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+# How to contribute translations
+
+Godot's translation work is coordinated on
+[Hosted Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/godot-engine/godot),
+an open source web-based translation platform, where contributors can work
+together on translations using various internationalization features.
+Creating an account there is free, and you can also login directly with
+your GitHub, BitBucket, Google or Facebook account.
+
+To avoid merge conflicts when syncing translations from Weblate (currently
+this is done manually), we ask all contributors to work there instead of
+making pull requests on this repository.
+
+Link if you missed it: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/godot-engine/godot
+
+## Adding new languages
+
+If you want to translate for a language which is not featured yet on Weblate,
+open an issue on this repo to ask that the language is added, or contact
+Akien/@akien-mga directly on IRC (#godotengine channel on Freenode).