Russian translation workflow

This page outlines the translation workflow for the Russian project. The page also includes information on reviewing translations, viewing the history of the article, translation support materials, and additional wiki resources.

Translation workflow

1. Sign in to the SEG Wiki
2. From the left toolbar, click "Page preparation" under the Translate heading.
3. From Google Sheets, copy your assigned page name. Paste title in the search bar and click on the title.
4. Click "Prepare," followed by "Save"
5. From the left toolbar, click "Pages in translation"
   1. Find your article and click "mark for translation"
   2. Do not make any changes on the next page and click "Mark this version for translation"
6. From the left toolbar, click "Translate"
   1. Near the top right, change "Translate to English" to "Translate to русский"
   2. Click the blue "All" term and find your name. Click.
   3. Click the pencil icon on the right-hand side
      1. There are two views: List and Page, choose whatever one suits you best
         1. List: more suitable for smaller text translations
         2. Page: designed for longer pieces of text like paragraphs of a wiki page
7. Write your translation
   1. Use any translated sources you have, including the original ebook version located in Google Drive.
   2. Check translation with the current text - some terms will not have a translation, some terms will have updated texts that do not match the translated version
   3. If you have a question for the team leader, add "Documentation" located on the right side of the translation
   4. Use machine translation as necessary
   5. Add internal links as necessary (see video)
8. Click "Save translation" - you are done

Each paragraph is translated separately. This translation has three different sections to translate.

The team leader will review your translation (you cannot review since you translated article)

Watch this video for an overview of the translation process (updated 13 January 2017)

Translation materials

• Common translation errors (Note: could create similar document for Russian project)
• Russian translation resources on Google Drive
• Russian volunteer description

Orientation sessions

Along with the SEG Wiki Russian Team Leaders, SEG hosted two online learning sessions the week of 25 March. We recorded these sessions and they can be viewed below. These sessions went over volunteer expectations and provided a live translation demo. Questions were also asked throughout the presentations.

Recording of the first Wiki Russian Translation Orientation sessions (26 March). Session led by Raul Cova (Spanish Team Leader) and Andrew Geary (SEG). The live translation demo starts at 13:24.

Recording of the second Wiki Russian Translation Orientation sessions (27 March). Session led by Brenda Monsalve, Reinaldo Michelena (Spanish Team Leaders) and Andrew Geary (SEG). This session included more questions from volunteers. If you would like to see a live translation demo, please watch the video from 26 March.

Wiki resources

• General wiki help
• One page SEG Wiki cheat sheet

Note: We have recently updated the SEG Wiki and the look of the new site does not match the videos. All of the information is still relevant; however, instead of using the "Edit" tab, click on the "Edit source" tab.

Translation history

To review each edit to the article, follow these instructions.

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  Choose the language.
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  Chose which revisions to compare changes. Click "Compare selected revisions."
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  Additions will appear in blue. The deleted text will appear in yellow.