i18n/doc/source/official_translator.rst

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Steps to become a OpenStack translator

Translation is another kind of important contribution to OpenStack community. If you want to become a official translator, you need to finish following steps:

  1. Before you start contribution, you'll have to agree to the contributor license agreement. (You can preview the full text of the OpenStack Individual Contributor License Agreement first if you want.)
  1. Register a user ID in Zanata
  • Go to Zanata server
  • Click "Log in" button.
  • If you don't have OpenStack ID, register one.
    • Note: You are encouraged to register with your business email, which will help your company to get the credit. If you don't want to, use your personal email will be OK too.
  • After you log in with OpenStack ID, you will be requested to fill in your profile.
  1. Request to join a translation team
  • Click "Languages" on the top, all languages will be listed.

  • Click the language you want to translate, the language page will be shown.

  • Click "..." on the right, and select "Request to join team".

  • Input a short introduction of yourself, including your name, as "Additional information", then click "Send message".

    Note

    Make sure to include a short introduction because it is the only information which language coordinators can use to determine your join request is valid or not.

  1. When your request is approved, you will get an email notification.
  2. Now you can start your translation. You can actually become an OpenStack official translator by contributing translations. You can find various ways of contributions <contributing>.