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Here are the basic steps that help you creating a translatable page that can use the benefits of the translate extension:</translate>

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Read [[<tvar|url1>:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation administration</>|the manual]].</translate><br /><translate><!--T:18-->
Really, do: in all likelihood, that's where the information you are looking for is waiting for you.</translate>}} 

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Assess whether the page is suitable for translation or needs translation.</translate>
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* Local projects may not need translation.</translate>
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* Some pages have a structure that may not be suitable for translation.</translate>
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* If you need help, [<tvar|log>//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=pagetranslation&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1</> ask an active translation administrator] or at the [[Commons:Translators' noticeboard|Translators' noticeboard]].</translate>}}

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Assess whether you are capable to ''migrate existing translations'' to the new system.</translate> <translate><!--T:8-->
It may be a lot of work to copy the old translation into the new one. If you aren't able to spend a lot of time or you are unable to find the proposed translation units in the new system, ask for help.</translate> <translate><!--T:9-->
Do not proceed until you are sure that you and the people who promised to help are able to migrate everything within a few days, and if it is a policy, even within a few hours. Whether you have the capabilities to migrate to the new system usually depends on</translate>
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* The volume of existing translations
* The status of the existing translations (outdated, current)
* The page length and structure
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* Exemple → Example/fr
* Ekzemplo → Example/eo
* Eksempel → Example/da
* …
* Local name → English name/<translate><!--T:11-->
[[:en:ISO 639-1|langcode]]</translate>
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Move all existing translations to the corresponding subpages. Example: If there is a French translation for <code>Ex'''a'''mple</code> which is located at <code>Ex'''e'''mple</code>, you have to move it to <code>Ex'''a'''mple/fr</code> to ensure that the page history, which also serves for the attribution requirement of the Creative Commons License under which all texts at Commons are licensed, is retained.</translate> <translate><!--T:13-->
If you do not move it, the subpages created by the Extension (as soon as a translation to one language was started) must be deleted and the page where the translation was copied from must be moved there (both moving to and deleting a subpage require temporary unmarking a page from translation).</translate> <translate><!--T:14-->
After moving, the deleted revisions can be restored [[<tvar|hist-merge>Special:MyLanguage/Commons:History merging and splitting</>|(History merge)]].</translate>}}

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Prepare the page for translation. Some [[<tvar|target>:Category:Navigational templates for the translate extension</>|templates]] were designed to help keeping it easy for the translators. Further help is available in [[<tvar|helpPage>:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation administration</>|the manual]].</translate>}}

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Mark the page for translation (you must be translation admin for doing so). <tvar|botname>[[User:FuzzyBot|FuzzyBot]]</> will now overwrite all existing translations with the source version (<tvar|lang>{{#language:{{CONTENTLANG}}}}</>). So hurry to complete the next step.</translate>}}

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Paste all old translations into the new interface. This can take a considerable amount of time.</translate>}}

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