1. Retrieve the page you want to translate (for example, 1STQUESTION.html). If you do not have FrontPage or Composer, you are recommended to use Internet Explorer for the job. Click here for more information.
2. Save the page on your local disk, using the same file name as the source document (for example, save 1STQUESTION.html as 1STQUESTION.html. Very important: Store the page as "Web Page, HTML only (*.htm, *.html)
3. Translate by overwriting the English language text. This minimizes your risk for destroying formatting, for removing hidden links that may be used by other web pages, for forgetting something.

Using the trick described at the Internet Explorer page, do as follows (Just skip what you already know.):

1. Click at this link to 1STQUESTION.html to retrieve the lesson plan page with your browser.
2. Look at the page's web address (on the Internet Explorer address line). It says http://www.kidlink.org/kie/nls/english/response/1STQUESTION.html
3. Save the page on your disk so that you can translate by overwriting the English text with sentences in your language. Store it in a subfolder on your disk under a folder carrying your language's name rather than "english". Example: If your language is "harka", and you want to store the page on your C:-drive, store it at c:\kie\nls\harka\response\. If your language is "norsk", store it at c:\kie\nls\norsk\response\, etc Use the name of your language for this folder as it has already been used at www.kidlink.org. If no translations into your language exists yet, write Odd de Presno . Tell him your intent, the name of your language, and suggest a directory name to use.
4. Click at File | Save As, and select the Internet Explorer save setting: "Web Page, HTML only (*.htm, *,html)".
5. Edit the file name suggested by Internet Explorer so that it matches the original (1STQUESTION.html)! Make sure case is typed correctly (HIGHER and lower case characters). On my Norwegian language PC, the file save menu box now looks like this ("Lagre i:" = "Save in") as shown at right. Again, you must use exactly the same file name (1STQUESTION.html), and there must be no spaces or slashes (/ or \) in the name. (Hint: When storing another file than 1STQUESTION.html, and you don't remember the file name, move the menu block down so that you can read the browser's address line. Point at the blue line at the top of the menu, keep the left (or upper) mouse button down while moving the menu block downwards).
6. Select the folder where the page is to be saved using the "Save in" dialog window at the top of the Save Web Page menu. If you don't remember, check the browser's address line again. If it says http://www.kidlink.org/kie/nls/english/response/1STQUESTION.html, and you're saving a translation into "norsk", it is to be stored in the "response" subfolder of the "norsk" subfolder of the nls subfolder of the kie subfolder.
7. If this window shows the name of another folder, click at the (up arrow) icon until you see the name of the current disk drive on your system. If you do not want to store it here, select the drive where you want to store the page.
8. If the "kie" folder is not available on this disk yet, click at the icon (create a new folder) - . Type kie  as the new folder name.
9. The folder kie is now available in the list of folders. Double click on the folder to open it.
10. The next level is the subfolder nls. If it is not available yet, click at the icon (create a new folder), and provide nls as the new folder name. Double click on the folder to open it.
11. The next level is the subfolder for the name of your language. If this subfolder is not present, Click at the icon to create it. Example: If your language is "harka", type harka
12. Double click on the language name subfolder to open it.
13. The last level is the folder for the first module of the Who-Am-I?. This is called response. Create this folder as explained above, and double click on the folder name. 
14. Double check that the settings in Save Web Page window is correct:
    File name: 1STQUESTION.html
    File type: Web Page, HTML only (*.htm, *,html)
    Save in:
    Now, click on the "Save" button, and you are done.
    

1STQUESTION.html

Storing the page with graphics is optional. If you do, be careful not to translate the wrong file. :-)

Start to translate

Load the page you saved on your local disk into your editing tool. If the page is on your C: drive, and you're using FrontPage, click File, Open, and retrieve c:\kie\nls\xxx\response\1STQUESTION.html . Example: Assume your language is "norsk," and that you have saved the page at the D: drive. Start your editing program, for example Microsoft's FrontPage. Click File, Open, to get the page at d:\kie\nls\norsk\response\1STQUESTION.html up on your screen. You may not see any illustrations (graphics files), but FrontPage will clearly show where these illustrations are, and how much space they allocate.

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