Community Translation Project

This page contains links to the information pages of various Community Translation Projects that are currently available.

Community Translation ("CT") is the primary way that any Resident can contribute to the translations which are used in the Second Life software. If you discover a translation you think needs to be improved, we need your enthusiasm!

How to Join     1. To join one of the Language projects on this page, please read the project information below and sign up on this form. Please note: We suggest when asked for a contact email, that you use one that is not real life information or name. Example: Using your avatar name@some email.com would be an option. 2. Agree to the Terms and Conditions that govern your participation in the Community Translation Project. 3. Become familiar with some of the Tools we Use. Award-Winning Volunteers: Check out our Top Contributors in each language! 6px

STATUS OF PROJECTS:

Viewer 2.0:

• In the month of November, we will work to translate new strings for the Viewer 2.0! This includes new features and some old phrases that were never able to be translated before (They used to be hardcoded.)
  • 2 SPECIAL MEETINGS COMING UP: We will discuss how to be part of the Viewer 2.0 Translation Project.
    • Tue, 20-Oct 13:00 SLT - This is during the normal CT Meeting time with Lexie Linden
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    • Wed, 21-Oct 05:00 SLT - A 2nd (repeat) session, for those in other timezones!
      • = Convert this to my Timezone
      • = Japan time: Wed, 21-Oct 21:00
      • = China time: Wed, 21-Oct 20:00
      • = Hungary/Poland/Netherlands/Denmark time: Wed, 21-Oct 14:00
      • = Brazil time: Wed, 21-Oct 09:00 / 10:00 depending on your timezone.
    • BOTH MEETINGS AT: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Localization%20Central/207/46/31

• We cannot make any more translations to version 1.23. BUT, we are still keeping track of any language bugs, bad translations, that you find. We'll try to solve these in the next version!
• Please report any translation bugs of the viewer in this document.
  • For more information (or for access to the document), please contact: Ramzi Linden

XStreet or Website:

• For more information, please contact: Lexie Linden

Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

• 2009-June-30: We are still working to translate KB articles in French, Japanese, and German.
• Please see those languages, below.

Other Articles:

• For more information, please contact: Lexie Linden

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

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• See the homepage for the Brazilian Viewer Localization Project
  • Portuguese Viewer tasks: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10262
• Portuguese Website tasks: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10330

CHINESE (SIMPLIFIED)

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• Thanks to our volunteer localizers Geneko Nemeth and Ken March, our 1.22 viewer is now available in Simplified Chinese.
• We updated translations for the 1.23 viewer.
• Big thank you to our residents for helping us translate, edit and QA the Registration Area

CZECH

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• Czech translations were done by Jarek Dejavu and we hope to integrate them in our next version of the viewer: CT-122

DANISH

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• See the homepage for the Danish Viewer Localization Project.
• Danish Glossary now available! Second Life Glossary (new)
  • Big thanks to Flemming for this!

DUTCH

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• Thank you to all our Dutch localizers for translating, editing, testing and bug-fixing the Dutch Registration area.
• See the homepage for the Dutch_Viewer_Localization_Project
  • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23!
• Dutch Glossary now available! Second Life Glossary (new)

FRENCH

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French localizers (CT group members) meet every FRIDAY between 12 pm and 1 pm SL time in Localization Central

There are 4 components to the French Community Translation projects:

• Translation of KB Articles:
  • See the homepage for the French KB Translation Project
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10290
    • We have already about 100 KBs translated into French! A big thank you to the French community translators for this amazing effort! Let's keep going!
    • You will also see that our residents have been making some excellent instructional videos currently available in French on YouTube and soon to be integrated into the French KB.

• French Viewer:
  • See the homepage for the French Viewer Localization Project
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10232

• French Articles: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10260

• French website: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10301

GERMAN

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German Linguists' office hours is held Mondays between 12 and 1 p. SL time in Borrowdale: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borrowdale/116/217/37.

• Translation of KB Articles:
  • See the homepage for the German KB Translation Project
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10230
  • This was the pilot of Linden Lab CT project just mere 5 months ago! Not only has the Community Translations Project grown, but so has the German Knowledge Base. And, to the joy of all of our awesome German volunteers, the Knowledge Base is moving to a wiki format, following wild success of the Japanese and French KB.

• German Viewer:
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10270

• German website:
  • Community Standards and System Requirements web page translations have been contributed by the Residents. Thank you!!!

• German articles: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10339

HUNGARIAN

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• Hungarian translation led by the amazing Princess Niven has completed for the 1.23 Viewer.

ITALIAN

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• See the homepage for the Italian Viewer Localization Project.
  • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23!
• Italian Glossary now available! Second Life Glossary (new)
  • our brilliant Italian translators spent 2 months collaborating on the Italian glossary!
• We would also like to thank our wonderful Italian volunteers for the help around Registration pages.

JAPANESE

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• Japanese Style Guide: スタイルガイド
• Translation of KB Articles:
  • See the homepage for the Japanese KB Translation Project
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10280
• Japanese Viewer:
  • See the homepage for the Japanese Viewer Localization Project
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10302
    • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23!
• Japanese website: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10303

POLISH

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• Polish Viewer:
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10254
    • Giant thanks to our Polish community for taking the initiative to translate the 1.22 viewer fully into Polish.
    • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23!

RUSSIAN / UKRAINIAN

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• Russian, Ukrainian Viewer:
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10263
    • Russian and Ukrainian have also been added to version 1.23 since the full viewer xml was submitted by Ian Kas and his Team.
    • We are really proud to have our viewer in cyrillic for the first time! :)

SPANISH

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• See the homepage for the Spanish Viewer Localization Project.
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10267
  • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23, with a complete revamp of the Spanish viewer!
• Spanish Glossary now available! Second Life Glossary (new)
• Spanish website: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10268
  • Our residents also continue to help with improving the Spanish Registration area, translating SL blogs into Spanish and advising on localizability.

TURKISH

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• Turkish viewer:
  • Work in PJIRA here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT/component/10250
    • Thank you to Vixen Heron for starting the translation with community translations of CT-88 and VWR-2710.
    • Work is complete for Viewer 1.23!
  • We would love to update the translations in the future, if you speak fluent Turkish and would like to help us make SL better for the Turkish users, please sign up!

MORE!!

• We are in the progress to compile a new Viewer internationalization Test Plan: CT-81.
  • The test is still open for contributions. Please, feel free to contribute!!!
  • The JIRA was started with the French community but I urge anyone with knowledge of other languages to help us!!! Thank you in advance!!!