1. Before translating your first page, read this!
   Read our note for new translators. Then, save the first page to translate as explained in 2 below. Mail us the page you saved on your disk (before translating anything), so that we can see that it has been saved correctly. Continue from 3 below when we have given our go ahead.

   If the page to translate is called index.html, check with us if special guidelines exist for translation of its contents. Some index.html page translations are to be reduced in scope. Example: Guidelines for translating /english/general/index.html

2. Save the page to translate on your local disk
   1. From 1st or 2nd menu of Dreamweaver, select "Save as" to save the page to your local work folder (on your PC).
   2. A "Save As" window opens. Adjust the File Type setting to "Web Page, html only" .
   3. Click at at "Save" using the same "File name" as the original. For example, save 1STQUESTION.html as 1STQUESTION.html. Important: Do not translate directory and file names! Hint: Your translations may be completed faster if you store pages in matching directories (or folders) on your harddisk. Example: Store http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/overview.html at c:\spanish\general\ overview.html (on your C drive) if translating into Spanish.
   4. Check if you saved the page correctly.
      
3. Open the file you saved on your disk for editing.
   
4. With the page in the editor, set the language on the page to your language.

   Select "Options" [if Windows user] or "Preferences" [if Macuser] from your menus [or Page Properties] and to select the preferred character set from "Document Encoding" menu.

   Translate the page's title and page description so that the page will be reported correctly by Google and other search engines in your language. . Save the document before proceeding.

   Note: For some languages, this may not be enough. In our translations into Gujarati, the fonts are "imported" from an external server to be viewed properly. More about Non-Latin Characters
   

5. Translate by overwriting the English language text. Keep links the way they are!

   Translate verbatim!
   Do not translate the name Kidlink.
   Avoid changing hidden image codes, or destroying anchors!

   Special:
   The top navigation bar - Unless otherwise told, translate the text. We will make the links point in the right direction. If other pages are translated, maybe you can just copy and past it over from there?
   Links - change links to point to translations whenever available
   Text in illustrations - translate if you feel comfortable with it. Otherwise, send us a mail wiith the text to include.
   Search - translate at source level. Not difficult, really. Ask if in doubt.
   Footers (the bottom of pages) - if other translations exist, perhaps you can copy and paste from there, and just do minor adjustments?
   Marking untranslated links (optional).
   

6. Spell check your translation
   
7. Check all links!
   
8. Credit yourself in the footer (the bottom of the page): Translated by Your Name. Mark the name you just typed, click at Insert | Link, and a Link Properties window will open. Type mailto:your@mailaddress (please replace your@mailaddress with your email address :-).

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