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This article offers a guide for how to translate an article (a page) in Proteopedia to another language, for example from English to Japanese. The main language of Proteopedia is English. There are no plans to have complete parallel Proteopedias in non-English languages. (In contrast, [http://wikipedia.org Wikipedia] maintains parallel versions in many languages.) However, translation of English articles in Proteopedia to non-English languages is welcomed. | This article offers a guide for how to translate an article (a page) in Proteopedia to another language, for example from English to Japanese. The main language of Proteopedia is English. There are no plans to have complete parallel Proteopedias in non-English languages. (In contrast, [http://wikipedia.org Wikipedia] maintains parallel versions in many languages.) However, translation of English articles in Proteopedia to non-English languages is welcomed. | ||
Of course, the English and non-English versions of an article will likely diverge as each is edited independently after the initial translation. While such divergence is undesirable, this problem seems to be outweighed by the value of having some articles in non-English languages. | Rules and policies for non-English articles in Proteopedia will be found at [[Proteopedia:Languages]]. | ||
Of course, the English and non-English versions of an article will likely diverge as each is edited independently after the initial translation. While such divergence is undesirable, this problem seems to be outweighed by the value of having some articles in non-English languages. If you decide to translate a page, please add the original page to the list of your ''watched'' pages, to get notified by email when the original page changes. | |||
==Preparation== | ==Preparation== | ||
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:<table border="1"><tr><td>[[Image:In other languages1.png]]</td></tr></table> | :<table border="1"><tr><td>[[Image:In other languages1.png]]</td></tr></table> | ||
For a highly-translated page, [[ | For a highly-translated page, [[Aricept Complexed with Acetylcholinesterase]], it looks like this: | ||
:<table border="1"><tr><td>[[Image:In other languages2.png]]</td></tr></table> | :<table border="1"><tr><td>[[Image:In other languages2.png]]</td></tr></table> | ||
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====2-Letter Language Codes==== | ====2-Letter Language Codes==== | ||
Here is a link to a list of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes two-letter codes for 184 languages]. The article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links#Interlanguage_links Interlanguage Links] explains this markup, and the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639 ISO 639] has links to additional information and language lists. | Here is a link to a list of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes two-letter codes for 184 languages]. The article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links#Interlanguage_links Interlanguage Links] explains this markup, and the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639 ISO 639] has links to additional information and language lists. Please write to {{Template:Contact}} if the 2-letter language code you want does not produce the interlanguage link on the left hand side toolbar. | ||
===Copy the English wikitext into the new page=== | ===Copy the English wikitext into the new page=== | ||
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Please make one small change at a time -- one markup or one sentence. Then save and be sure the display is OK. If it is broken, you will know where the problem is. | Please make one small change at a time -- one markup or one sentence. Then save and be sure the display is OK. If it is broken, you will know where the problem is. | ||
If you save a page and get '''XML Error: Mismatched tag at line 1''', don't worry, you can recover your page: see [[Help:Errors]]. | |||
===Markup Examples=== | ===Markup Examples=== | ||
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2. You may also wish to put a link in the new language, to the translated article, at the top of the English article. For an example, see [[Fadel A. Samatey Group]]. | 2. You may also wish to put a link in the new language, to the translated article, at the top of the English article. For an example, see [[Fadel A. Samatey Group]]. | ||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Proteopedia:Languages]] concerning rules and policies. | |||
*[[Help:Text Directionality]] concerning languages that read from right to left. | |||