Difference between revisions of "Language Translation Workflow"
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Example used throughout this page, is a page titled "Let's Learn About Light", a short science article explaining about light. | Example used throughout this page, is a page titled "Let's Learn About Light", a short science article explaining about light. | ||
==Roles in Translation Workflow== | ==Roles in Translation Workflow== | ||
There are three roles available in this workflow, please read below table for action that can be done for each roles. | There are three roles available in this workflow, please read below table for action that can be done for each roles. Please also note that on the third column, is the default mediawiki roles available for each translation roles. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#ecf4ff;" | |- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#ecf4ff;" | ||
! Roles | ! Roles | ||
! Actions | ! Actions | ||
! User Role | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Editors | | Editors | ||
| 1. Edit a Page<br /> 2. Add Content<br /> 3. Ask a Translation Admin to review the edit<br /> | | 1. Edit a Page<br /> 2. Add Content<br /> 3. Ask a Translation Admin to review the edit<br /> | ||
| user | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Translation Admins | | Translation Admins | ||
| 1. Check an edited page<br /> 2. Page is marked for translation<br /> 3. Edits are Alive, anyone can contribute for translation | | 1. Check an edited page<br /> 2. Page is marked for translation<br /> 3. Edits are Alive, anyone can contribute for translation | ||
| sysop | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Translator | | Translator | ||
| 1. See a page to translate<br /> 2. Translate it | | 1. See a page to translate<br /> 2. Translate it | ||
| user | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 12:46, 18 May 2022
Introduction to Page Translation
Mediawiki platform is equipped with translation workflow process to ensure that each user can contribute hance produce a living translated document. This page is intented to understand the Page Translation workflow available in Mediawiki platform.
Example used throughout this page, is a page titled "Let's Learn About Light", a short science article explaining about light.
Roles in Translation Workflow
There are three roles available in this workflow, please read below table for action that can be done for each roles. Please also note that on the third column, is the default mediawiki roles available for each translation roles.
| Roles | Actions | User Role |
|---|---|---|
| Editors | 1. Edit a Page 2. Add Content 3. Ask a Translation Admin to review the edit |
user |
| Translation Admins | 1. Check an edited page 2. Page is marked for translation 3. Edits are Alive, anyone can contribute for translation |
sysop |
| Translator | 1. See a page to translate 2. Translate it |
user |
Prepare page for translation
At this documentation example, the source page is assume has written completely and ready to translate into other language. First action to be done, is to prepare the source page ready for translation. To do this, please put below tag surrounding the whole article to be translated. Below is how the article looks before we put the translation tag.
And, enter the source editing mode, by clicking on 'Edit Source' link, and put start and end tag below.
...the article content ...
Once the tag is saved, the new link of translation marking will appeared on top of the page, please see below image.
