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In order to best serve our global family of Akvopedia users, we are translating our pages into the primary languages our user use users speak the most.

Our goal is to include major languages from all continents such as French, Spanish, Hindi, Swahili, and others... in addition to several less-used languages that our users might want, which include Indonesian, Chinese, Arabic, Malayalam, Tamil, Korean and Japanese. But we would like to add more languages as time goes on.

[[Image:african woman mobile.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photo: [http://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2013/reaching-new-heights un.org]]]

[[Image:peruvian women mobile.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photo: [http://wwwblog.iicdtransparency.org/articles2012/icts03/22/world-bolsteringwater-businessday-and-life-skills-of-entrepreneurial-womencorruption-in-peru iicdpictures/ transparency.org]]]

While we accept individuals with translation experience (or students in a translation program) to add newly translated pages to Akvopedia, we have been fortunate to establish a translation program with some university programs worldwide. This way, their students get college credit for doing the translations, and Akvopedia gets pages that have been proofread by not just another individual, but by a team of aspiring translators, improving the quality of translation. In addition, the universities continue to offer their courses each year, which means we get consistent help, and notifications if an English page is updated and needs that integrated into the translated versions too.

[[Image:multi-flag hover.png|thumb|none|350px|Hover your mouse over a flag to reveal its page name. In this case, the middle Indian flag represents the Malayalam page.]]

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===How to contribute your translations===

Do you have translation skills and you'd like to contribute? We'd love to have you aboard. We also would like to know what languages you want to see in Akvopedia, so email us with suggestions. If you are from a university, or just an individual looking for translation experience, we are taking volunteers to help us continue and expand this translation project. Please email our editor, Winona, at winona[[Image:at symbol.jpg|12px]]akvo.org. We can discuss the translating guidelines and get you started!

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