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-Site translators allow you to save items in Zotero with just a single click. Here you'll find the tools and documentation to get started with translator development.
-[[translators|Introduction to Zotero translators]]
-**Note** Much of the translator documentation below is outdated and/or incomplete.
-[[scaffold|Scaffold: an IDE for Zotero translators]] \\ Scaffold is a Firefox add-on to help you write translators.
-[[http://niche-canada.org/member-projects/zotero-guide/chapter1.html|How to Write a Zotero Translator]] \\ Adam Crymble's guide to writing a simple screenscraping translator for Zotero (aka //HWZT//) is a comprehensive guide to writing a translator using [[http://dev.zotero.org/scaffold|Scaffold 1.0]] and [[http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Solvent|Solvent]], not to mention the DOM, JavaScript, and XPath. Unfortunately
-  * much has changed since HWZT was written, limiting its current usability.
-  * HWZT is not wikified, limiting its maintainability.
-[[how_to_write_a_zotero_translator_plusplus|How to Write a Zotero Translator++]] \\ //HWZT++// wikifies HWZT, and updates it by using uplevel tools. Currently (Jul 2010) HWZT++ is useful, though further work is planned, since it currently
-  * is merely a list of deltas to HWZT, so one will unfortunately need to work with both resources open.
-  * does only the same thing that HWZT does, i.e. it uses Scaffold (2.0) to write a screenscaper.
-[[translator_development_outside_scaffold|Translator Development Outside Scaffold]] In Zotero >= 2.0, translators are just [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript|JavaScript]] files. While Scaffold can ease translator development, some prefer to work directly on the filesystem. Here's how.
-[[translators reference guide|Zotero Translators - The Missing Manual]] This missing manual aims to expand on Adam Crymble's introductory tutorial, discussing the functions in Zotero.Utilities, describing how translators can call other translators, and more.
-[[Translator Overview]]
-[[Translator Tips & Tricks]]
-[[Grab XPaths with Firebug]]
-[[Translator Best Practices]]
-A more technical (but fairly outdated) guide additionally covering the creation of import and export translators can be found [[http://deskbox.gmu.edu/translators.html|here]]