About & Guidelines/Translation Guidelines

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* Basic Guidelines
* Quality Guidelines
* Translation Tips
* FAQ

	+ Exception: To avoid any legal issues, please do not upload commissioned translations to the wiki.
* Stories can be formatted via the automatic story formatter.
	+ A guide on how to create pages for your translation can be found here.
	+ Common outfit renders can be found here.
* You may edit your name onto the cover of a story/"claim" a story prior to uploading chapters to express your intent to translate a story. This is an optional step.
* If you work with a proofreader who would also like to be credited, you can add "|Proofreader =" on the line beneath "|Translator =" and add their name and credits there.
* Please refrain from "claiming" multiple additional stories on the wiki if you have not released translations for your currently-claimed stories.
* Releasing translations slowly is completely acceptable. Please do prioritize real life where necessary.
* If you decide to pick up a story translation, please change the banner on the story to "Currently Being translated" by pasting the following code to the top of the page:

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{{CurrentlyBeingTranslated}}
```
* If you decide to drop a story translation, please change the banner on the story back to "Not Being translated" by pasting the following code to the top of the page:

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{{NotBeingTranslated}}

* The translation should be written in understandable English and follow English conventions for punctuation and grammar.
* The translation must be proofread by a Japanese proofreader before it is uploaded to the wiki. Japanese proofreading involves the Japanese proofreader checking over the translation to make sure that it's accurate to the original Japanese text. Please ensure your proofreader is someone who has a strong grasp of Japanese.
	+ When translating stories from the Chinese, Korean, or Taiwanese versions, the same rules apply. Please ensure you're uploading stories proofread by someone with a strong grasp of the story's original language.
* While Japanese proofreading is the only required type of proofreading on the wiki, it’s recommended that they go through English proofreading as well. English proofreading involves having someone who is familiar with English grammatical conventions and (optionally) character voices checking over the translation. The proofreader will make sure that the grammar is correct, and will also suggest alternate phrasings to make translations sound smoother in English, and to make the characters’ personalities show more clearly in the dialogue.
* **Do not upload translations that have not been proofread.**
* By uploading a translation to the wiki, you accept that you are open to feedback on your translations.
* If you are uncomfortable with moderators contacting you in regards to potential mistranslations, or contributors correcting potential typos and grammatical errors in your translation, please do not upload your translation to the wiki.
	+ However, you are free to link to your translation (hosted on another site such as Dreamwidth, Wordpress, Tumblr, etc) in the comments section of the story instead.

	+ The colors used on the story cover, as long as the ones you choose aren't so light or bright that they are hard to read.
	+ The names of the chapters, provided yours is the first translation on the wiki and you aren't overriding a previous translator's chapter name choices.If yours is the second+ translation, please either contact the previous translator for permission or, if you can't get in contact with them, explain to a staff member what makes yours more accurate to the intended meaning, and it will be considered.
	+ The urls of the individual chapters. While the chapters are set up in a "Chapter #" name format, you might prefer to name the pages the name of the chapter. As long as you also update the links on the story's respective Chapters page (found at "storyname/Chapters") and StoryNavBar on the relevant chapters, you can change them to your liking.
* **Please check with staff before changing:**