# Links to Translation Resources and Language Topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558
**Category:** Translations
**Created:** [3 במרץ, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558 "2026-03-03T17:48:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [3 במרץ, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558/1 "2026-03-03T17:48:07Z")
Information for translators is currently spread across different categories on Meta.
This topic collects helpful resources and discussions in one place to make it easier to find relevant information.
### General information on how to contribute translations
- [Contributing translations to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributing-translations-to-discourse/14882?silent=true)
### Helpful documentation topics
- [Message Format support for localization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-format-support-for-localization/7035?silent=true) - Information on how to translate texts with multiple parameters
- [Find a translation key with verbose localization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-a-translation-key-with-verbose-localization/134651?silent=true) - How to find the key of a text you see at your forum
- [Formatting text in Discourse documentation and UIs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-text-in-discourse-documentation-and-uis/324637?silent=true) - General information on text in the Discourse interface, for example, punctuation and capitalization
### Finding more information about a text
- [Translation Strings | Discourse Translations](https://translations.discourse.org/strings) - See changes and easily find the related pull request
### Other helpful topics on translation
- [Locale-specific defaults for site settings (`locale_default`)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-specific-defaults-for-site-settings-locale-default/382521?silent=true) - Settings with different defaults depending on the forum’s locale. For example, allowed characters in user and group names, which can be relevant for the translated names of the default groups.
- [Always use %{count} variable when translating pluralized strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-use-count-variable-when-translating-pluralized-strings/83969?silent=true) - Information on what to remember when translating texts that are pluralized. Depending on your locale, you might need to add the count placeholder to the version for `one` because it’s also used for 101.
- [Consolidated English glossary for translators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371?silent=true) - A wiki explaining some common Discourse terms
- [10 principles for great translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/10-principles-for-great-translations/115664?silent=true)
### Central language-specific translation topics
Many languages have a central topic on Meta where translation discussions are collected. Below you’ll find these topics listed by language.
#### Chinese (Simplified)
- [🇨🇳 Strange translation in Chinese Simplified Chinese localization of discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-translation-in-chinese-simplified-discourse/198239?silent=true)
#### Croatian
- [Request for Croatian language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-croatian-language/229249?silent=true)
#### Dutch
- [Dutch translation: glossary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dutch-translation-glossary/47673?silent=true)
#### Finnish
- [Finnish locale typos and other notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finnish-locale-typos-and-other-notes/48528?silent=true)
#### French
- [Quality of French Translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quality-of-french-translations/135871?silent=true)
#### German
- [🇩🇪 Fehler in der Deutschen Übersetzung? Hier melden!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fehler-in-der-deutschen-ubersetzung-hier-melden/47320?silent=true)
- [Formal german available?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formal-german-available/108696?silent=true)
- [🇩🇪 Geschlechtergerechte Sprache in der Deutschen Übersetzung](https://meta.discourse.org/t/de-geschlechtergerechte-sprache-in-der-deutschen-ubersetzung/75116?silent=true)
#### Hebrew
- [Hebrew translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hebrew-translations/111118?silent=true)
#### Hungarian
- [🇭🇺 Discussion about the Hungarian translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beszelgetes-a-magyar-forditasrol/157341?silent=true)
#### Lithuanian
- [Lithuanian translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lietuviskas-vertimas/200612?silent=true)
#### Norwegian
- [🇳🇴 Norwegian translation discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/norwegian-translation-discussion/99001?silent=true)
#### Polish
- [🇵🇱 Dictionary of Polish translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slownik-polskich-tlumaczen/157055?silent=true)
#### Portuguese
- [Portuguese Portugal Terms Discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/portuguese-portugal-terms-discussion/51562?silent=true)
#### Portuguese (Brasil)
- [Discussing Brazilian portuguese (pt\_BR) translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discussing-brazilian-portuguese-pt-br-translations/197899?silent=true)
#### Russian
- [Quality of Russian translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quality-of-russian-translation/246837?silent=true)
#### Spanish
- [The translation to Spanish needs improvement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-translation-to-spanish-needs-improvement/115542?silent=true)
- [🇪🇸 Spanish Translation Review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-revision-de-traducciones-en-espanol/57831?silent=true)
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If your language or any relevant resource is missing, feel free to edit the wiki post directly to add it. If you don’t have permission to edit the wiki, you can add it in a reply so someone else can include it.
Contributions and improvements to this list are always welcome!
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [4 במרץ, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558/2 "2026-03-04T09:48:58Z")