User:BPositive/Page preparation

MediaWiki's Translate extension provides a user friendly interface for translators to translate wiki pages and software in their own language.

The page to be translated needs to be converted into a format that can be recognized by the Translate extension. This is known as preparing the page for translation. Once the page is prepared, it can be marked for translation and Translate would split it into units which would then appear at Special:Translate.

The process of page preparation involves adding &lt;translate&gt; tags around translatable content. It also includes handling categories, templates, images, etc as per the markup defined. This is a manual task, which is automated by Special:PagePreparation.

How to use?

 * 1) Go to Special:PagePreparation
 * 2) Enter the title of the page you want to prepare
 * 3) Click on the 'Prepare' button
 * 4) A diff between the source text and the prepared text would be shown. So, you can have a look at the changes made by the tool.
 * 5) If you are happy with the changes, click on the 'Save' button. This will save a new revision of the page under question with the prepared text. Once the revision is saved, you will be given an 'edit' link which will take you to your default editing window for the page under question. You can then make changes which were left out by the tool and save again.