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Still a work in progress, please try Localization for now

Every aspect of the OLPC project needs internationalization, localization and translation to help meet the project goals. Could be stronger?

Translation is the art and science of changing the language of a communication without changing the meaning. All OLPC documentation, websites, and wiki pages (this one too!) need to be translated, and those translations kept updated.

• Just getting started ?
• Some general Translating resources for OLPC
• Web sites translation
• Wiki translation
• Getting Started guide translation

Localization ("l10n") is the process of taking software or content and adapting it for local use. It involves at least:

• fonts,script layout, and input methods,
• speech synthesis (localized voice files), musical instrumentation,
• number & date formats, collating order, *dictionaries, and spellcheckers.

Many OLPC localization projects use Pootle to automate something something so sign up for http://dev.laptop.org/translate now.

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Actually the top of Localization is pretty solid, just needs more links, maybe, or bullets:

Localization ("l10n") is the process of taking software or content and adapting it for local use. It involves at least:

• fonts,script layout, and input methods,
• speech synthesis (localized voice files), musical instrumentation,
• number & date formats, collating order, *dictionaries, and spellcheckers.

We need translators in many languages, including local scripts and dialects. At the moment, the laptop is 100% English, 68% Spanish, 53% French, 48% Portuguese, 40% Japanese and 30% German. All the other languages are 5% done at best.

Translating is fun, quite easy, and the rewards are great. Here's how you can get started.

old: Localization ("l10n") of software and content involves translation, fonts (scripts), input systems, formatting and understanding cultural differences.