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How suggestions, votes and reviews work, and how your votes come to count more.

How it works

How to take part

  1. Pick your languageChoose a language above. The workspace opens on this site's strings, here on this site.
  2. Sign in onceUse your account on this site or the Nexus Passport. Nothing else is needed.
  3. Suggest or voteSuggest a translation, or vote for a suggestion you agree with. On any page, select a passage and choose "Suggest a better translation".
  4. A reviewer approvesThe approved text appears on the site at its language address.

Reviewers and roles

Contributors
Any signed-in member can suggest a translation and vote.
Reviewers
People the organisation trusts for a language. They approve suggestions, and only an approved text goes live.
Language leads
Reviewers who keep a language consistent and welcome new contributors.

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