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In order to make Lemmy more accessible to people who don't speak English, we have decided to hire some translators for the documentation. Specifically, we are looking for people capable of translating into the following languages:

  • ~~Spanish~~
  • ~~Russian~~
  • Chinese (simplified)

The following documents need to be translated:

  1. Lemmy documentation (section 1, 2, 3)
  1. Readmes:
  1. join.lemmy.ml website

To apply, you should be a native speaker (or equivalent) in the target language. it is not necessary that you are a professional translator. But you should have some experience (for example, from translating open source projects), and some basic technical knowledge. You can also do the work as a group, as long as one person takes responsibility for receiving and distributing the money.

Payment will be made in Ethereum (or another cryptocurrency). Making a contract for this would be impractical, as we all live in different countries. Instead we will send you a portion of the payment on advance, and the rest once work is completed.

Please send an email with the following details to [email protected]:

  • Subject: "Lemmy Docs Translation (Spanish)" (replace with your language)
  • Previous translation work
  • Estimated payment to complete the work.
    • Alternatively: hourly wage and estimated time to complete it.
    • Any currency is fine, if it is stable (so not Ethereum)
  • Your Matrix account

Even if your langauge is not included here, you can already start to translate the respective items via Weblate and Github.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

I got a lot of mails for Spanish already, so I will close applications for that language, and pick someone in the next days. For Russian I only received one application and none for Chinese, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please share this post with them.

Edit: Applications for Russian are also closed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

So the spanish applicaations are 100% closed? I was hoping to send my email in the coming hours :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Sorry, but if I allowed you to apply now then other people might also ask for that. There are already enough applications, and its gonna be hard enough to pick a single person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Ok, I do understand. I hope you find a good person to help you translate! :p