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For help with the MediaWiki software, such as how to format text, see [http://www.mediawiki.org mediawiki.org].
 
For help with the MediaWiki software, such as how to format text, see [http://www.mediawiki.org mediawiki.org].
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* [[Project:FAQ|FAQ]] — questions that may not necessarily be asked frequently, but the info may nonetheless be useful
 
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* [[Project:Rules|Rules]] — rules for using the site. Don't worry, there aren't many.
 
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* [[Project:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] — general guidelines for editing.
 
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* [[Help:Abbreviations|Abbreviations]] often used in annotations
 
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* [[Project:Assumed knowledge of Japanese|Assumed knowledge of Japanese]] — a rough guide of what you're expected to know for Japanese games.
 
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* [[Project:To-do list|To-do list]] — bugs, proposed features...
 
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* [[Project:TBL files|TBL files]] — what they are, how to make them, how to use 'em.
 
  
 
Since we're still in the early stages, there isn't much else here, but we can offer this advice:
 
Since we're still in the early stages, there isn't much else here, but we can offer this advice:
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* If you're here to study Japanese, or to contribute to translations of Japanese games, try [http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/ Rikaichan], [http://perapera.wordpress.com/ Perapera-kun], or a similar plugin for your web browser. It will help immensely: you can just mouseover the Japanese text and it will look up words for you. Of course, do be aware that the dictionary isn't infallible and can't take the context into consideration, but it still helps ''a lot'', especially if you're a beginner. (Note: we're transitioning to including glosses in our translations so that Rikaichan will usually not be necessary to browse. People working on translations of their own will still find it helpful.)
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* If you're here to study Japanese, or to contribute to translations of Japanese games, try [http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/ Rikaichan], [http://perapera.wordpress.com/ Perapera-kun], or a similar plugin for your web browser. It will help immensely: you can just mouseover the Japanese text and it will look up words for you. Of course, do be aware that the dictionary isn't infallible and can't take the context into consideration, but it still helps ''a lot'', especially if you're a beginner.
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* Use the <tt>translate2</tt> template to add translation text.
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* Use the translate2 and translate3 templates to add translation text. Translate2 gives you two translation fields, and translate3 gives three fields.
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** When translating a Japanese game to English, use the <tt>ja-en</tt> template in place of <tt>template2</tt>. Use the <tt>gloss</tt> template within the Japanese field to provide readings, kanji, and meaning for phrases. We used to use a system that had three-field templates called ja-r-en and ja-k-en, but they should not be used anymore. The new system is more elegant (though it does make the Japanese hard to read in the source code).
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** When translating a Japanese game to English, you may want to use the jp-en (Japanese, English) and jp-k-en (Japanese, Kanji, English) templates, which are more convenient. See a translation such as [[Tiny Toon Adventures/jp-en|Tiny Toon Adventures]] for examples of both.
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*** We seem to be going back to using ja-k-en for text that consists of kana and should be kanjified. Look at games that use it for examples; we have many.
 
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** The <tt>gloss</tt> template can be used for languages other than Japanese, too, but when two languages use similar sentence structure, it will rarely be necessary.
 
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** Due to the way templates work, you can't normally use equals signs in template parameters (i.e., within <tt>ja-en</tt>, <tt>gloss</tt>, etc.). The special template <tt><nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki></tt> will print an equals sign for you.
 
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** Double quotes in <tt>gloss</tt> templates (but not most other templates) have a similar problem. Use single quotes instead, or use <tt><nowiki>{{"}}</nowiki></tt>.
 
  
 
Use the [[Project:Sandbox|sandbox]] for test edits.
 
Use the [[Project:Sandbox|sandbox]] for test edits.
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Scripts used to extract game data can be found at the [http://code.google.com/p/lltvg/ LLTVG code repository]. If you make any, propose it as an addition!
 

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