We encourage translations of the documentation into other languages. If you would like to assist in translating the docs, please start by reading the general documentation project information, and subscribing to the documentation project mailing list. The documentation project participants are usually very willing to help you with any questions or technical difficulties that may arise during your work.

There are several efforts underway to translate the documentation into other languages. These include:

Language	Participants
Brazilian	n/a
Chinese (Traditional)	SkyBlue <info@itzone.info>
Dutch	n/a
French	Website, Lucien Gentis, Vincent Deffontaines
German	Astrid Keßler <kess@kess-net.de>
Japanese	Website
Russian	Ilia Soldis <rkai@tversu.ru>
Spanish	Website
Turkish	Website, Nilgün Belma Bugüner

Please note the following documents. They give you further information which may be helpful.

• The Documentation Format and Transformation page gives some information about the transformation from xml to html. Translations of documentation for Apache version 2.0 and higher should be sent as xml file. Committers will take care of generating and committing the corresponding html file.
• The Documentation Project Tutorial gives a general overview of the documentation project, and how to send in new files and updates.

Because English is the main development language of the Apache HTTP Server, it is difficult for the developers to check the quality of documentation submitted in other languages. Therefore, we require that all translated documentation be reviewed by another fluent speaker of the relevant language, before it can be accepted. Each commit message should list the reviewer. If the translator is not the same as the committer, the translator should also be named in the commit message.

We also encourage you to place the name of the translator in a comment at the top of the file, along with the CVS revision number of the English-language document that you are translating. This should make it easier to determine when files need updating.