ZM Pootle Translation Project
- Translation Project, the central page for translators
- Get real time help on IRC, channel ZM-Translators
- Help:Pootle, a help page in ZM wiki (with a video tutorial)
- The Zeitgeist Movement main web site
We suggest that you visit the Test project to try out Pootle's features.
Activate your Pootle account To activate your Pootle account, please visit this page (accessible also via main menu on the main web site, User tab, Translations item). You must be logged in to thezeitgeistmovement.com to be added.
Please wait 10 - 20 minutes for the email and read it thoroughly before you try to login! It contains your confirmation link and Pootle password.
If you have any problems activating or accessing Pootle, please contact Gman with a full description of the issue.
After activation
NOTE: You will not be able to access the features necessary to use Pootle until you've selected the languages and projects you wish to work on. Otherwise we don't know what you want to translate. To make these selections, log in and click on 'My account' near the top of the page and then on 'Change options' near the bottom of the resulting page.
You can also CLICK HERE to go directly to your Options page. Your access rights can then be assigned by the administrators.
Pootle is a free and open web environment for translators. It enables us to translate movie subtitles, web page content, presentations, .ODF files, menus, text components of .PDFs and many other things. The translator interface is very simple. Just choose a language or project title, click, and translate. You no longer need to worry about the document layout. Pootle automatically performs the substitution and places the translated content in its correct positions within the files. Proofreading is also implemented (contact your language coordinator to join the proofreading team for your language). Also, Pootle has a historical record.
This software is used by communities around the globe as a standard for translations. It should significantly speed up progress and make the translators' tasks very easy. Just check out how simple it is.
