Languages checklist
This checklist is for managers and administrators of a multilingual public site. Use it before launch, when a language is added and once a year. Each item names the page of this section that explains it.
Contents
Policy
- To do: The official languages, and which content must exist in each, are written down (see "Second and third official languages").
- To do: The fallback policy per language is decided (see "Fallback rules for untranslated content").
- To do: Minority or regional languages and their scope are decided (see "Minority and regional languages").
Setup
- To do: Each content language added (see "Adding a content language").
- To do: One siteaccess per language with
Locale,SiteLanguageList[],SiteName(see "A siteaccess per language"). - To do: Addresses by path or host, with equal standing (see "Language addresses: path or host").
- To do: Start page behavior decided (see "Redirecting to the visitor's language").
- To do: Switcher on every page, accessible (see "The language switcher").
- To do: Media and users always available (see "Always available content").
- To do: Right-to-left design work done where needed (see "Right-to-left languages on public sites").
- To do: Search per language checked (see "Multilingual search").
People
- To do: Translator roles limited by Language (see "Translator roles and permissions").
- To do: Approval per language where reviewed (see "Translation workflow and approval").
- To do: Staff know how to choose their interface language (see "Administration interface languages").
- To do: Glossary kept (see "Glossaries of terms").
Quality
- To do: Plain language rules adopted and trained (see "Plain language", "Writing for readability").
- To do:
langcorrect on pages and parts (see "HTML language tags and accessibility"). - To do: Dates and numbers checked by a speaker (see "Dates, numbers and currency per language").
- To do: A test pass with the test language (see "Testing a multilingual site").
Review
- To do: Translation backlog per language reviewed.
- To do: Unused languages removed safely (see "Removing a translation safely").
- To do: Search statistics per language read.
- To do: Number of content languages well below the limit (see "The 62 language limit").
Related pages
- Languages at a glance
- Building a multilingual site
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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