Creative Commons uses the online tool Pootle to manage translations of our tools. The Creative Commons installation of Pootle is maintained at http://translate.creativecommons.org. This page describes how to use Pootle to edit translations.

Applications currently managed by translate.creativecommons.org are:

• license engine and deeds
• search.creativecommons.org
• ccPublisher
• ccHost

First time setup

In order to be properly registered with Pootle, you must follow the next two sections. If you already have an account that lets you translate or make suggestions, skip to the next section, "Daily use."

Creating an account

Before you can translate an application you need to create an account. Go to http://translate.creativecommons.org and click the Log in link in the upper right-hand corner. Enter your desired username and password and click "Register." This will take you to the full registration page, which will ask you for your password again, your full name, and your email address. Click "Register" once more, and Pootle will send an activation code to the email address you specified. Follow the link to the activation page, and copy your activation code into the "Activation Code" box. Click "Activate Account", and your account is now activated.

Now you can log in by clicking the Log in button in the upper-right corner.

Adding a Language

Languages currently need to be assigned to projects by server administrators. If you are interested in translating a project into a new language, or adding a completely new language, email the project you're interested in and the language to webmaster@creativecommons.org.

Daily use

This section covers the steps needed to make use of the Pootle translation service once you have registered.

Starting from front page: Choosing what to translate

When you load the Pootle front page, you will see a list of available projects and languages.

Project list displayed after logging into Pootle.

You can approach the task of translating either by starting with the languages you want to translate into, or by starting with the project you wish to translate. Note that this front page has another feature: Click on any column, and that table will be sorted by that column. For example, after one click on "Overall completion" in the projects table, we see:

Projects list sorted by overall completion

One more click would make reverse the order of the sort.

Click on the project you're interested in working on and a list of available languages will be displayed.

The project page

This takes you to the project page, in our case, for cc_org. It presents you with a list of available languages for the project.

List of available languages for the selected project.

Click on the language you would like to work on translating; if you do not see the language you want to work on listed, see the instructions below on adding a new language. When you click on the language you'll be shown a list of message catalogs (.po files) for the selected project. Most projects have a single message catalog; ccPublisher has two, so each is listed, along with links for translating them.

Translation details and links for the project language.

If you want to edit existing strings, you can click the Translate All link. Clicking Quick Translate will jump to the first non-translated string.

Quick translating untranslated strings.

You can translate the string in the text box next to the English text, and then click Submit to save your translation and move to the next untranslated string. If you do not want to translate that string, just click Skip to move to the next untranslated string.

Getting Help

If you have questions about using Pootle or about the translation process, you can ask in the IRC channel, or on the cctools-i18n mailing list.

Administering translations

• Translating with Pootle/Administration

Using suggestions

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