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+# Spanish translation style guide
+
+Use informal Spanish for translation:
+
+- Informal "you" (_tú_) instead of formal form _usted_. Many top software
+  companies (e.g., Google) use the informal one, because it's much more common in
+  the daily language and avoids making translations look like they were written
+  by machines.
+
+- Imperative, active, and continuous verbs, e.g., _manage streams_ -
+  _gestionar canales_, not _gestión de canales_.
+
+- Not using reflexive _se_ e.g., _log out_ should be _salir_, not _salirse_,
+  whenever the infinitive form is possible without making the translation
+  awkward.
+
+- 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 Spanish.
+
+- Latest RAE rule ("solo" should
+  [**never**](https://www.rae.es/espanol-al-dia/el-adverbio-solo-y-los-pronombres-demostrativos-sin-tilde)
+  have accent, even when it can be replaced with "solamente").
+
+Some terms are very tricky to translate, so be sure to communicate
+with other Spanish speakers in the community. It's all about making
+Zulip friendly and usable.
+
+## Términos
+
+- Message - **Mensaje**
+- Direct message (DM) - **Mensaje directo (MD)**
+- Group DM - **Mensaje directo grupal**: many users may not associate "MD" with
+  _direct message_ in a group context, so it's better to use the unabbreviated
+  form rather than "MD grupal".
+- Stream - **Canal**: the use of the literal Spanish word for stream
+  "Flujo" is very confusing and not the correct metaphor for Spanish
+  speaking people. The correct term would be "canal" (_channel_).
+- Topic - **Tema**
+- Private/invite-only stream - **Canal privado/limitado por invitación**: (lit.
+  _channel limited by invitation_)
+- Public stream - **Canal público**
+- Bot - **Bot**
+- Embedded bot - **Bot integrado**
+- Interactive bot - **Bot interactivo**
+- Integration - **Integración**
+- Notification - **Notificación**
+- Alert word - **Alerta**: this is only _alert_. Nonetheless, adding _word_ may
+  make the term confusing (something like _danger!_ could be a "palabra de
+  alerta" as well). Google Alerts uses "alerta" in its Spanish translation.
+- View - **Vista**
+- Filter - **Filtro**: as used with narrowing (see below).
+- Home - **Inicio**: we never use the term "Hogar" (literally home) in Spanish.
+- Emoji - **Emoticono** (plural: **emoticonos**)
+- Slash command - **/comando**
+- Webhook - **Webhook**
+- Endpoint - **Endpoint**
+
+## Frases
+
+- Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a stream - **Suscribir a/Desuscribir de un canal**
+- Narrow to - **Buscar solo**: this translates to _search only_. We use this
+  term because there's no other word that's common enough in Spanish for
+  _to narrow_ except for "filtrar", but this word can be incorrectly
+  interpreted as _filter out_. We should stick to a term that we can use
+  unambiguously and consistently for all instances of _Narrow to_.
+- Mute/Unmute - **Silenciar/No silenciar**
+- Deactivate/Reactivate - **Desactivar/Reactivar**
+- Search - **Buscar**
+- Pin - **Fijar** (lit. _to fixate_)
+- Mention/@mention - **Mencionar/@mención**
+- Invalid - **Inválido**
+- Customization - **Personalización**
+- I want - **Yo quiero**
+- User - **Usuario**
+- Person/People - **Persona/Personas**: "personas" is the correct plural for
+  "person", but when talking of _people_ referring to it as a crowd, we use
+  "gente" instead.
+
+## Otros
+
+- You - **Tú**: also "vosotros" if it's in plural.
+- We - **Nosotros**
+- Message table - **Tablón de mensajes**
+- Enter/Intro - **Enter/Intro**