Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English

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This version of Wikipedia is written in English (see Main Page#Wikipedia languages). With this being said, this page is a place to list foreign language articles on the English Wikipedia, to see if they can be translated before they are listed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If someone speaks the language the article is written in and can state that it is not worth translating, the item should be moved to AfD or tagged with {{prod}}.

Standard procedures

If you are here for the first time and have an article in a language other than English or a poorly translated article that you wish to list here to forestall possible deletion, you should start by finding the most appropriate template from among the ones listed at Wikipedia:Template messages/Translation and add it to the article page, save the page, and then follow the instructions in the banner on how to list the article here. You might need to click '[show]' to see all the instructions.

If you want to ask for a translation into English of an article from another language's Wikipedia, go to Wikipedia:Translation.

Listing a page here

Most pages get listed here by subst'ing a {{Needtrans}} template, following the instructions given at any one of several translation-related templates that are added to the article page. Many of the templates found at Wikipedia:Template messages/Translation propose adding the corresponding article here. See section Translation template usage below for details of the templates available for use on the main article page.

Other ways to find articles for inclusion on this page are:

Find articles in a specific language category under Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates. For example, Template:Expand Spanish puts articles into Category:Articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia.
Monitor Recent changes tagged with ContentTranslation keyword

Tagging

If the article is a mere copy of (all or part of) an article in another language's Wikipedia, it can just be tagged with {{db-foreign}} to get added to Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion: we want to discourage people who cut articles from one Wikipedia and paste to another without translating. You can leave a message on the contributing user's talk-page in their own language, using the templates from WP:PNT/Templates for user talk pages or using {{UE}}; this will point them to the appropriate Wikipedia in the language they used.

Replacement and restoration

Sometimes, legitimate articles are replaced by content in other languages. In this case, the last English-language version should be restored from the history.

In addition, you may leave a message on the user's talk-page as indicated above.

Notification

When listing a page here, you might want to find the Wikipedia:Embassy, Ambassador, or Wikipedia:Local embassy member of the Wikipedia that relates to the language the article is in and invite them to move the page to their own Wikipedia. If you don't even know what language the article is in you could use Language recognition chart, and if that fails, some language identification web site, such as Xerox or What Language Is This? to find out. If you have come here from another Wikipedia, please note on this page what you think should be done with the article.

Deletion

If an article has been listed here for two weeks and is still untranslated, it should be nominated for deletion. (See also Guide to deletion.)

Articles that are not in English are still subject to all other forms of speedy deletion should they meet the criteria, and can be nominated for deletion by prod or afd should an editor feel they warrant deletion for a reason other than the language it is in, an article not being in English is not itself a criterion for deletion until the two week period has passed. Also, articles in other languages are still subject to blp prod.

After translation

When a page listed here has been translated, its entry should be removed (or moved to section Cleanup if the translation needs another pair of eyes).

There are also procedures to follow at the Talk page of the article itself; see template {{translated page}} and Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate.

Boilerplate text

Various templates are available to tag the article page needing translator attention, and one template is available for use here at WP:PNT.

The following templates are available to tag articles with translation issues in preparation for listing the article at WP:PNT:

{{notenglish}} – "This page is written in a language other than English..."
{{cleanup-translation}} – "contains translated text and needs attention..."
{{hidden translation}} – "an earlier translated version may have introduced errors of fact..."
{{rough translation}} – "may have been generated by a computer or by a translator without dual proficiency"
{{translate passage}} – "A passage needs to be translated from Language into English"
{{not English inline}} – "[needs Eng. translation]" after a phrase

The following templates are available for use at WP:PNT to list an article here that has a translation issue:

{{Translation request}} (formerly called {{Needtrans}} )
{{Dual fluency request}} (a.k.a. {{Duflu}} )

These templates, and other templates relating to translation issues outside the scope of WP:PNT can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/Translation.

Templates for article pages

One of the following templates should be used at the top of the article page:

Not English

Template {{not English}} (alias: {{notenglish}}) is available for a page that needs translation in its entirety (so it would be appropriate to delete if not fixed):

1. Use the notice {{notenglish|NameOfLanguage}} if you know the language used, or {{notenglish}} if you cannot identify the language of the page in question.

2. Add a mention to the list of pages needing translation, using {{Needtrans}} as detailed below.

3. You may also choose to warn the contributing editor with {{uw-english}}, the "use English" warning, or suggest submitting it to a different language Wikipedia with {{contrib-xx1}}, where xx is the language code (see available templates). An alternate template for identifying the article as having been listed here is {{uw-notenglish}}.

Bilingual versions of this template have been created for Norwegian, Spanish, Polish, and French. See the note on these at {{uw-notenglish}}.

Not English section

If there is just a section that needs translation:

1. Use the notice {{Not English|NameOfLanguage|section}}, with the word "section" as a second unnamed parameter at the beginning of the non-English content.

