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# Translations
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It's unbelievable – with the help of international community contributions,
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Material for MkDocs has been translated into 60+ languages. As you can imagine,
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it's impossible for us maintainers to keep all languages up-to-date, and new
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features sometimes require new translations.
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If you would like to help us to make Material for MkDocs even more globally
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accessible and have noticed a missing translation in your language, or would
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like to add a new language, you can help us by following the steps of the guide
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below.
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## Before creating an issue
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Translations change frequently, which is why we want to make sure that you don't
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invest your time in duplicating work. Before adding translations, please check
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the following things:
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### Check language availability
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With more than 60 languages, the chances are good that your language is already
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supported by Material for MkDocs. You can check if your language is available,
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or needs improvements or additional translations by inspecting the list of
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[supported languages]:
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- __Your language is already supported__ – in this case, you can check if there
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are translations missing, and click the link underneath your language to add them, which takes 5 minutes.
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- __Your language is missing__ – in that case, you can help us add support
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for your language to Material for MkDocs! Read on, to learn how to do this.
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[supported languages]: ../setup/changing-the-language.md#site-language
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### Search our issue tracker
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Another user might have already created an issue supplying the missing
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translations for your language that still needs to be integrated by us
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maintainers. To avoid investing your time in duplicated work, please search the
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[issue tracker] beforehand.
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[issue tracker]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues
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---
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At this point, when you have made sure that Material for MkDocs doesn't already
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support your language, you can add new translations for it by following the
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issue template.
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## Issue template
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We have created an issue template that makes contributing translations as simple
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as possible. It is the result of our experience with 60+ language contributions
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and updates over the last couple of years, and consists of the following parts:
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- [Title]
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- [Translations]
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- [Country flag] <small>optional</small>
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- [Checklist]
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[Title]: #title
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[Translations]: #translations
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[Country flag]: #country-flag
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[Checklist]: #checklist
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### Title
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When you update an already existing language, you can just leave the title as it
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is. Adding support for a new language, replace the `...` in the pre-filled title
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with the name of your language.
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| <!-- --> | Example |
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| -------- | -------- |
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| :material-check:{ style="color: #4DB6AC" } __Clear__ | Add translations for German
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| :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } __Unclear__ | Add translations ...
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| :material-close:{ style="color: #EF5350" } __Useless__ | Help
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### Translations
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If a translation contains an :arrow_left: icon on the right side, it is missing.
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You can translate this line and remove the :arrow_left: icon. If you don't know
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how to translate specific lines, simply leave them for other contributors to
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complete. To ensure the accuracy of your translation, consider double-checking the
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context of the words by looking at our [English translations].
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[English translations]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/tree/master/src/partials/languages/en.html
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### Country flag <small>optional</small> { #country-flag }
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For a better overview, our list of [supported languages] includes country flags
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next to the language names. You can help us select a flag for your language by
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adding the shortcode for the country flag to this field. Go to our
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[emoji search] and enter `flag` to find all available shortcodes.
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!!! question "What if my flag is not available?"
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[Twemoji] provides flag emojis for 260 countries – subdivisions of countries,
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such as states, provinces, or regions, are not supported. If you're adding
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translations for a subdivision, please choose the most appropriate available
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flag.
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[Twemoji]: https://twemoji.twitter.com/
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[emoji search]: ../reference/icons-emojis.md#search
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> __Why this might be helpful__: adding a country flag next to the country name
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> can be helpful for you and for others to find the language in the list of
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> supported languages faster and easier. If your country's flag is not supported
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> by [Twemoji], you can help us choose an alternative.
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### Checklist
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Thanks for following the guide and helping us to add new translations to Material
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for MkDocs – you are almost done. The checklist ensures that you have read this
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guide and have worked to your best knowledge to provide us with everything we need
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to integrate your contribution.
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__We'll take it from here.__
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---
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## Attribution
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If you submit a translation using the template above, you will be __credited as
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a co-author__ in the commit, so you don't need to open a pull request. You have
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done a significant contribution to the project, making Material for MkDocs
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accessible to more people around the world. Thank you!
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