Thread:User talk:TariButtar/Where to start

Hi,

On this site people translate the interface of MediaWiki to their languages. MediaWiki is the software on which Wikipedia runs. (There are also other projects here and not just MediaWiki, but we'll get to that soon.)

There are many messages that are not translated to Punjabi or are translated incorrectly. Here's how you can see them:
 * Click "ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਟੂਲ" under the logo on the side bar.
 * Click "MediaWiki" in the table.
 * You will see a table of untranslated messages. The narrow column shows the message "key" - it's a link to the message. Click the link.
 * The English message appears in the "Message definition" box. There is also a "Information about message" box, which may often help you to translate the message correctly. Translate the message from English to Punjabi and click save.
 * Some messages are "FUZZY". This means that they were translated to Punjabi, but after that the English messages was changed, so they have to be updated. Please update them. In fact, it's easy to start from them.

There are over a thousand messages that need translation. That's quite a lot, but you'll see that once you start, it goes pretty quickly.

If you have any questions, please ask at the Support page (you can also ask me directly).

Thank you for your help! Good luck!