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Translation Agreement

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Overview
Since you'll be helping out Twitter (thanks again!) we want to let you know our ground rules. Please read
the full agreement below before continuing. Here are some of the things you can expect to see:

We may show you confidential, yet to be released products or features and you must be willing
to keep those secret.
You'll be volunteering to help out Twitter and will not be paid.
Twitter owns the rights to the translations you provide. You are giving them to us so that we can
use them however we want.
Among other things, Twitter plans to share the translations with the Twitter development
community. We want to help make all of the other great Twitter apps, not just Twitter.com, available
in your language.

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Terms and Conditions


Introduction
Thank you for your participation in the Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") "Twitter Community Translation Program"
("Community Translator Program"). Through the Community Translator Program, you will be helping
Twitter by translating "user interface text strings" ("text strings"), software strings and phrases from
English into a language in which you are fluent. These translated "text strings" may then be accessed and
read by members of the Twitter community or others. Additionally, we may distribute the translated text
strings to various 3rd party developers or corporations, at our discretion, without compensation to you, to
enable them to build new products for their and the Twitter community's benefit. By enrolling as a
Community Translator using the online signup form provided, you agree to be bound by the terms and
conditions set forth below (the "Agreement"), so please read these terms and conditions carefully. In this
Agreement, "Twitter", "we", or "us" refers to Twitter, Inc., and "Community Translator", "you", or "your"
refers to the person or entity performing the language translation services.

Community Translator's Responsibilities


By clicking "I agree" or using the Twitter translation interface, you agree to provide translations in good
faith and not to provide automated or inappropriate translations. You also agree to keep the content of the
material you are translating confidential and not to blog, Tweet or otherwise tell others about it. Although
you are responsible for the content and accuracy of each translation, Twitter reserves the right to review,
reject, or remove any translation at any time for any reason in its sole discretion. You represent and
warrant that all information you provide for the purpose of enrolling as a Community Translator will be
accurate, complete, and current.

Confidentiality
Features, functionality, text, graphics, and other information visible through the translator interface may
not be generally available to the public and all such features, functionality, text, graphics, or other
information shown through the translator interface are Twitter confidential information ("Confidential

Information"). You agree to keep Confidential Information confidential, not to disclose Confidential
Information to any other individual, organization, or entity, and not to use Confidential Information for any
purpose other than providing translations to Twitter.

Proprietary Rights
You acknowledge and agree that Twitter owns all legal right, title, and interest in and to the text strings,
including any intellectual property or other proprietary rights which may subsist in the text strings
translated or the resulting translations (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever
in the world those rights may exist). To the extent Twitter does not own all such right, title and interest,
you hereby assign such rights, title, and interest to Twitter. You therefore acknowledge that you have no
intellectual property or other proprietary rights in such text strings translated or the resulting translations.

No Compensation or Employment
You understand that Twitter, other Twitter users, and the general public, may use your translations for
any purpose. You acknowledge that you are providing these translations on a purely voluntary basis, as a
means of assisting, and in consideration of the opportunity to assist, the Twitter community to use,
implement, and understand various facets of the Twitter platform. Twitter makes no guarantee or
representation as to whether or not your translations will be used, and you understand and acknowledge
that Twitter will not compensate you for the translations that you provide. Furthermore, you acknowledge
and agree that nothing in this agreement or in yo ur voluntary submission of translations creates any
employment relationship between you and Twitter.

Term and Termination


The term of this Agreement begins on the date you enroll in the Community Translation Program and
continues until terminated as specified herein. If you are dissatisfied with the Community Translation
Program or with any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, your sole and exclusive
remedy is to terminate your Community Translator status. You may do so by visiting the link provided at
the bottom of the Translator Guide page. In such a case, your status as a Community Translator will be
deemed terminated when Twitter receives notice from you. Our ownership of your already submitted
content c ontinues after termination of this agreement, as do your confidentiality obligations and the
various limitations on Twitter's liability.
Twitter may, in its sole discretion, terminate or discontinue the Community Translation Program at any
time, terminate your Community Translator status, discontinue your participation in the Community
Translation Program, or remove, edit, or alter your translations. Twitter may exercise its discretion to so
terminate, discontinue, remove, edit or alter, as provided for above, for any reason, or no reason,
including, but not limited to, if Twitter believes that you have violated the terms of this Agreement,
Twitters Terms of Service, or if Twitter believes your conduct is harmful to Twitter or others. You
acknowledge and agree that all such decisions by Twitter are final and Twitter will have no liability with
respect to such decisions. Twitter will notify you of termination of your Community Translation Program
account via email, and any such cancellation or termination shall be effective on the date Twitter sends
such notice.

Notices
Unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement, Twitter may give general notices to you by posting on any
Twitter web site (e.g., twitter.com) and, where possible, by electronic mail to your email address.

No Warranty from Twitter

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATION


PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATION PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE
ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TWITTER
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
ATTORNEYS, CONSULTANTS, OR CONTRACTORS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION (i) ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER REGARDING
THE OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATION PROGRAM, THE AVAILABILITY,
ACCURACY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED OR
AVAILABLE THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATION PROGRAM,
TWITTER, AND/OR THE TWITTER WEB SITE OR ANY RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE
THEREOF, AND (ii) THE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY
ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Limitations of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL TWITTER, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, CONSULTANTS, OR
CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
LOST PROFITS, INDIRECT OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST
PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, COST OF COVER WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF TWITTER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. IN ANY EVENT, TWITTERS, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
ATTORNEYS, CONSULTANTS OR CONTRACTORS AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO $100.00. SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. You
acknowledge that Twitter has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon the limitations of liability set
forth herein and that the same is an essential basis of the bargain between the parties.

Choice of Law and Venue


This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. You agree that the exclusive venue for any
disputes arising under this Agreement shall be the state and federal courts located in the City and County
of San Francisco, California.

Entire Agreement
This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter of this
Agreement and supersedes all previous communications, representations, understandings and
agreements, either oral or written, between you and Twitter. Twitter may modify the terms of this
Agreement at any time upon notice published on the Twitter Translation Center web site. Any use of the
Community Translation Program after such notice shall be deemed to be continued acceptance of this
Agreement including its amendments and modifications.

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