diff --git a/docs/devguide/translation.rst b/docs/devguide/translation.rst
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index 000000000..77cc367c2
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+++ b/docs/devguide/translation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.. _dev-translate:
+
+============
+Translations
+============
+
+The Python community is a diverse and cosmopolitan place. Our documentation
+should be available for users in many different languages and for many different
+locales.
+
+This document explains how to go about translating this documentation.
+
+Read The Docs
+-------------
+
+Currently we host our documentation on http://readthedocs.org. We use Sphinx to
+make the documentation happen.
+
+The relevant documentation for localisation in ReadTheDocs is here:
+
+https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/localization.html#project-with-multiple-translations
+
+Put simply, each new translation is a separate project, presumably a Sphinx
+based repository on GitHub, that contains the translated resources and is linked
+to ReadTheDocs in the usual way - making sure its locale is set  appropriately.
+
+It's possible for this "core" project to link to these other projects as
+"translations of" this one.
+
+Read the Docs automatically figures out the relationships and displays the
+appropriate links between all the related translation projects.
+
+I want to Translate!
+--------------------
+
+Great stuff! Thank you (in advance) for your support!
+
+* Make a new Sphinx project that mirrors the structure of the ``docs`` directory in this project. Call the project something obvious like: ``microbit-micropython-es`` (for the Spanish translation).
+* Register the project on ReadTheDocs (see: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html)
+* Create a new issue pointing to the new ReadTheDocs project that forms the new translation. We do this so others have visibility of what's being done. Submit the issue here: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/issues/new
+* After a quick check and review that things look in order we'll link you as a translation!
+
+That's it! :-)
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 622d742db..c06cf0c26 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Projects related to MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit include:
    devguide/installation
    devguide/flashfirmware
    devguide/repl
+   devguide/translation
    devguide/devfaq
    devguide/contributing