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| ==How can I help with translating Moodle?==
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| Please see the guide [[Contributing a translation]].
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| ==I've found an error in a language pack. What do I do?==
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| * You are welcome to [[Contributing a translation|contribute a fix]] for the error. Alternatively you can contact the language pack maintainer as listed in the [http://lang.moodle.org/local/amos/credits.php Translation credits].
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| * English language string typo fixes and suggested improvements can be [[Improving English language strings|contributed to the English (fixes) (en_fix) language pack]].
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| ==The month names and days are displayed in English. How can I translate them?==
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| Names of days and months are pulled out of your operating system. The system is configured for Moodle in langconfig.php where you have the strings ''locale'' (for -nix type operating systems) and ''localewin'' (for Windows operating systems) that should point to the right locale on your server. Your server operating system should support the language (= locale should be installed) - see also [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=79792 Month-name translation problem] for an alternative solution.
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| ==I'm starting a new language pack or I'm contributing to one. Can I do the user interface strings first?==
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| No, there is no way to know which strings will be shown for users and which not. But to help you a little bit, there are some unofficial priorities you can take into account.
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| First:
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| * make sure [[Translation_langconfig|langconfig]] is properly set up.
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| * take a look at [[Translation priority]]. All files have a rating according to how urgent they need translating.
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| * less urgent are also the contributed plugins, since they are not part of a standard Moodle distribution.
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| ==How many words are there in the English language pack?==
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| See the discussion [http://lang.moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3651 How many words are there in the English language pack?].
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| ==Are there translations for the American (and other branches of the) English language?==
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| * The [http://lang.moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2617 "official"] language for Moodle is actually Australian English (''G'day mate!'') , which is almost 100% the same as UK English.
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| * [http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/74737/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-two-nations-divided-by-a-common-language Someone] once said "America and England are two nations divided by a common language".
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| * The [http://download.moodle.org/download.php/langpack/2.6/en_us.zip English - United States (en_us)] language pack mostly contains different spellings (color ''versus'' colour, enroll versus enrol etc).
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| * The [http://download.moodle.org/download.php/langpack/2.6/en_ar.zip English - Pirate (en_ar)] language pack is used in the '[https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=132888 Talk Like a Pirate]' day.
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| * The [http://download.moodle.org/download.php/langpack/2.6/en_kids.zip English for kids (en_kids)] language pack seems to be a simplified version of the most common English strings seen by Moodle users, considered easier/suitable for small children.
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| * The [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLSITE-1363 English (fixes) (en_fix)] is just used to suggest Moodle core language strings improvements and typo fixes.
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| ==Are there items which are not to be translated?==
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| The following words, when enclosed within {curly brackets}, are placeholders for Moodle names of variables. They should not be translated, but must remain as they are within the curly brackets:
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| firstname, lastname, username, email, city, country, lang, timezone, mailformat, maildisplay, maildigest, htmleditor, ajax, autosubscribe , institution, department, idnumber, skype , msn, aim, yahoo, icq, phone1, phone2, address, url, description, descriptionformat, password, auth, oldusername , deleted, suspended, course1, course2, course3, course4
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| They must also be written exactly like this in all translations of the documentation pages (such as this page.) However, the translator might like to include a translation enclosed in brackets. For example, in the Spanish documentation pages you might find: password (''contraseña'').
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| The fact is: '''no placeholders can be translated in AMOS'''. There is no official list of "reserved" $a properties. Whatever xyz is put in {$a->xyz}, it must be kept as it is in AMOS.
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| Example:
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| [[File:26 AMOS fullnamedisplay_core original.png]]
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| '''Must''' be (in this case, when translated into Mexican Spanish):
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| [[File:26 AMOS fullnamedisplay_core.png]]
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| unless your language uses lastname before the firstname, as Japanese does, which translates to:
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| [[File:26 AMOS fullnamedisplay_core Japanese.png]]
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| ==How can I help with translating Moodle documentation?==
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| Please see the guide [[Translating Moodle Docs]].
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| ==See also==
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| * [[:en:Language customization|Language customization]] in the user docs for information on how to edit an existing language pack
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| * [[String Deprecation]] is introduced in Moodle 2.8 to help minimize the language files but avoid accidental lost of translations by simply removing strings.
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| * [https://lang.moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=4098#p4879 this forum thread] about Generating a translation memory and running a quality test.
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