-it
日本語 (Japanese) Japanese Team (ja) -- -- kde-jp
한국어 (Korean) Korean (한국어) Team (ko) Korean (ko) -- kde-kr
Lietuvių (Lithuanian) Lithuanian Team (lt) kde-i18n-lt
मराठी (Marathi) Marathi Team (mr) -- -- --
မြန်မာ (Burmese) Burmese Team (my) -- -- kde-l10n-my
Plattdüütsch (Low Saxon) Low Saxon Team (nds), [nds.i18n.kde.org Info]
Nederlands (Dutch) Dutch Team (nl) -- -- kde-i18n-nl
Norsk - nynorsk (Norwegian - nynorsk) Norwegian Nynorsk Team (nn) -- -- (see KDE Localization link)
Polski (Polish) Polish Team (pl) -- -- kdei18n-pl (at SourceForge)
Português (Portuguese) Portuguese Team (pt) kde-i18n-pt
Português brasileiro (Brazilian Portuguese) Brazilian Portuguese Team (pt_BR) -- Matrix: #kdebrasil-traducao kde-i18n-pt_br
Русский (Russian) Russian Team (ru) -- -- kde-russian
Slovenčina (Slovak) Slovak Team (sk) Lokalizácia KDE (at sk.wikibooks.org) #kde-sk on irc.i.cz kde-sk (at linux.sk) (last post: 2013)
Slovenščina (Slovenian) Slovenian Team (sl) Wiki (at wiki.lugos.si) -- lugos-slo (at lugos.si)
Svenska (Swedish) Swedish Team (sv), Info -- kde-l10n-tr
Türkçe (Turkish) Turkish Team (tr) -- kde-l10n-tr
ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur) Uyghur Team (ug)
Українська (Ukrainian) Ukrainian Team (uk) -- -- kde-i18n-uk
正體中文 (Traditional Chinese) Chinese Traditional Team (zh_TW) -- -- --
简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) Chinese Simplified Team (zh_CN) Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) -- kde-china

Other

Translation Teams
Team (language code) Wiki Chat Mailing Lists
Afrikaans Afrikaans Team (af) -- -- --
Assamese Assamese Team (as) -- -- --
Asturian Asturian Team (ast) -- -- --
Azerbaijani Azerbaijani Team (az) -- -- --
Belarusian Belarusian Team (be) -- -- --
Belarusian Latin Belarusian Latin Team (be@latin) -- -- --
Bulgarian Bulgarian Team (bg) -- -- --
Bengali Bengali Team (bn) -- -- --
Bengali (India) Bengali (India) Team (bn_IN) See Indian languages
Tibetan Tibetan Team (bo) -- -- --
Breton Breton Team (br) -- -- --
Chhattisgarhi Chhattisgarhi Team (hne) -- -- --
Crimean Tatar (Crimean Turkish) Crimean Tatar (Crimean Turkish) Team (crh) -- -- --
Kashubian Kashubian Team (csb)
Welsh Welsh Team (cy)
Danish Danish Team (da) -- -- --
Dzongkha Dzongkha Team (dz)
Faroese Faroese Team (fo)
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic Team (gd)
Frisian Frisian Team (fy) kde-i18n-fry
Irish Irish Team (ga) (see KDE Localization link)
Gujarati Gujarati Team (gu) See Indian languages
Hausa Hausa Team (ha) -- -- --
Hebrew Hebrew Team (he) -- -- kde-l10n-he
Hindi (हिन्दी) Hindi (हिन्दी) Team (hi) [1] (at IndLinuX) -- kde-l10n-hi
Croatian (Hrvatski) Croatian (Hrvatski) Team (hr) wiki.open.hr/index.php/KDE_lokalizacija (last updated 2010) -- kde-croatia-list (at SourceForge)
Upper Sorbian Upper Sorbian Team (hsb)
Armenian Armenian Team (hy)
Interlingue Interlingue Team (ie) -- -- --
Igbo Igbo Team (ig) -- -- --
Icelandic Icelandic Team (is) -- -- --
Indian languages -- KDE India Matrix: #kde-indic:kde.org kde-l10n-in
Georgian Georgian Team (ka)
Kabyle Kabyle Team (kab)
Kikongo Kikongo Team (kg)
Kazakh Kazakh Team (kk)
Khmer Khmer Team (km) (see KDE Localization link)
Kannada Kannada Team (kn), Info kde-l10n-kn
Kurdish Kurdish Team (ku)
Kirghiz Kirghiz Team (ky)
Latin Latin Team (la)
Luxembourgish Luxembourgish Team (lb)
Lao Lao Team (lo)
Latvian Latvian Team (lv) (see KDE Localization link)
Maithili Maithili Team (mai) (see KDE Localization link)
Maori Maori Team (mi)
Malagasy Malagasy Team (mg)
Macedonian Macedonian Team (mk) (see KDE Localization link)
Malayalam Malayalam മലയാളം Team (ml) [http://wiki.smc.org.in/ Swathanthra Malayalam Computing സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ്

കെ.ഡി.ഇ മലയാളം]

(see KDE Localization link)
Mongolian Mongolian Team (mn)
Marathi Marathi Team (mr)
Maltese Maltese Team (mt)
Malay Malay Team (ms)
Nepali Nepali Team (ne)
Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Bokmål Team (nb), Info (see KDE Localization link)
Northern Sotho Northern Sotho Team (nso)
Occitan Occitan Team (oc)
Oriya Oriya Team (or)
Punjabi Punjabi Team (pa), Info Matrix: #punlinux:matrix.org
Pashto Pashto Team (ps)
Romanian Romanian Team (ro) kde-i18n-ro
Sanskrit Sanskrit Team (sa)
Northern Sami Northern Sami Team (se), Info (at skolelinux.no) [email protected]
Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda Team (rw)
Sinhala Sinhala Team (si) -- -- kde-l10n-si
Albanian Albanian Team (sq) -- -- kde-i18n-sq
Serbian Serbian Team (sr), Info kde-i18n-sr
Swati Swati Team (ss)
Swahili Swahili Team (sw) kde-l10n-sw
Tamil Tamil Team (ta) kde-l10n-ta
Telugu Telugu Team (te)
Thai Thai Team (th) (see KDE Localization link)
Tigrinya Tigrinya Team (ti)
Tajik Tajik Team (tg)
Tamashek Tamashek Team (tmh)
Toki Pona Toki Pona Team (tok)
Tatar Tatar Team (tt)
Tagalog Tagalog Team (tl)
Urdu Urdu Team (ur)
Uzbek Uzbek Team (uz)
Uzbek (Cyrillic) Uzbek (Cyrillic) Team (uz@cyrillic)
Venda Venda Team (ven)
Vietnamese Vietnamese Team (vi) Vietnamese (vi) kde-l10n-vi
Walloon Walloon Team (wa) write [email protected] (see KDE Localization link)
Xhosa Xhosa Team (xh)
Yoruba Yoruba Team (yo)
Chinese (Hong Kong) Chinese Hong Kong Team (zh_HK)
Zulu Zulu Team (zu)

See also

Local Communities

KDE Localization

The KDE Network

External links

International Sites

ISO 639-2 Language Codes (Library of Congress Standards)