# Translation guides

> How to handle the trickier parts of translating, task by task. Placeholders, new languages, and translatable strings.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/translate/guides/

Each guide covers one task. The first two are for translators, the last one is for developers who add text to Home Assistant.

- [Placeholders and references](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/translate/guides/placeholders/): the parts of a string you should not translate, and how to handle them.
- [Request a new language](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/translate/guides/new-language/): how to get your language added.
- [Make your strings translatable](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/translate/guides/developers/): how to write strings that translators can work with.