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@@ -109,12 +109,21 @@ FreeBSD Entities//EN"> %freebsd;
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-	  <para>Help translate FreeBSD documentation into your native language
-	    (if not already available) &mdash; just send an email to &a.doc;
-	    asking if anyone is working on it.  Note that you are not
+	  <para>Help translate FreeBSD documentation into your native language.
+	    If documentation already exists for your language, you can help 
+	    translate additional documents or verify that the translations 
+	    are up-to-date.  First take a look at the 
+	    <ulink url="../../books/fdp-primer/translations.html">Translations
+	    FAQ</ulink> in the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer.
+	    You are not
 	    committing yourself to translating every single FreeBSD document
-	    by doing this &mdash; in fact, the documentation most in need of
-	    translation is the installation instructions.</para>
+	    by doing this &mdash; as a volunteer, you can do as much or
+	    as little translation as you desire.
+	    Once someone begins translating, others 
+	    almost always join the effort.  If you only have
+	    the time or energy to translate one part of the documentation, 
+	    please translate
+	    the installation instructions.</para>
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