En:Wiki Translation
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Wiki Translation can be a good way to help develop the Leitwerk project across the world. The wiki holds a lot of important help content and documentation. We'd like to make at least some of this available in other languages. Note that translation efforts in other areas of the project are equally important if not more so.
Community cohesion
Unlike Wikipedia, we are not aiming to capture vast amounts of knowledge in the wiki. Wikipedia decided that the best way to build their encyclopaedia was to split the communities up by language, and run them as almost entirely separate projects. The situation here is entirely different. Translating wiki pages should be an exercise in improving community cohesion, helping everyone to understand each other.
With this in mind we haven't deployed exactly the same wiki technology to support translations. We want the small fledging groups of people who do not speak English to feel welcome, and to have all the information they need, but we also want the community as a whole to stay together and stay focussed.
Wiki translation progress
Wiki translation is taking place on a somewhat ad-hoc basis, and you are encouraged to join in. Translation efforts are still in very early stages in many languages. There are some wiki pages which are more important than others, so concentrate on these pages first.