Translating WAI Documents
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Translation Assistance Welcome
We welcome assistance with translations of Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) documents. This page contains information regarding the W3C translation policy; how to coordinate with W3C and WAI when translating documents; and priorities for translations of WAI documents, with links to existing translations.
W3C Translation Policy
W3C maintains a page on Translations at W3C. This page describes the general language policy at W3C; existing translations organized by language and by document; and how to help translate a W3C document. It includes links to a searchable archive of the mailing list for translators of W3C documents.
More detailed information is available in W3C's intellectual rights FAQ, particularly under the question can I translate one of your specifications into another language? There is also useful information in the section on W3C Documents in the FAQ, including the "can I change it?" question; the "is it official?" question, and the "can I annotate it?" question. It is also important to read the information on W3C document use.
Coordinating with W3C and WAI
If you are translating a WAI document, please follow the instructions in how to help translate a W3C document, and be sure to notify the w3c-translators@w3.org mailing list when you first plan to translate a document, and then again when you have finished a translation. You may also subscribe to the list if you wish, and/or ask questions about translation on the list. If you do not receive a response to your message, or discover that your completed translation has not been linked from the WAI Resources page, please also notify us at wai@w3.org.
When resources related to document translation, such as a WAI Glossary, become available, they will be announced on the translators' mailing list as well as on this page. Once it becomes a stable document, we expect the WAI Glossary will serve as a useful starting point for translators from different organizations who share a common language, to enable them to develop consensus among different organizations on translations of key terminology related to Web accessibility.
We will also announce updates of the suggested priorities and/or policies for translating WAI documents on the translators' list and on this page. For example, WAI is exploring development of a translation policy which would enable certain types of WAI documents, if translated according to a specific process, to be designated as "official" or "authorized" translations. When such a policy becomes available, it will be announced on the translators' list and posted here.
Priorities for Translating WAI Documents
People frequently ask us which WAI documents they should translate. Three lists follow:
- Top priority - foundation documents with wide audience
- Introductory and short materials - documents that might be easier to translate than the technical documents
- Technical materials - which are likely to require more translation time and knowledge
These lists are suggested priorities only. They are not meant to prevent people from translating documents for which they have a specific need. If you are interested in translating WAI documents that are not listed on this page or on the W3C Technical Reports page, please inquire first by contacting us at wai@w3.org.
Documents in bold are completed and ready for translation. Additional status information indicates if revision is planned soon or if the document will be superceded or replaced by another document soon. The "To be completed in 2005" sections list documents that we expect to complete and have ready for translation later this year.
Top priority:
- WAI Quick Tips
- status: stable. to be updated with WAI site redesign in April 2005, and revised with WCAG 2.0 in 2005
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Quick Tips/
- translations of WAI Quick Tips
- Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative
- status: updated quarterly
- related document: Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides
- all slide content in a single file: http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/all.htm
- Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility
- status: stable. may be updated in late 2005
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/
- translations of Implementation Planning for Web Accessibility
- Note that the link above is to the "expanded" version of the document. A translation of this expanded document need not include "[outline]" under the <h1>, nor "To return to the outline version of this page, select "outline" here or above" in the Introduction section.
To be completed or updated in 2005:
- Introduction to Web Accessibility
- status: early version complete. to be revised in April 2005
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.html
- translations of Introduction to WAI Accessibility
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility
- status: early version complete. to be revised in April 2005
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/components.html
- translations of Essential Components of Accessibility
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility
- status: to be completed in April 2005
- draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/standard-harmon.html
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web
- status: to be completed in April 2005
- draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/20040302.html
Introductory and short materials:
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.html
- Navigating WCAG 1.0 Guidelines and Techniques Documents
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag10.html
- Introduction to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
Working Draft Documents
- status: to be updated with the next release of WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft, probably mid-2005
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20.html
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag.html
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.html
- Developing Organizational Policies for Web
Accessibility
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/pol
- Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web
Accessibility
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/software
To be completed in 2005:
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- status: to be completed in May 2005
- draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/bcase/
- Evaluation Resource Suite
- status: to be revised in 2005
- previous version: http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
More technical materials:
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines 1.0
- status: stable. will be superseded by WCAG 2.0 in 2005
- http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/full-checklist.html
- translations of the Checklist of Checkpoints
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0)
- status: stable. will be superseded by WCAG 2.0 in 2005
- http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
- translations of WCAG 1.0
- Techniques for WCAG 1.0
- status: stable. will be superseded by Techniques for WCAG 2.0 in 2005
- Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/,
Core Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CORE-TECHS/,
HTML Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/,
CSS Techniques, http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (ATAG 1.0)
- status: stable. will be superseded by ATAG 2.0 in 2005
- http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG10/
- translations of ATAG 1.0
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (UAAG 1.0)
- status: stable
- http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10/