2. Add a mention on this page, as above.

3. You may wish to place a note on the talk pages of contributors of non-English material, saying that English Wikipedia is meant for English-language content, inviting them to translate it, and, if appropriate, suggesting the location of the Wikipedia edition for the language in question should they wish to post content in that language.

Cleanup translation

Template {{cleanup translation}} (alias: {{cleanup-translation}}) is available if the article has been translated, but needs attention from someone approaching dual fluency in both languages:

1. Use the notice {{cleanup-translation}}.

2. Add a mention to the translation cleanup section.

Hidden translation

Template {{Hidden translation}} is available if the article was translated at an earlier point and contained factual errors, while subsequent edits fixed up the English without fixing the errors of fact. The article now looks good and not "machine-translated" anymore, but the original errors of fact are still there, papered over with a facade of good English.

1. Use the notice {{Hidden translation}}, for example, {{Hidden translation|lang-name|version-nbr}}

2. Add a mention to the translation cleanup section, using the provided {{Needtrans}} invocation.

Rough translation

Template {{rough translation}} is available if the article has been translated, but it looks to be either a machine translation or by someone who doesn't have a good command of the target language, and needs attention from a translator; more than just copyediting is required.

1. Use the notice {{rough translation}}, for example, {{rough translation|German|Deutsch}}.

2. Add a mention to the translation cleanup section, using {{Needtrans}} as detailed below.

Translate passage

Template {{Translate passage}} is available for articles that are primarily in English, but have a brief section like a quotation, poem, excerpt, etc. in another language, that needs translation.

1. Use the notice {{translate passage}}, for example, {{subst:Translate passage|ArticleName|language=LanguageName}}

2. Add a mention to the translation cleanup section, using {{Needtrans}} as detailed below.

Templates for use here

Once you have tagged the article page with one of the templates above, the banner that appears will provide instructions on using a template to add an entry to the list of pages needing translation (titled "Pages for consideration") using the {{Needtrans}} template or the translation cleanup section (titled "Translated pages that could still use some cleanup") :

Translation request

Template {{Translation request}} (a.k.a., {{Needtrans}} ) is available for use in the list of pages needing translation.

Follow instructions at the expanded banner generated by {{Rough translation}} or {{Cleanup translation}} to place {{Translation request}} at the bottom of the cleanup section at WP:PNTCU. Sample invocations:

{{subst:Needtrans |pg=Wilhelm II, German Emperor |language=German}} ~~~~

For those pages written in a foreign language, please also consider also placing

{{subst:uw-notenglish |1=Template:not English}} ~~~~

on the talk page of the author.

Dual fluency request

Template {{Dual fluency request}} (a.k.a., {{Duflu}} ) is available for use in the translation cleanup section.

Follow instructions at the expanded banner generated by {{Rough translation}} or {{Cleanup translation}} to subst template {{Dual fluency request}} onto the page at the bottom of the cleanup section. Sample invocations:

{{subst:Dual fluency request|pg=Wilhelm II, German Emperor|language=German}} ~~~~

Pages for consideration

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If you are not completely sure of what language an article is written in, check the language recognition chart.
If you are sure, consider placing the corresponding template on the creator's talk page.

March 11

Flag of the Qing Dynasty

This is an English article but some reference titles in Chinese have been flagged for translation. De728631 (talk) 20:33, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 1

Motors (Carmudi Myanmar)

The language of this article is Burmese. Hqb (talk) 15:34, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prodded--Jac16888 ^Talk 20:15, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 4

List of World Heritage Sites in Germany

The language of this article is German. Table in "tentative list" section Daniel Case (talk) 18:30, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 5

Mop Girl

The language of this article is Japanese. Episode titles in Episodes Ratings section Digifiend (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Out of whim spent a few minutes filling in the kana transcription and off the cuff English translations. --Kiyoweap (talk) 03:31, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 9

Luisa Lessa Karlberg

The language of this article is Portuguese. Anupmehra -Let's talk! 17:27, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 13

Salman3bdo

The language of this article is Arabic. Seems to be some sort of self-promotion and has thus been prodded. De728631 (talk) 20:46, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 16

Translated pages that could still use some cleanup

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WP:PNTCU

Pages listed here are "mostly done" but could still use some attention from someone who approaches dual-fluency. Please use the notice {{cleanup-translation}} on the page.

2012

Horror films of Cambodia

The initial language of this article was probably Khmer. "Features" section especially in need of translation. Miniapolis (talk) 21:14, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FC Aktobe

The initial language of this article was Russian. Hvn0413 (talk) 02:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Meutya Hafid

The initial language of this article was Indonesian. Looks like a machine translation from id:Meutya Hafid Grafen (talk) 19:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Toma T. Socolescu

This article needs some help in order to correct potential language syntax and grammar weaknesses - It has been translated from French - --Albacore60 (talk) 17:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC).

