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                <h1>Community<br>
                    <span>translation</span></h1>
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                    <p class="lead starttext">Start using Zanata</p>
                    <p class="lead"><a href="https://translate.zanata.org">translate.zanata.org</a>
                        for translating
                        your project</p>
                    <p class="small">Can't share your text with the
                        community? You can run your own Zanata server!
                        <br>
                        <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/latest/user-guide/system-admin/configuration/installation/">
                            Download Zanata and read the System Admin Guide</a>
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        <p class="lead" id="info">Zanata is a web-based translation platform for
            <strong>translators</strong>, <strong>content creators</strong> and
            <strong>developers</strong> to manage localisation projects.</p>
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    <h1 class="text-center text-info" id="want-text">I want to...</h1>

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                <span class="text-info">help translate</span>
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                <li>All you need is a web browser</li>
                <li>Translate from any computer with an Internet connection
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                <li>No command line</li>
                <li>No source conflicts</li>
                <li>Translation memory shows history of similar translations to
                    reuse
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                <li>See updates from other translators in seconds</li>
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            <h3><i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>
                <span class="text-info">translate content</span>
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                <li>Localise your documentation</li>
                <li>Enable communities to translate your files</li>
                <li>Accept translations without opening your source repository
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                <li>
                    <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/release/user-guide/projects/project-types/#supported-types">
                        Currently supported</a>: HTML, subtitles,
                    InDesign Markup Language, Publican DocBook,
                    LibreOffice and plaintext.
                    <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/release/user-guide/documents/raw-documents/">
                        Read about currently supported raw documents</a>
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                <span class="text-info">translate software</span>
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            <ul>
                <li>Localise your software interface and messages</li>
                <li>Enable communities to translate your files</li>
                <li>Accept translations without opening your source repository
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                <li>
                    <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/release/user-guide/projects/project-types/#supported-types">
                        Currently supported</a>: GNU Gettext-based
                    PO files, Java Properties, XLIFF, Qt Linguist, Mozilla DTD,
                    JSON.
                </li>
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        <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/release/user-guide/translator-guide/"
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            guide</a>
        <a href="http://docs.zanata.org/en/release/user-guide/project-maintainer-guide"
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            maintainer
            guide</a>
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        <p class="lead" id="contact">Want to get in touch? Contact
            us on the
            <a href="/mailing-lists/">mailing lists</a>.</p>
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