Translate Mifos Documentation

Background

We've got a brand new user manual on FLOSS Manuals and we need your help translating it into Spanish, French, Chinese, and Portuguese so we can reach those MFIs around the world!

Status

• Spanish: Julio Martinez, Julie Wilchins

• Chinese: Available

• French: Available

• Portuguese: Available

Contact

Please email the mifos-users list if you are interested in helping on this project.

Mentor

Ed Cable

Current Volunteer(s)

Time Estimate

N/A

Prerequisite experience

Familiarity with both financial and technical terms, as well as fluency in the language you are translating into.

Details

Most of our documentation is currently only available in English - we'd like to have these translated (especially the Installation Guide and User Manuals) into other languages so that we can reach those communities!

Steps

• Read the Developer Kick Start page for information on contributing and getting set up. Follow the steps under

  • Introduce yourself to the community - Mailing Lists

  • Fill out the Contributor Agreement

  • Read how to Contribute Online Documentation

• Translating our User Manual

  • Check out the English version of our User Manual 

  • Create a Translation Account on FLOSS Manuals (use "Register" link) 

    • For Spanish, click here.

    • For Chinese, click here. 

    • For French, click here. 

    • For Portuguese, click here. 

  • Follow this guide on How to Translate User Manual in FLOSS Manuals

NOTE: Translation must be done in Firefox Web Browser to preserve formatting of user manual.

• Translating our Installation Guides and Other Documentation

  • Windows Install Guide

  • Linux Install Guide

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