translatewiki.net

Translatewiki.net
Original author(s)	Niklas Laxström
Developer(s)	Niklas Laxström, Siebrand Mazeland
Initial release	July 2006 (alpha: 2005)
Stable release	Continuous development / Monthly MLEB release
Engine	MediaWiki;
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	300 languages
Type	Computer-assisted translation
License	GPL; free service
Website	translatewiki.net; documentation

translatewiki.net (also known as Betawiki) is a web-based translation platform.^[1] It uses the Translate extension for MediaWiki. It can be used to translate many differentkinds of text but is commonly used for creating localisations for softwares. It is a wiki so everyone can use it.^[2]

Used by[change | change source]

MediaWiki and MediaWiki extensions
FreeCol
OpenStreetMap
Encyclopedia of Life
MantisBT
FUDforum
Wikipedia mobile apps
pywikibot
Etherpad
Kiwix
Gentoo Linux documentation^[3]^[4]
KDE documentation^[5]^[6]
Kiwix website
Joomla documentation
Pandora documentation
Simple Machines Forum documentation

References[change | change source]

↑ Reina, Laura Arjona; Robles, Gregorio; González-Barahona, Jesús M. (n.d.). A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed - Spreadsheet. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 153–167. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11. ISBN 978-3-642-38927-6. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
↑ Laxström, Niklas (22 April 2011). "translatewiki.net celebrates – so do I". Retrieved 2 August 2014., post for 6th birthday.
↑ "Wiki: Updated stats, translations, project pages". a3li.li. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
↑ "2013 Gentoo Foundation Inc. Secretary's Report". gentoo.org. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
↑ "KDE UserBase proudly presents another cool feature of the Translate extension developed by the fantastic Niklas Nikerabbit Laxström". Pipesmoker's Blog. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
↑ Malchow, Ingo (30 December 2012). "4 years in 6 minutes". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014. The explosion in around mid 2010 happened when we introduced the awesome translate extension for mediawiki.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official website
MediaWiki Translate extension page and documentation
MediaWiki translatewiki.net
Translatewiki.net at Open Hub

[1] Reina, Laura Arjona; Robles, Gregorio; González-Barahona, Jesús M. (n.d.). A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed - Spreadsheet. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 153–167. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11. ISBN 978-3-642-38927-6. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[celebrates-2] Laxström, Niklas (22 April 2011). "translatewiki.net celebrates – so do I". Retrieved 2 August 2014., post for 6th birthday.

[3] "Wiki: Updated stats, translations, project pages". a3li.li. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[4] "2013 Gentoo Foundation Inc. Secretary's Report". gentoo.org. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[5] "KDE UserBase proudly presents another cool feature of the Translate extension developed by the fantastic Niklas Nikerabbit Laxström". Pipesmoker's Blog. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[6] Malchow, Ingo (30 December 2012). "4 years in 6 minutes". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014. The explosion in around mid 2010 happened when we introduced the awesome translate extension for mediawiki.

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