OWASP German Language Project

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Welcome to the German Language Project

The German Language Project is a new OWASP Project that will provide a foundation, guideance and common terminology for German translations (as well as other German language specific activities) of OWASP documents and parts of the OWASP web site. Furthermore, it will organize, plan and priorize new language projects such as translations.

We will trying to align our activities with the OWASP Internationalization project as well as with similar activities such as the Spanish Project or the Portuguese Language Project.

News
'''July 9, 2011. Meeting on German Translation of OWASP Top Ten in Karlsruhe''' (please contact [mailto:kai.jendrian@owasp.org kai.jendrian@owasp.org] if you want to participate). '''March 16, 2011. German Language Project has been officially started.'''

Participation
If you wish to contribute in the project please join us at mailing list subscription page.

Follow and participate at our discussions (German)

Deliverables
Click on the link on each issue to go to the specific resource (translated into German).


 * German translations of all the release-level document projects:
 * OWASP ASVS - Ver 1.0 (PDF, Word) by Matthias Rohr
 * German translations of major sections of OWASP web site:
 * nothing yet
 * German translations of OWASP software
 * nothing yet

Roles
We are basically following the roles sugestet by the OWASP Internationalization.

The proposed skills are:


 * Translator(s)
 * Basic computer related knowledge.
 * Good English skills
 * Fluent in German language
 * Working knowledge in application security skills
 * Editor(s)
 * Strong computer related knowledge
 * Strong English skills
 * Strong skills in German language, participation in translation project of other open source projects is a plus.
 * Strong knowledge in application security skills
 * Translation leader. Person in charge of coordinate the translation effort. There are no special requirements, just the ability to manage a team of people and deliver on proposed time.

Other OWASP Projects in German Language

 * Best Practices: Web Application Firewalls
 * Projektierung der Sicherheitsprüfung von Webanwendungen

Out of Scope
Translations of the following sections are NOT in scope
 * Local Chapters Pages
 * Presentations
 * Conferences
 * Videos
 * Blogs
 * All the projects deliverables in Alpha and Beta Stages
 * All the documentation “on development” like Guide Version 3.0
 * Translation of pages, documentation or tools to other language other than German according to the stated in above section.

Glossary
The following lists contains accepted German translations for English terms that are directly or indirectly related to application security. Many of them are already used in existing OWASP translations and should therefore not be changed without further discussion. German terms that are not used in the field are not included in this list.

Some English terms are widely used and accepted in German too and can (or should) therefore be used instead of a possible German translation.

The order used in the "German / Translation" section represents the proposed usage.

Please do not change existing definitions without discussing it on the mailing list.

For the following terms, there is no German translation which is widely used or accepted:


 * Blacklist
 * Denial-of-Service
 * Easter Egg
 * Encoding
 * Escaping
 * Target of Verification (TOV)
 * Whitelist

Roadmap
The project's overall goal is to...

'''provide a foundation, guideance and common terminology for German translations of OWASP documents and parts of the OWASP web site as well as other activities related to the German language. Furthermore, it will organize, plan and priorize new language projects such as translations.'''

In the near term, we are focused on the following tactical goals...

1. Link all existing German OWASP translation to this page

2. Setting-up a consistent glossary for german application security terms

3. Priorize and organize future translations and actions

4. Provide Translation Guidelines

5. Provide Translation Templates