# Translating on Crowdin If you wish to translate PrestaShop into your language, you have to start by joining our Crowdin project, available here: \ 🤔 **How do I join the project?** --------------------------------- It's simple: if you don't have a Crowdin account yet, 1. Create an account by clicking on "**Sign up**", 2. Go back to the PrestaShop page and click on the **language you wish to translate** (please, do not pick a random language), 3. Click on "**Join**", 4. **Tell us why** you want to help translate this project as well as your background with PrestaShop software. Once your membership has been approved by the team, you'll be able to contribute!
## 💪 **Contributing** Once you have been accepted into the project by a team member, you will be able to translate strings into your language. To do this, simply select a string and start translating it. By default, **Crowdin will show untranslated strings first**. **Translated but unapproved** strings **will not appear** in the PrestaShop software:
IconStatusAvailability in PrestaShop
Not translatedNot available
TranslatedNot available
Approved and translatedAvailable
*Note that only proofreaders can approve translations. If you wish to become a proofreader, check out* [proofreading-all-you-need-to-know](https://docs.prestashop-project.org/translating-prestashop/translating-prestashop-software-basics/translating-on-crowdin/proofreading-all-you-need-to-know "mention").
## **❓**What happens if I approve a translation on Crowdin? When a string is validated by a proofreader in Crowdin, it usually takes up to a couple of days before it's available in PrestaShop software. This is because the catalog of approved strings is **pushed to the software every day**, or in other words, when **"PrestaShop builds the project":**
This is why you need to **update your translations** to benefit from the latest translation. To do this, go to *International > Translations > Add/Update a language*. ## **✉️ Need help? Contact us!** Should you have any questions, please drop us an e-mail at ! \ Thank you for your help! 🙌 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.prestashop-project.org/translating-prestashop/translating-prestashop-software-basics/translating-on-crowdin.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.