diff --git a/documentation/translations/overview-dark.svg b/documentation/translations/overview-dark.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff8ce2ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/translations/overview-dark.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/documentation/translations/overview-light.svg b/documentation/translations/overview-light.svg
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/documentation/translations/overview-light.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/documentation/translations/translating.rst b/documentation/translations/translating.rst
index ab5409522..f1c3cfe71 100644
--- a/documentation/translations/translating.rst
+++ b/documentation/translations/translating.rst
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Translating
.. highlight:: rest
-There are several documentation translations already
-in production and can be found in the language switcher; others are works in
+Several documentation translations are already in production and can be found
+in the language switcher; others are works in
progress. To get started read your repository's contributing guide, which is
generally the ``README`` file, and this page.
If your language isn’t listed below, feel free to start the translation!
@@ -133,6 +133,40 @@ For more details about translations and their progress, see
`Transifex `_
+Overview
+========
+
+.. figure:: overview-light.svg
+ :class: only-light
+ :align: center
+ :alt: Strings are extracted from the source documentation into PO files,
+ translated, uploaded to the translation repository, built by
+ docsbuild-scripts, and published.
+
+.. figure:: overview-dark.svg
+ :class: only-dark
+ :align: center
+ :alt: Strings are extracted from the source documentation into PO files,
+ translated, uploaded to the translation repository, built by
+ docsbuild-scripts, and published.
+
+.. Drawn with Excalidraw: https://excalidraw.com/#json=eh8rCFZJwziIPgj9BjK-r,VEOHnb-9FdAHZNaG4zfH6g
+
+Roughly, translation works as follows:
+
+- Translators work on gettext PO file catalogs generated from the Python docs
+ `by Sphinx `__,
+ rather than editing the documentation directly.
+- Teams work in different ways. For example, some have translators work
+ locally, while others use tools like :ref:`Transifex `.
+ Messages without a translation fall back to English, so a translation can be
+ published before it is complete.
+- Translations are committed to the :ref:`translation repository `.
+- Completed translations are automatically pulled in from the repository by
+ :github:`docsbuild-scripts ` and published to
+ docs.python.org.
+
+
How to get help
===============