Frequently Asked Questions - OTWs website

The OTW Website Terms of Service can be found here: http://transformativeworks.org/about/tos.

The OTW translators work in two tiers: the Translation Committee and the language teams. The Committee coordinates the translations and liaises with the other committees; the Committee members usually head their respective language team. The language teams vary in size (with at least one translator and one beta reader) and consist of volunteers who are either native speakers, or fluent in a language other than English.

Apart from this website, the translators also help to make other OTW projects like the Archive of Our Own accessible to an international audience.

This site is being translated by volunteers in their free time. We decided to release core information in your respective language as soon as it was ready, even though the full site translation has not been completed yet. We are working on eventually making all content available to you, but please understand that this takes time.

We'd love to have you, no matter how much time you can spare or your level of translation expertise. You can either help as a translator or, if you have little time and/or experience with translation, as a beta reader.

In short, you don't absolutely need to be a translation whiz, since we're always looking for beta readers! You can also join us on a project-basis, if you prefer a limited commitment. Let us know!

Please contact us with your question and we'll be happy to answer it.