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== Using Gramps in my native Language ==
For information on installing, learning and using the Gramps program in a language ''other'' than the default language (US English) see [[Gramps in another language|Learn how to get started]].
==Which Languages?==
In theory, all languages for which a person can be found to maintain the translation, can have the GRAMPS Gramps main page translated. You can then translate articles on a opt-in basis. Are The following Languages are supported today:
;Dutch: Maintainer: B. Malengier. Contact him by mailing benny.malengier AT the domain: gramps-project.org, or via the devel mailing list, or via his [[User_talk:Bmcage|talk page]].
;Lithuanian: Maintainer: A. Šleinius. Contact him by mailing asleinius AT the domain: users dot sourceforge dot net
;German: Maintainer: [[User:Mweinelt]]. Contact him by mailing mweinelt AT the domain: gmail dot com or via his [[User_talk:Mweinelt|talk page]].
;Czech: Maintainer: Zdeněk Hataš, [[User:Matlas]]. Contact him by mailing zdenek DOT hatas AT the domain: gmail dot com or via his [[User_talk:Matlas|talk page]].
;Polish: Maintainer: Lukasz, [[User:Yenidai]]. Contact him by mailing yenidai AT the domain: @poczta dot onet dot pl or via his [[User_talk:Yenidai|talk page]].
;Italian [[User:Dm1407]]. Contact him via his [[User_talk:Dm1407|talk page]].
The languages supported need to be added to [[Template:Languages]], [[Template:Languages/table]] and [[GRAMPSGramps:Main_page_templates/page]] by a system administrator.
==What the Maintainer should translate==
The task of a maintainer is to translate the Main page via [[GRAMPSGramps:Main_page_templates]] as well as the main portals. He Preferably they can also has to respond to user questions about the language, and investigate misuse in his that language (profanities, flame-wars, ...).
The list of pages which group translation strings and must be translated:
*[[GRAMPSGramps:Main_page_templates]]: Translation of text strings on the main page*[[GRAMPSGramps:Using_GRAMPS_templatesUsing_Gramps_templates]]: Translation of the GRAMPS Gramps documentation portal*[[GRAMPSGramps:Community_templates]]: Translation of the Gramps community portal*[[Gramps:Side_bar_translation]]: Translation of the text strings of the sidebar. '''Note''': although the sidebar will be translated, it will link to the english English root page. This is a technical limitation of the sidebar!
List of pages you should definitely consider to translatetranslating:*[[GRAMPSGramps:About]]: The about box*[[InstallationContact]]: How to install GRAMPScontact Gramps*[[Download]]: Where to download Gramps*[[ContactInstallation]]: How to contact GRAMPSinstall Gramps
==What NOT to translate==
In details:
#The developers section is english only. Development of GRAMPS Gramps is in english.
#Mark-up Templates. Templates for markup, eg pretty tables, boxes, should be written language independent, with if necessary a language parameter which is passed to content specific templates that can be translated.
==How?==
#If you want to translate page <nowiki>[[GRAMPSGramps:Language policy]]</nowiki> in a language with language code ''zz'', you create a page <nowiki>[[GRAMPSGramps:Language policy/zz]]</nowiki>. The root name af the article '''must''' be the '''english''' name. So e.g. <tt>Bonjour</tt> would be <tt>Goodday/fr</tt>. However you can use redirection to give French users a <tt>fr:Bonjour</tt> page#Next, you add ''at the bottom of the page'' the template <nowiki>{{languages|GRAMPSGramps:Language policy}}</nowiki>. This same template must be added to the root page as well as all translated pages.
#In the case no english page exists for the page you want to make, '''first''' add an english page with content <pre><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki><nowiki>{{languages|pagename}}</nowiki></pre>
#You can redirect people to a page with localized title. This is helpfull for searching pages in non-english, or for inclusion of the pages in [[Help:Categories]]. Eg, you want to translate <nowiki>[[GRAMPSGramps:About]]</nowiki> in Dutch. ## You make the page <nowiki>[[GRAMPSGramps:About/nl]]</nowiki> with content: <pre>#REDIRECT [[nl:GRAMPSGramps:Info]]</pre>## In the page <nowiki>[[GRAMPSGramps:About]]</nowiki>, you add at the bottom <pre>{{languages}}</pre>## You create the page [[nl:GRAMPSGramps:Info]], with as content the translated English page, and at the bottom you call the languages script, with as first parameter the english root page, and second parameter the true dutch name: <pre>{{languages|GRAMPSGramps:About|GRAMPSGramps:Info}}</pre>
## If you want to link to translated pages, you can use the standard wiki syntax: <nowiki>[[link here/nl|text]]</nowiki>, but this is off course only possible if the ''nl'' page already exists. You can also use the following handy template: [[Template:Call_lang]], which works as <pre>{{call_lang|link here|nl|text}}</pre> If the required translation exists, it is returned, otherwise the english root page is returned
==More Info==
For more info, see the documentation in [[Template:Languages]], [[Template:Call lang]].
==Examples==
* Compare [[GRAMPSGramps:About]] and [[Nl:GRAMPSGramps:Info]] which uses redirect to a different pagename.
* Compare [[Template:Main_page/genealogy_links]] and [[Template:Main_page/genealogy_links/nl]] which uses the call_lang template to do fallback to english language on non-translated pages.
==See also==
* [[Portal:Translators]]
[[Category:Help|L]]
[[Category:Translators/Categories]]
