# Description
Most likely, I am knocking at an open door, but I think it's worth mentioning here. KDE definitely needs a better system for managing localization. The mailing list topic is still hot about the issue, as the exact requirements are not clear yet. Personally I don't mind if its Weblate, Pootle, Damned Lies or Pontoon, anything would be an improvement.
To give an example of the high technical overhead there are at time of writing [[ https://l10n.kde.org/docs/translation-howto/ | 57 subpages on contributing ]], a notable amount of which involve dealing with configuring tools for GUI translation. This current process provides a high contribution entry barrier compared to online localization tools where contributors simply create an account, enter a suggested string, and a designated person(s) for that language approves/denies w/ comment. For an example of how simple contributing localization could be, please checkout the Weblate demo: https://hosted.weblate.org/
Also a related issues, which is even worse: KDE heavily depends on Qt, but Qt's localization is **horrible**. I would like to see an effort from KDE's side to make translators life easier in this regard.
Current issues:
- technologies used include dated stuff like SVN
- apparently integration with existing systems (like identitfy) is sub-par
- documentation is not easy to find
=What it will take=
* Improve localization system and documentation
=How we know we succeeded=
* More people start translating
* Translation is an easy way to start getting involved
=Relevant links=
* KDE Community Wiki page: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/translation
* KDE Localization page: https://l10n.kde.org/
* KDE Localization Statistics by team: https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kf5/team/
=I am willing to put work into this=
- Balázs Meskó (@meskobalazs) - testing, feedback, Hungarian l10n maintenance
- Scott Anecito (@sanecito) - testing, feedback, Japanese l10n maintenance
- Alexander Zhigalin (@zhigalin) - testing
- Guo Yunhe (@guoyunhe) - testing, feedback, Simplified Chinese l10n maintenance
=I am interested=
* Méven Car (@meven)
* Lydia Pintscher (@lydia)
* Claus Christensen (@clauschristensen)