# Translation to Azerbaijan language

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184>\
**Category:** Translations\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184 "2017-01-04T22:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![eminov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@eminov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eminov)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/1 "2017-01-04T22:33:34Z")

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Hi. I need translation my site to Azerbaijan language. But I can not translate language on the [transfixes.com](http://transfixes.com)

I changed some files with turkey language to azerbaijan (same like language) in files /config/locales/server.tr\_TR.yml

but this changed words dont view in my site. Why?

How translated my site to my native language?

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**Author:** ![eminov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@eminov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eminov)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/2 "2017-01-05T04:19:46Z")

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I need to translate discourse cms **from english into azerbaijan language**. But I could not find Azerbaijan language in your system. That why I can not translate this project to my language. What should I do? Anybody help me.

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**Author:** ![Nam\_Nguyen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nam_nguyen/32/68634_2.png) [@Nam\_Nguyen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nam_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/3 "2017-01-05T06:36:41Z")

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I think there are some ways to translate Discourse, 🙂

###1: Translate via Transifex, you can see these topics.

> [@Translating Discourse with Transifex](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translating-discourse-with-transifex/15552):
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> warning As of July 2020, Discourse has switched from using Transifex to [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/) as a localization platform. Have a look at [Contribute a translation to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-a-translation-to-discourse/14882) for details about using the service. In Localizing Discourse, I noted that we leveraged the mature, built in localization support in Rails to make it easier to translate Discourse into your preferred language. To better support large scale translations for Discourse, [we’re now using a crowdsourcing translation service, Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/discourse-org). …

> [@Contributing translations to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-a-translation-to-discourse/14882):
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> bookmark This document provides a guide on how to contribute translations to the Discourse platform using Crowdin. person_raising_hand Required user level: Anyone can contribute translations Translating Discourse into different languages is essential for its global adoption. Contributing as a translator or proofreader is greatly appreciated and helps in making Discourse accessible to a broader audience. Summary This guide covers: Translating Discourse using Crowdin. Becoming a proofr…

###2: Translate through Text Content

Admin \> Customize \> Text Content

###3: Create Translate language plugin

I found an example on Github, and I’m not sure it can work with latest discourse

[https://github.com/smnplk/discourse-slovenian-i18n](https://github.com/smnplk/discourse-slovenian-i18n)

Here is a tip how to add a new language

> [@How to add a new language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-new-language/14970):
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> Contribute translations The first step is to do some translating in [our Crowdin workspace](https://translate.discourse.org/). Create an account and start translating in one or more languages. See [Contributing translations to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-a-translation-to-discourse/14882) for more information about that. Add language to Discoursewarning These instructions are currently out of date! You have two options when you think that the translation is ready to be included in Discourse: Post in this topic and ask for your language to be included in Discourse. There m…

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**Author:** ![eminov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@eminov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eminov)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/4 "2017-01-06T02:52:24Z")

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This post doesn’t help me. How add new language on transifex? I don’t have add Azerbaijan language as new language. Or how change for example Turkish language to Azerbaijani? Which I saving tr\_TR file on my site this files will be translated on my language?

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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/5 "2017-01-06T04:14:40Z")

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You could customize the Turkish language strings for your forum on the admin/customize/site\_texts page.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/5/d5b30b7c6bb7529ef7dd992628e7eb2789139c21.png)

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**Author:** ![eminov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@eminov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eminov)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/6 "2017-01-06T04:44:54Z")

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In this area 4 section to translate. I need full translate my site. 😨

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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijan-language/55184/7 "2017-01-06T16:20:08Z")

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You need to follow [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-new-language/14970?source_topic_id=55184), then send a PR with the changes that we will merge and then the new language will be available on transifex.
