Translating:WikimediaMobile

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Wikimedia Mobile consists of Android and iOS apps that are used for reading and editing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Translators may add WikimediaMobile to their babel box or include {{User WikimediaMobile}} to add themselves to Category:WikimediaMobile translators.

Support contact (iOS): Monte Hurd
Support contact (Android): Dmitry Brant
Support contact (Commons Android): Josephine Lim
Source (iOS): https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-ios-wikipedia
Source (Android): https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia
Source (Commons Android): https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
Licence (iOS): MIT
Licence (Android): Apache
Licence (Commons Android): Apache
Bug reporting (iOS & Android): enter new bug
Bug reporting (Commons Android): enter new bug

Translation flow

Android Wikipedia app:
1. updates available in source within 1 week: see the sub folder of wikipedia/res/values-*.
2. updates should be available in release of Wikipedia Beta Android app in Play Store within 1-2 weeks
3. updates should be available in release of Wikipedia Android app in Play Store for the following release
iOS Wikipedia app:
1. updates available in source within 1 week. see updates in our source code repository
2. beta updates are available to testers every 2 weeks.
3. The final product is available in the iOS App Store.
Android Commons app:
1. updates available in source immediately: see the sub folder of commons/res/values-*.
2. updates should be available in release of Commons in Play Store for the following release, once per week on average.

Translating notes

MediaWiki and Wikipedia jargon may appear; see Translating:MediaWiki#Translation notes for more general references.

The application uses the same localization framework as MediaWiki's JavaScript-based code. Message parameter format is the same as MediaWiki for iOS: $1, $2 etc. Android uses more complicated Message formats based on Java's Formatter. Most of the time we just use %s (for single strings). Sometimes we use multi-parameter messages. In those cases we need to specify the position: %1$s for the first string parameter, %2$s for the second string parameter.

Some UI terminology may need to stay consistent with other translations on particular platforms; for details see /Terms

The Android app store description can be translated on the page mw:Wikimedia Apps/Team/Wikipedia Android app store description.

Templates

The {{PLURAL:}} template is supported, but should be used only if the base translation contains a {{PLURAL:}}.

The {{GENDER:}} template is not currently supported, and should not be used in either iOS or Android translations.

The {{GRAMMAR:}} template is also not supported, and should not be used in either iOS or Android translations.

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