Forum:How can I translate wikia to hebrew?

Hello,

My name is Ofek, and I live in Israel.

I am currently active in the Hebrew Lostpedia Project, but I find it very annoying that big part of it isn't translated.

I read some stuff about translating Wikia, and ended up to this page.

At first I thought I'm good to go, just translate, but then I realized that although I followed the instructions correctly, It doesn't work, at the 4th step in the "How to" - Enter your language shortcut into the box on the top of the page and click the button.

I tried it many times and it's just doesn't work, and I believe that it's just an outdated document and that there is a substitute for it, and that's why I contacted you.

I would be very pleased if you could direct me to the proper page with some proper instructions, so that I could start translate Wikia ASAP to Hebrew.

Thanks a lot,

Ofek Azulay.


 * The code of the createbox seems effectively outdated :

buttonlabel=Add yours! (add xx for your language code) prefix=Wikia:International/Add images messages/ preload=Wikia:International/Add images messages
 * Maybe removing the Wikia: part on the prefix and preload line could make it work but i dont really know.
 * Alternatively you can also translate Mediawiki messages locally like i often do.
 * For this, on a wiki where you have admin rights, you go to the list of special pages, then on "list of all messages". — TulipVorlax 03:34, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Ofek -- the translation page is indeed outdated, and we'll soon be reducing and updating it.


 * We just recently arranged to have Wikia interface and extension messages translated at http://translatewiki.net/ (this is a volunteer community with no affiliation to Wikia). As you can see at their stats page at http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikia/stats, the Hebrew interface is only 14% translated -- we would certainly love to do better than that!  If you are willing to join the community there and work on translations, then the improvements you make will benefit every Hebrew wiki on Wikia, not just Lostpedia.


 * I'm not very familiar with the TranslateWiki process yet, but http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Intro looks like a good place to start, and http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Category:User_he is a category with other Hebrew translators you might contact for guidance.


 * Wikia and TranslateWiki would welcome help from all multi-lingual editors in making our wikis more usable to the world. Thanks!  — Catherine (talk) 22:05, February 8, 2010 (UTC)