> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reviews and pull requests

> The path a finished translation takes from review request to merged pull request.

Translations reach the repository through review, not directly. A finished translation becomes a
**review request**; an approved review request becomes a **pull request**; merging that pull request
puts the translation live.

This is why the [role](/roles) a person holds matters: Translators can create review requests
but not pull requests.

## Review requests

Once a file has been translated, **Create Review Request** appears at the top of the editor. Creating
one notifies the team and opens a discussion on the change.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gitlocalize/lskpih6euvpzy4qL/images/contribute-review-request.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lskpih6euvpzy4qL&q=85&s=ff4f832aace32c6296d68f46505fdd99" alt="Creating a review request" width="773" height="273" data-path="images/contribute-review-request.png" />
</Frame>

Feedback appears under the **Conversation** tab in the **Review Requests** section. Language
Moderators and Admins can edit a translation while it is awaiting review.

## Pull requests

When a moderator approves the work, they open a pull request against the repository. Each
contributor's work is preserved as their own commit, so authorship survives the round trip.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/gitlocalize/lskpih6euvpzy4qL/images/contribute-pull-request.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lskpih6euvpzy4qL&q=85&s=f2c9d278850db94644944e46c3f8b3c0" alt="The pull request created from a review request" width="1960" height="1282" data-path="images/contribute-pull-request.png" />
</Frame>

The pull request is an ordinary GitHub pull request, reviewed and merged like any other. The
translation goes live when it is merged — GitLocalize does not merge it for you.

<Note>
  Only Language Moderators and Admins can open pull requests, and a Language Moderator only for the
  language they moderate.
</Note>