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Translation Bounty Programme

Help identify mistranslations and improve the tool for everyone

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How it works: If you spot a mistranslation on any page of this tool, fill in the report form below. Valid reports are reviewed and credited in the next release.
About the Programme

This tool is used by couples from many different countries, and we rely on community members to help keep translated content accurate. Mistranslations — no matter how minor — can cause real confusion during an already stressful visa application process.

The Translation Bounty Programme rewards users who identify and clearly document errors in any translated or localised content across the tool. Qualifying reports are reviewed by a maintainer and, if confirmed, credited publicly in the changelog.

Eligible Pages & Content

Any page or section of the tool that contains localised content is in scope:

  • All tabs within the Timeline Builder — labels, help text, notices, error messages
  • The Evidence Index and generated PDF section headings and body copy
  • The Weakness Checker guidance text
  • The Personal Statements templates and prompts
  • Any other page that includes translated UI text, tooltips, or instructional copy

Static pages written only in English (this page, Privacy & Terms, About) are not in scope for this programme.

What Qualifies as a Valid Submission

A valid submission must meet all of the following criteria:

1
Original text is present. Provide the exact phrase or sentence as it currently appears in the tool — copy it verbatim from the page.
2
Corrected text is supplied. Provide the correct translation or phrasing alongside a brief explanation of why the current version is wrong (wrong meaning, wrong register, wrong grammar, ambiguous, etc.).
3
Location is identified. State the page URL and section name (e.g. "Timeline Builder → Contact Calendar → Import tab") so a maintainer can find the text without guessing.
4
The error is genuinely wrong. Stylistic preferences or alternative phrasings that are equally correct do not qualify. The submission must identify something factually or linguistically incorrect.
5
Not a duplicate. If the same error has already been reported and is visible on the public issue tracker, a second submission for the same text will not qualify.
What Does Not Qualify
  • Reports without both the original text and a suggested correction
  • Vague reports such as "the translation on tab X feels off" with no specific text cited
  • Stylistic suggestions where the existing phrasing is grammatically and semantically correct
  • Reports for content that is already in English only
  • Submissions that include fabricated or paraphrased versions of the source text
  • Duplicate reports for an error already acknowledged in an open issue
Submit a Report
⚠ Reports are filed as public GitHub issues — do not include personal or sensitive information.
URL path and the section or tab where the error appears.
Copy it character-for-character — do not paraphrase.
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Used only to send a confirmation and credit you if the report qualifies.
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Report submitted
Your bounty report has been filed as a GitHub issue. Thank you — we'll review it and be in touch if it qualifies.
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Review Process & Recognition

All submissions are reviewed by a maintainer within a reasonable timeframe. The review process works as follows:

  • Your report is filed as a GitHub issue and assessed against the qualifying criteria above
  • If confirmed, the correction is applied in the next available release
  • Confirmed contributors are credited by name (or handle) in the release changelog
  • If a submission does not qualify, a brief explanation is added to the issue before it is closed

There is no monetary reward at this time. Recognition is provided through changelog credit only.

Conduct & Abuse

This programme is intended to improve the tool for genuine users. Submitting bad-faith, fabricated, or deliberately misleading reports to inflate submission counts will result in all reports from that contributor being disqualified. Repeated abuse may result in the contributor being excluded from future participation.

We reserve the right to update or close this programme at any time.