Knowledge Base

Documentation to help you use the POEditor localization platform effectively

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How to use POEditor as a contributor

Contributor

Are you a translator working with POEditor? Here's what you can do in a localization project with your contributor role.

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POEditor wording explained

Owner Admin Contributor

A glossary of the words you will often encounter when localizing with POEditor: term, translation, Default Reference Language, String, AT characters, Context, Plural, Reference, Admin, Owner, Contributor, Payer.

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How to upgrade an account

Owner

Here you can find the steps to getting a POEditor subscription.

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How to invite a payer

Owner

If you want someone else to handle the billing for your POEditor account, you can make use of the Alternative Payer feature.

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How to crowdsource translations

Owner Admin

If you're looking to crowdsource the translation of a software product, follow the steps described here to set up a public project.

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How to add screenshots

Owner Admin

Sharing screenshots with the translators collaborating on your POEditor localization project is easy with the help of the comment system.

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How to set a Default Reference Language

Owner Admin

The Default Reference Language is useful to translators when the project terms are string IDs. The DRL is displayed in the language pages, above the string IDs.

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How to add an administrator

Owner

If you're a project owner, you can add administrators to your software localization project to handle the management aspects.

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How to add contributors (translators)

Owner Admin

In this article, you can find out how to add contributors to a software localization project hosted on POEditor.

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