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Here are the quick links for our contributors
 
Spell Checker Enhancements
We have created a spell checker for OpenOffice.org and now the Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird products.  A spell checker is only as good as its underlying word list and language handling routines.  Every missing word you find could help make the spell checker better for everyone.
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Sharing
Free Software may be shared, it should be shared, it must be shared!  Help your family and friends to install our software.  Take that extra time to make sure everything works as expected and give a little guidance.  Done correctly you will have an Open Source fan for life.
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Translating

Do you speak one of the official languages as your mother tongue?  Are you a langauge student or a professional translator?  Then you can help us by translating, checking translations, and checking grammar and language in context when you use the application.

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Programming

Can you program? Then we could use your help. Think of this as an opportunity to be involved with Translate.org.za if you're not very good at translating.  Or as an opportunity to get some real work under your belt.  If you are a student you might want to propose a Translate.org.za related project for your computer programming course.

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Testing
Of course everyone knows that there are no bugs in the software that we release.  Yeah right!  Testing really requires lots of eyes and a concerted effort to try to break things.  If you like living on the bleeding edge or simply will take the time to test things diligently, then we need you.
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Designing

We take most of our work and turn them into products.  This requires a flair for marketing, an eye for design and the ability to extract teeth from dragons (also known as developers).
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System Administration & Compiling

Translate.org.za runs a number of servers to help our translators, to build our software and to provide some services to other translation teams.  If you can help us keep these shipshape and address any user needs, then that would help us greatly. If you could actually provide these resource then even better!

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