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Using Crowdin for translations

What is Crowdin

The Open Food Facts website & app are/can be available in 149 languages.
That’s a lot to manage ! 😅
Crowdin is a translation management system.
As you can see on the image, some languages have been widely translated, while others still need a push.
Crowdin offers the possibility for translators to:

- work independently,
- translate at their own pace,
- choose what content they want etc.

Our goal :

Let as many different nationalities benefit from the Open Food Facts database in their native language ! Note: a presentation made by Gala is also available.

Get started

Step 1 - Create a Crowdin account

Head to https://accounts.crowdin.com/register and create an account.

Step 2 - Go to the Open Food Facts project page

Head to the Open Food Facts project page: https://crowdin.com/project/openfoodfacts or https://translate.openfoodfacts.org .

Step 3 - Select the language

Choose the language you want to translate into. Don't translate English language, as it's always the source language!

The source language is always English.

Step 4 - Select a document to translate

Once you’ve clicked on a specific language (flag), you’ll be taken to a page with a list of docs/content.

The % of its translation is also shown (how much has already been translated by other translators). It’s a team effort ! 🤝

Select one & click on it (Swedish example)

Step 5 - Ready, set, translate !

Time to get to work. The strings (phrases/group of words) that need translation are highlighted in RED.

Step 5 - Job done !

Fantastic, you’ve completed your first translation ! 👏👏👏

Please note that the deployment of the translated content is not automatic.

So it may take a bit of time for the translation manager to deploy it.

Meanwhile, you can translate more 😉 .

Thank you for making useful content useful to millions of people !

Useful Resources

Crowdin documentation - For Translators
”What’s Crowdin ?” YouTube video

🙋‍♀️Connect with community, share tips, ask questions:

On this Slack channel : #translations
Going Global forum category

Going global team referent: [[1]]

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-The Open Food Facts [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ website] & [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/open-food-facts-mobile-app app] are/can be available in 149 languages.
+* The Open Food Facts [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ website] & [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/open-food-facts-mobile-app app] are/can be available in 149 languages.
+* That’s a lot to manage ! 😅
-That’s a lot to manage ! 😅
+* [https://crowdin.com/project/openfoodfacts '''Crowdin'''] is a translation management system.
+* As you can see on the image, some languages have been widely translated, while others still need a push.
-[https://crowdin.com/project/openfoodfacts '''Crowdin'''] is a translation management system.
+* Crowdin offers the possibility for translators to:
-As you can see on the image, some languages have been widely translated, while others still need a push.
-Crowdin offers the possibility for translators to:
-* work independently,
+** work independently,
-* translate at their own pace,
+** translate at their own pace,
-* choose what content they want etc.
+** choose what content they want etc.
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 '''Let as many different nationalities benefit from the Open Food Facts database in their native language !'''
+Note: a [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mQqdC-ybnuzOeO2wnU1Y7oeXUPbxPApj8hswtZn9W1w/edit#slide=id.g12df28d4486_0_859 presentation made by Gala is also available].
 == Get started ==