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docs.python.org.
+Motivation
+==========
+
+The Python documentation is written in English, but Python is taught, learned,
+and used around the world, in many languages. English is the native language
+of only about 5% of the world's population, and fewer than a fifth more speak
+it as an additional language [#f1]_. For many people, learning Python also
+means overcoming a language barrier. They must learn not only Python, but also
+enough English to be able to use the language's documentation.
+
+The United Nations Open Source Principles call on projects both to provide
+documentation and to foster inclusive participation [#f2]_. Providing
+documentation only in English limits who can benefit from it and who can
+participate in the wider Python community.
+
+.. figure:: python-logo-languages.svg
+ :align: center
+ :alt: The word "Python" written in dozens of languages.
+
+.. Image drawn manually in Inkscape. The text in python-logo-languages.svg was
+ converted to paths before exporting for consistent rendering, contact
+ StanFromIreland for the original.
+
+Translations make Python's documentation accessible to a much wider audience.
+They allow people to learn and use Python in a language they are confident in,
+reducing the additional burden of learning through English.
+
+Translation also improves the English documentation. Translators review the
+source text closely and often find bugs. As a result, translation therefore
+benefits not only readers of other languages, but everyone who uses and
+contributes to Python's documentation.
+
+
How to get help
===============
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After running ``pomerge``, review the changes and commit the updated files.
You may also need to rewrap the lines (see :pypi:`powrap`).
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [#f1] Ethnologue, `What is the most spoken language?
+ `__
+.. [#f2] `United Nations Open Source Principles
+ `__
.. _discourse: https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/translations/
.. _tx: https://explore.transifex.com/python-doc/python-newest/