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+# Hindi translation style guide (हिन्दी अनुवाद शैली मार्गदर्शक)
+
+- Use _आप_ as the second-person pronoun. Don't use तुम or तू.
+  (See [chat thread](https://chat.zulip.org/#narrow/channel/58-translation/topic/Hindi.20Translation/near/1762384).)
+
+- Imperative, active, and continuous verbs, e.g., _manage streams_ -
+  _चैनल प्रबंधित करें_, not _चैनल प्रबंधन_.
+
+- Warm and friendly phrasing whenever appropriate.
+
+- No slang or regional phrases that could be unclear or too informal.
+
+- Balance common verbs and nouns with specific IT-related translations
+  of English terms - this can be tricky, try to check how other
+  resources were translated (e.g., Gmail, Microsoft websites, Facebook)
+  to decide what wouldn't sound awkward / rude in Hindi.
+
+Some terms are very tricky to translate, so be sure to communicate
+with other Hindi speakers in the community. It's all about making
+Zulip friendly and usable.
+
+## Terms (शर्तें)
+
+- Message - **संदेश**
+- Direct message (DM) - **सीधा संदेश**
+- Stream - **धारा**: the use of the literal Hindi word for stream
+  "प्रवाह" is very confusing and not the correct metaphor for Hindi
+  speaking people. The correct term would be "धारा".
+- Topic - **विषय**
+- Private/invite-only stream - **निजी / केवल-आमंत्रण धारा**
+- Public stream - **सार्वजनिक धारा**
+- Bot - **बॉट**
+- Integration - **एकीकरण**
+- Notification - **अधिसूचना**
+- Alert word - **सतर्क शब्द**
+- View - **राय**
+- Filter - **छानना**: as used with narrowing (see below).
+- Home - **मुख पृष्ठ**: we never use the term "घर" (literally home) in Hindi.
+- Emoji - **इमोजी**
+
+## Phrases (वाक्यांश)
+
+- Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a stream - **एक धारा में सदस्यता लें/सदस्यता समाप्त करें**
+- Narrow to - **अकेले फ़िल्टर करें**: this is _filter only_, because there's no other
+  word that's common enough in Hindi for _to narrow_.
+- Mute/Unmute - **शांत/अशांत**
+- Deactivate/Reactivate - **निष्क्रिय करें / पुन: सक्रिय करें**
+- Search - **खोज करें/ढूंढें**
+- Pin - **ठीक करना**
+- Mention/@mention - **ज़िक्र करना / @ज़िक्र करना**
+- Invalid - **अमान्य**
+- Customization - **अनुकूलन**
+- I want - **मुझे चाहिए**
+- User - **उपयोगकर्ता**
+- Person/People - **व्यक्ति/लोग**: "लोग" is the correct plural for
+  "व्यक्ति", but when talking of _लोग_ referring to it as a crowd, we use
+  "भीड़" instead.
+
+## Others (अन्य)
+
+- We - **हम**
+- Message table - **संदेश बोर्ड**
+- Enter/Intro - **दर्ज / परिचय**