How to edit a multilingual page

Simple rules mus be followed in editing a page that has been entered into the translation system, explained here.

Summary

When a page is prepared for translation, special tags are added. If you add, delete or rearrange paragraphs you must leave the system to manage these tags. You must not attempt to do so yourself.

You can't edit a translated page. You must edit the source language version then retranslate it if necessary.

Warning

If you attempt to edit the source language version of a page which has been translate you will get a warning, asking you whether you know what you're doing. Don't ignore it unless you really do know what you're doing otherwise you will create inconsistences which may be hard to sort out.

Introduction

Nearly all the pages in the Wiki are originaly written in English (though it is possible to source a page in another language and translate it into English). It is recommended that pages are only entered into the translation system once they are reasonably stable. However, minor modifications may be desirable to any page for which translation is a high proirity even though they may still be changing.

For translated pages, editing is not offered as an option. You have to edit the source language page (if necessary)then re-translate the modified paragraphs.

Modifying a source language page

When you edit a page that has been translated into another language (fully or partially) or has simply been prepared for translation, you will notice that tags have been added looking like this:

<!--T:17-->

Each paragraph has one of these on a line preceding it, and each heading has one appended to it.

You can add paraphs as required, preceded and followed by a blank line, but do not attempt to add your own to any new paragraphs you create. Each tagged paragraph or heading will be preceded and followed by a blank line

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