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Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?
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  The wiki, at http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Main_Page is a good place to start, but be sure to sign up for the mailing list and join the IRC channel. See http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Contact for how to do this.
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
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  If you're looking for projects, http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Ideas_for_Google_Summer_of_Code has a lot of ideas (you can sort the table by difficulty)
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
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  Tip:
  
  Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Examples:
  
  Here's how to download and patch our codes…
  
  Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.
Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?
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  Give feedback on language pairs
  
  We don't always notice the bad translations ;-)
  
  However, it's best if you try the SVN version of the language pair first, to check if the translation there is still bad.
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
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  Start your own language pair -- we're always glad to help
  
  http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Apertium_New_Language_Pair_HOWTO is a nice tutorial for starting a new language pair, but be sure get in touch ( http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Contact ) so we can help you along.
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
- [X] Describe a task
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.
Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?
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  Add missing translations
  
  http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Contributing_to_an_existing_pair gives some pointers on how to do this.
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
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  Make the GUI apertium-tolk more usable
  
  The Python translate-as-you-type GUI apertium-tolk[1] should remember the last language pair used, this would be easy to do.
  
  It could also have Preferences dialogue for selecting which pairs to show in the list. Also, a table from language pair codes (en-es) to names (English->Spanish) could improve usability.
  
  [1] http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Apertium-tolk
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
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  Improve/create plugins
  
  Some of the plugins at http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Plugins really need some love (e.g. Pidgin)
  
  — Kevin Brubeck Unhammer (unhammer) · 7 years ago
- [X] Describe an issue
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.
Q: What is a bug or issue with Apertium that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?
- [X] Describe an issue
  What makes the situation sub-optimal?
  Examples:
  
  I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.
  
  Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.
  
  I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.
  
  Note:
  
  If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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Apertium is a free/open-source platform for developing rule-based machine translation systems!

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