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Are you interested in translating Gynopedia pages into another language?

Your work as a translator is important -- you can users access critical information about sexual, reproductive, and women’s health care around the globe!

Who are Gynopedia translators? What are the requirements or qualifications?

Gynopedia moderators are people who help translate existing webpages in other languages. There are no formal professional or educational requirements. However, you should be a fluent speaker/writer of the language that you want to translate, and you should feel comfortable working independently.

What are the hours for translators?

As a volunteer, you set your own hours. Whether you want to work 2 hours per week or 20 hours per week, the choice is yours. If possible, we request that you give a general estimate of the time that you can commit (for example, 1-5 hours per week, or 10-20 per week). You can always change this time commitment. This just gives us a general idea of your level of engagement.

How do I become a translator?

First, you’ll need to create an account with Gynopedia. Once you have created an account, you’ll have a basic account of a contributor. In order to be upgraded to a translator, you’ll need to contact us via Facebook, Twitter, or email (gynopediawiki@gmail.com), and request to become a translator.

Now, as a translator, you have A LOT more privileges than a basic contributor. This means that there’s a great deal of trust involved, so you'll need to first go through a basic screening process before we grant you translator privileges. As an FYI, this is just to be on the safe side, since Gynopedia deals with some sensitive subject matter. We definitely won’t interrogate you -- just ask a few questions to confirm that you’re genuinely interested in translation (rather than spamming, trolling or wreaking havoc on the website), ask you to be transparent about why you're interested in the project and what you hope to get out of it, and confirm that you're a collaborative problem-solver.

Do you want to become a translator? Email us: gynopediawiki@gmail.com

If you're interested in becoming a Gynopedia translator, please email us (gynopediawiki@gmail.com), and we can talk about how you can get involved.

How does translation work?

Now, here’s how to translate the pages:

1. You will need to become an official Gynopedia translator. To do this, you'll need to create an account and then have your account added to the "Translator" list. You can email us (gynopediawiki@gmail.com) to find out how to do this.
2. Once you have become a translator, select which page you would like to translate.
3. Once you have landed on the page, you should first REVIEW the content of the page. You’ll be translating all of the content, so you want to ensure that the information is accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensible. If you DO notice that there’s an error or something that should be updated, please click “Edit” to add any changes. Once you’re done, please contact us (gynopediawiki@gmail.com), and we'll mark this new version as being ready for translation.
4. Once you have finished reviewing the content, you can begin the actual translation (yay!). To do this, you should look for a note at the top that says “Translate Page.” If you don’t, this means that an admin needs to mark the page as available for translation. If it’s not marked yet, send us a an email (gynopediawiki@gmail.com) and we can quickly fix the issue. Once it’s marked, there should be a message to “Translate This Page.” To see all pages that have been marked as available for translation, click here.
   1. NOTE: When a page is “Marked for Translation,” it means that the content that was displayed WHEN it was marked for translation is what the translator will see in the “Translate” extension. In other words, if I “mark” the Melbourne page for translation, and then one week later, I add some new information into the English version of the Melbourne page and *don’t* mark the updated page for translation, the translator will be translating the old version without the updated changes. So, if you want to add changes to a page or if you see someone else has, please let Lani know so that she can mark that new version for translation.
5. Click on “Translate This Page” (see example below).

How to Begin Translating

1. You will be redirected to a new page, where you can add in the translations. As a first step, select the language that you will be translating the page into, which is found in the top right corner. In the example provided below, you can see that I have searched for Français, which comes up in the search results.

How to Select a Language

1. Once you have selected the language, you can begin adding in the translated text. You’ll see that each section is divided into a separate space for translation. Please enter your translated text into these boxes. Whenever you see information in references tags

   (<ref></ref>)

   or in brackets, such as:

 [[File:Seoul-410269 960 720.jpg|400px | thumb|right|]] or [[Istanbul]])

leave that information in place, since it’s usually calling a reference, image, link or internal page. However, if you would like to add a caption to the image in the language you are translating (or translate the existing caption), you are welcome to do so. If you have any questions about adding translations, there’s a detailed guide here and here (start at Step #4 - an admin already did Steps 1-3).

Example of Translation Display

1. You can also view the page in 'List' mode.

Example of List Mode

1. Remember to translate the captions of images. You'll see below an example of where/how to translate English captions (for an image) into other languages. The caption text is underlined in red. You’ll know something is an image if it ends with “.jpg” or “.png,” such as in the example provided.

'Translate Captions of Images

1. Make sure to translate link text. Basically, when there are external links (links to other sites) or references with links (displayed in the “References” section), there is usually a title/text associated with that link. This title displays for the user (and they click on the title to go to the link). You don’t need to translate these titles, since the titles are usually the names of articles/websites that are originally in English. However, if you think it is useful translate some of the title text (for example, if it says “Click here,”), you’ll find the title text right after the URL. We have underlined (in red) the title for this link.

Where to Translate Link Text

1. Once you have saved your results, a new page will be created in the language of your translation. Here’s an example of how it will look (with English to Russian translation). See next page for examples.

'Example of a Translated Page (in English)

'Example of a Translated Page (in Russian)

MORE INFORMATION:

• If you want to get a sense of some of the sources we commonly use to conduct research and develop content for Gynopedia pages, please visit the Research Resources pages.
• If you want to know more about Mediawiki (the software that Gynopedia is built on) and how it works overall, click here.
• If you want to know more about open source software, click here.