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<!-- ============= Introduction ============-->
<para>We welcome new translations, but please be aware that translations are not
just one time jobs. They have to be maintained in order to be useful. For a
time committment, translating the interface for the first time will take
approximately a weekend. After that, it takes approximately two hours every
three months to keep it updated. Installer translations are much shorter, and
manual translations are more work than the interface.
</para>
<sect2 id="intro-skills-needed">
<title>Skills Needed</title>
<para>Translating the interface at minimum simply requires the knowledge of
the language you are working on plus English. In addition, you will need to
learn to use a small simple program to edit the translation. More advanced
users are encouraged to use svn and other tools to keep up with the
translation work.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="intro-translatable-items">
<title>Translatable Items</title>
<para>There are 4 different things that need translation</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Interface: by interface, we mean &app; itself. This includes the
menus and all messages that might appear to the user. See
<link linkend='xiphospo' endterm="xiphospo.title">Translating
from a PO file</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>User Manual: this is the manual or help file that explains how to
use &app; . This includes translating all of the text as well as
creating screenshots for various items. See <link linkend='manual'
endterm="manual.title">Translating the Manual</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Windows Installer: translate the strings used in the Windows
installer. This is a very small task, requiring just a text editor.
See <link linkend='installer' endterm="installer.title">Translating
the Installer</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para> &app; Website: translate a few pages of the website into another
language. The process is very similar to translating the interface.
See <link linkend='website' endterm="website.title">Translating the Website</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
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