After receiving great feedback from the German and Polish communities, we are excited to proceed and open the translation process to the rest of the world.

Here's how it works:

• Under each international forum, you will find a sticky thread (titled "Official Magento Translation" ...) with a zip file attached. The file contains a directory structure and a number of csv files. The directory structure and csv files must stay as is (in terms of structure and naming).


• Each CSV file has two columns. The right column is intended to be overwritten with the translations. The left column serves as a reference and should not be overwritten - this is very important.


• We decided that only and
  tags are to be used in the original text (i.e. the first column). All other HTML tags (e.g. ) should be added to the translated text (i.e. second column) where appropriate.


• If you do not see your language in the international forums or your locale, please contact us and we will add it.


• Given the amount of work per language, we strongly suggest for the community to interact through the forum and split up the work. Hopefully this will lead to a faster and more thorough process.


• Please let us know once the translation is complete and we will incorporate it in future releases.