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This guide demonstrates how to manually translate a guide.
We have gathered some guidelines and helpful tips for translating iFixit. Please check them [link|https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/translator|here] before starting to translate.
***Note***: Wikipedia defines [link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation|translation] as ''the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.'' As our site is Wiki based–and, as much of our content is created by our amazing community members–we expect the content to evolve and improve over time. ***If you find that you know more about what you’re translating and you’d like to improve the guide, please improve the guide in it’s original language and ''then'' translate the improvement.*** This way folks in both languages (or more than two, you incredible [link|http://A multilingual person is generally referred to as a polyglot, a term that may also refer to people who learn multiple languages as a hobby.|polyglot]) can benefit from your contributions to our site.
***Note***: If you come across errors or mistakes in the source language, please first go to the guide in the source language and [[Topic:Guide Authoring#Section_Editing_Guides|edit it]] there before you go on translating, otherwise your translation will be flagged outdated once errors are corrected in the source language.
Thank you for all that you’re doing to make this repair information accessable around the world!