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   2 Translating {pve}
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   4 ifdef::wiki[]
   5 :pve-toplevel:
   6 endif::wiki[]
   7
   8
   9 The {pve} user interface is in English by default. Thanks to contributions by
  10 the community, translations to other languages are available. We welcome help to
  11 add new languages, translate the newest features, and improve incomplete or
  12 inconsistent translations.
  13
  14 The language files are available as a
  15 https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-i18n.git[git repository]. If you are familiar
  16 with git, please contribute according to our
  17 {webwiki-url}Developer_Documentation[Developer Documentation].
  18
  19 Even if you are not familiar with git, you can help with translating {pve}.
  20 Download the language files
  21 https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-i18n.git;a=tree[here]. Then choose the
  22 language you want to improve. Right click on the "raw" link of this language
  23 file, and select 'Save Link As...'. Make your changes to the file, and then
  24 send your final translation directly to office(at)proxmox.com together with a
  25 signed
  26 {webwiki-url}Developer_Documentation#Software_License_and_Copyright[contributor license agreement].
  27
  28 We use https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/[gettext] for the management of the
  29 translation files. Tools like https://poedit.net/[Poedit] offer a nice user
  30 interface to edit the translation files.