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contributor docs: Add section on machine translation in Transifex.

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@ -157,6 +157,26 @@ There are a few ways to see your translations in the Zulip UI:
This can occasionally be useful for debugging. This can occasionally be useful for debugging.
### Machine translation
Transifex has [built-in machine translation
capabilities](https://help.transifex.com/en/articles/6271130-setting-up-machine-translation).
If machine translation is enabled for your language, you can generate one by
clicking the **lightning** symbol above the translation box.
![Transifex machine translation button](../images/transifex-machine-translation-button.png)
There are a few things to keep in mind if you choose to make use of machine
translation:
- We expect human-quality translations for Zulip. While machine translation can
be a helpful aid, please be sure to review all machine translated strings.
- We are using machine translation in HTML mode, which has a known bug that
causes special characters to be rendered as their HTML encodings. For example,
a `'` will be converted to ` '`. Please be sure to fix this when reviewing
translations.
### Translation style guides ### Translation style guides
We maintain translation style guides for Zulip, giving guidance on how We maintain translation style guides for Zulip, giving guidance on how