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<h1>Crowd-sourced translation<br /> for your software</h1>
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<strong>Build an open community to translate your software into almost any language.</strong> Simple web-based translation and review, GNU GetText support and automatic suggestions from a library of sixteen million translated strings.
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<h3>Open to everyone</h3>
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<h4>Anyone that has a knowledge of English and at least one other language can help translate your project using a normal web browser and their Launchpad account.</h4>
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You choose how open your project is to new translators, using one of several ready-made policies:
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<strong>Open:</strong> everyone can translate, inviting spontaneous translations.<br />
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<strong>Partly restricted and structured:</strong> anyone can suggest translations, while trusted community members review and approve new work.<br />
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<strong>Closed:</strong> only approved translators may make suggestions. Ideal if your project requires copyright assignment.<br />
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<h3>Supports open standards</h3>
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<h4>Launchpad makes it easy to integrate translations into your software by supporting the popular GNU GetText file formats.</h4>
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Import and export GetText files - pot, po and mo - for offline as well as online translation. You can also import translations in Mozilla’s XPI format.
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<h4>The same phrases often crop up in software interfaces.</h4>
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Launchpad saves your translators time by automatically suggesting possible translations from its library of millions of strings.
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<h4>Each major release of your project can have its own translation effort.</h4>
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While one group translates your upcoming release, others can continue work on your current stable release.
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