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	contributor docs: Add section on machine translation in Transifex.
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		@@ -157,6 +157,26 @@ There are a few ways to see your translations in the Zulip UI:
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  This can occasionally be useful for debugging.
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### Machine translation
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Transifex has [built-in machine translation
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capabilities](https://help.transifex.com/en/articles/6271130-setting-up-machine-translation).
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If machine translation is enabled for your language, you can generate one by
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clicking the **lightning** symbol above the translation box.
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There are a few things to keep in mind if you choose to make use of machine
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translation:
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- We expect human-quality translations for Zulip. While machine translation can
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  be a helpful aid, please be sure to review all machine translated strings.
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- We are using machine translation in HTML mode, which has a known bug that
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  causes special characters to be rendered as their HTML encodings. For example,
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  a `'` will be converted to ` '`. Please be sure to fix this when reviewing
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  translations.
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### Translation style guides
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We maintain translation style guides for Zulip, giving guidance on how
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