Updated instructions for translators and included the actual Excel file.

content/faq/instructions-for-translators.md → content/faq/instructions-for-translators/index.md

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 title = "Instructions for the Translators of the Survey Solutions Interface"
 keywords = [""]
-date = 2021-08-19T00:00:00Z
+date = 2024-11-05T00:00:00Z
 +++
 
-* You receive a single Excel file and these instructions. You deliver just the translated Excel file.
+* Start by downloading the following Excel file ([Download Excel file](files\SurveySolutions.Translation.00.xlsx) corresponding to v24.06.6 of Survey Solutions) and then follow the rest of these instructions. You deliver just the translated Excel file and the title of the new language.
 * Do not rename the spreadsheet. Do not convert to any other file format.
-* Translate text from column E (titled **_INVARIANT_**) to column F (titled with your language).
-* If you can't translate the original text for any reason, the translation should be left **blank** (do not copy text from column E to column F in this case).
+* Translate text from column `E` (titled **_INVARIANT_**) to column `F` (titled with your language).
+* If you can't translate the original text for any reason, the translation should be left **blank** (do not copy text from column `E` to column `F` in this case).
 * Do not modify any other text/cells anywhere else in the spreadsheet, even if there is a typo in
 the original text (feel free to notify about any discovered typos or problems in your email message, but not in this file).
 * Do not add or remove any lines.
 * Do not distort the HTML tags, such as: **<br/>**
-* Do not touch anything inside the curly brackets {}, for example *"{value}"* must remain *"{value}"* , do
-not translate the word *"value"* inside the curly brackets.
-* Some texts may contain terms in dual curly brackets {{}}, for example *"{{count}} interviews will be approved."*. Maintain the nesting in the translation. Do not reduce to {}.
-* The translation **MUST HAVE** all the same entries {0}, {1}, ... as the
+* Do not touch anything inside the curly brackets `{}`, for example *"{value}"* must remain *"{value}"* , do not translate the word *"value"* inside the curly brackets.
+* Some texts may contain terms in dual curly brackets `{{}}`, for example *"{{count}} interviews will be approved."*. Maintain the nesting in the translation. Do not reduce to `{}`.
+* The translation **MUST HAVE** all the same entries `{0}`, `{1}`, ... as the
 original! (If there were three in the original, must be the same three mentioned
 in the translation). The order of mentioning may be changed, however, for example:
 _"File {0} may not be sent to {1}"_ --> _"May not sent to {1} the following file {0}"_
-* The meaning of placeholders {0}, {1} may only be guessed from the texts. The same
-placeholder may be mentioned several times in the message, for example:
+* The meaning of placeholders `{0}`, `{1}` may only be guessed from the texts. The same placeholder may be mentioned several times in the message, for example:
 _"{0} is wrong, enter any other value than {0}!"._
-In which case {0} means the same thing and it must be mentioned AT LEAST ONCE in the
+In which case `{0}` means the same thing and it must be mentioned AT LEAST ONCE in the
 message, but for convenience MAY BE mentioned more than once.
 * Messages may contain text that shouldn't be translated, for example:
 _"Optionally can specify the following columns:<br/>
 \_responsible - username of a headquarters, supervisor or an
 interviewer who will be responsible for the assignment;"_
 In this case the text *"_responsible"* is a specific column name and must remain the same word
 in any translation. Same applies to:
-  - emails: e.g. [email protected];
-  - web addresses: https://designer.mysurvey.solutions (do not translate each word);
-  - file extensions: .pdf, .zip, .xlsx, .dta, .sav, etc;
-  - names of programs: Stata, SPSS, Survey Solutions;
-  - terms that are internationally known under English abbreviation GPS, UTF-8, Unicode,
+  - emails: e.g. `[email protected]`;
+  - web addresses: `https://designer.mysurvey.solutions` (do not translate each word);
+  - file extensions: `.pdf`, `.zip`, `.xlsx`, `.dta`, `.sav`, etc;
+  - names of programs: *Stata*, *SPSS*, *Survey Solutions*;
+  - terms that are internationally known under English abbreviation: *GPS*, *UTF-8*, *Unicode*,
 etc.
 * You may decide to translate units Kb, MB, GB, or keep them in English, whichever is more
 prevalent/intuitive.