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14.6 Interfacing with the Translators
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   You need to decide whether your package joins a translation project
or whether you want to connect to translators in an ad-hoc way.

   In a translation project, teams of translators work on a number of
packages.  They work together by exchanging common practice, technical
dictionaries, or advice.  Common translation projects are:
   • The "Translation Project" (https://translationproject.org/).  This
     translation project is a good place for GNU packages.
   • The GNOME translation project
     (https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject).  This is the natural
     place for GNOME packages.
   • The KDE localization project (https://l10n.kde.org/).  This is the
     canonical place for KDE packages.  Note: KDE packages don't store
     their localizations in a ‘po/’ directory.
   • There are also many translation projects that use the Weblate
     (https://weblate.org/) localization suite.

   Connecting to translators in an ad-hoc way may be useful in the
beginning if your package has highly specialized terms and translator
volunteers already waiting.  In the long term, though, you will get more
language coverage by joining a translation team.

   When and how are the files in the ‘po/’ directory created, is related
to this choice.  See section *note Translations under Version Control?::
for details.