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.

[[dev/translators|Introduction to Zotero translators]]

**Note** Much of the translator documentation below is outdated and/or incomplete.

[[dev/translators/tutorial|Translator Tutorial]]

[[dev/translators/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.

[[dev/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.

[[dev/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.

[[dev/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.

[[dev/Translator Overview]]

[[dev/Translator Tips & Tricks]]

A more technical (but fairly outdated) guide additionally covering the creation of import and export translators can be found [[http://deskbox.gmu.edu/translators.html|here]]