The GBIF network hosts a vibrant community of volunteer translators who work actively to reduce linguistic barriers to free and open biodiversity data. We also commission commercial translation of our materials when the Secretariat views such efforts as strategically important and/or our existing language communities lack the capacity to complete them.
We support translations based on the expressed needs and interests of our language communities. As such, we welcome efforts to extend usefulness and reach of our documentation through translation. If you wish to volunteer or to voice your support for making specific titles available in translation, please email us at [email protected]. We will do what we can gauge interest from others in the community and provide coordination support.
If you’re interested in the details of how our documentation system implements translations, see the relevant section in the technical guidance below.