Help:Translation
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Supported Languages
A unique feature of the Korean Wiki Project is that we want to provide Korean language resources in multiple languages. While English is the main language, we also officially support:
- Chinese (both simplified and traditional)
- Japanese
That means we would like to focus on translations in those languages, although we welcome others.
Showing Available Languages
Every page should have the {{Languages|PAGENAME}} template at the bottom of the page with the PAGENAME filled in correctly with the English title.
Creating New Pages
Before you create a translation of a page, you should copy all of the text from a current page by clicking on the EDIT tab and copying the text.
Language pages should have the following formats:
- Chinese (simplified): PAGENAME/ch-zhant
- Chinese (traditional): PAGENAME/ch-zhans
- Japanese: PAGENAME/ja
There are a few ways to create these pages. The easiest is if there are links from the English page that already point to them. These kinds of links might be at the top or bottom of the pages. The second way is to add the extra text (like /ja) in the address bar in your browser and navigate to it. For example, let's say we want to translate the current page we are on. The address bar should show something like
http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Help:Translation
In order to add a Japanese translation, simply change it to the following and hit enter:
http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Help:Translation/ja
Once you're there you can create the page by translating the text you copied from the original. That's it! Now the translated page will be listed so users can easily navigate to the new pages.
Translation Aids
Editing Tips
Templates can not be translated in new pages, therefore you will need to change what templates you use. For example, many pages include the {{stub}} template which uses English. You should change those kinds of templates (that include text) just like you would create a new language page. If we were editing a Japanese page, that template should be changed to {{stub/ja}}.