See [1]. I have just added this section, if placing it under 2011 was inappropriate, please move it accordingly. BigNate37_(T) 22:23, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pham Ngoc Lan

The initial language of this article was Vietnamese. The source page is here. --Stfg (talk) 15:25, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hande Yener

The initial language of this article was Turkish (Türkçe). >> tr:Hande Yener. Seyitahmetmrk (talk) 20:22, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Serge Guinchard

The initial language of this article was French. Although, looking at the edit summary of this edit to the French article, perhaps a retranslation would be quicker? --Stfg (talk) 18:05, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I wandered into a tar pit and left far too much comments here. I am going to copy and paste them to the talk page of the article. Si Trew (talk) 09:12, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2013

Casa Milà

The initial language of this article was Catalan. The Banner talk 13:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eiji Kawashima

The initial language of this article was Japanese. need someone to read the Japanese article and re-translate the relevant sections AngusWOOF (talk) 19:03, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Multi-format publishing

The initial language of this article was German. Google Translated from the German version of the article. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 06:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gryf Wejherowo

The initial language of this article was Polish. Existing article is rough translation from Russian to English with multiple issues. En.gryfita (talk) 16:41, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Then why did you create it if you can't do it properly? Please follow WP:TRANSLATION next time--Jac16888 ^Talk 18:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chung Dong-ha

The initial language of this article was uncertain. Names are written in Hangul only, it is impossible for non-Korean speakers to read the article properly. Teemeah ^{편지 (letter)} 13:47, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hryhoriy Surkis

The initial language of this article was Ukrainian. Ukrained2012 (talk) 10:20, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Protected areas of Ukraine

The initial language of this article was Ukrainian. Ukrained2012 (talk) 02:49, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Working on it! Accedie^{talk to me} 22:44, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Erg, my eyes are glazing over from the bureaucratic/legalese. This needs pretty major cleanup, not all of it translation-related. I'll try to enlist the help of a friend who actually has some expertise in this field... Accedie^{talk to me} 00:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lev Ponomaryov

The initial language of this article was Russian. Tried to clean it up, but the grammar was a bit too tangled in places. The paragraphs are disorganized too, but that may be in the original. WQUlrich (talk) 20:47, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Berber music

The initial language of this article was French. Dzlinker \, /(*_*)\, / 12:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Zbrašov aragonite caves

I translated the article from Czech with the help of translation tools. I think I translated most of it accurately, but I am not dually-proficient, so the article will need to be reviewed by someone who is proficient in Czech. - M0rphzone (talk) 01:23, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The initial language of this article was German. Started cleanup of a bad translation. PanchoS (talk) 11:34, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University

The initial language of this article was Romanian. Typical ungrammatical translation. WQUlrich (talk) 20:24, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Army hand-to-hand fight

The initial language of this article was Russian. Initial language Russian. Needs more than can be fixed by an English only language speaker Persept (talk) 08:16, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jeppe Aakjær

The initial language of this article was Danish. speednat (talk) 19:56, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Let me clarify what needs translating. The titles of the majority of his works were translated with the help of google. So they need help, some were translated out of books, so they are accurate. It will probably be apparent which are which, let me know if I can clarify more.speednat (talk) 17:40, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tokarevskoye gas condensate field

The initial language of this article was Russian. clpo13_(talk) 06:37, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Müyorbir

The initial language of this article was Turkish. Not bad enough to be machine generated, just someone without true dual-proficiency. WQUlrich (talk) 23:47, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2014

National Gallery of Armenia

The initial language of this article was unknown. The original language was probably Armenian, although the text doesn't precisely match any of the other languages WQUlrich (talk) 00:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SMURD

The initial language of this article was Romanian. Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) (talk) 02:46, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yun Hyon-seok

The initial language of this article was Korean. Paris1127 (talk) 23:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lisa Nakazono-Węgłowska

The initial language of this article was Japanese. --ElHef (Meep?) 23:50, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is all very unclear. Where is this "initial language"? Actually this appears to be close to a direct (and not very good, of course) translation of the artist's website:

http://www.risa-nakazono.com/profile/risa_nakazono.html (Whether Legal Mind thinks this is a copyright infringement or not, I have no idea.) The article was created by a one-time editor, as was the Polish article: , which also looks like a direct translation. If someone can read Polish and English and say whether the Polish is worse or better than the English, it might help.

Meanwhile, she has some CDs published by Sony - e.g. http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&cd=SVWC000007615 but outside her own website, the Polish middle name seems to be missing. So perhaps this is all unsubstantiated, and perhaps the page should just be deleted. Imaginatorium (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The "initial language" is the article ja:中園理沙. I performed Edit Link (plus merge on WIKIDATA), so on the sidebar the einterlanguage links to En/Ja/Po articles will display now. The Japanese article is under her maiden name. She picked up the extra "-Węgłowska" obviously after marrying a Polish husband, that's all. --Kiyoweap (talk) 04:49, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fiducia IT AG

The initial language of this article was German. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.31.49.114 (talk) 10:43 UTC, 30 January 2014

February 2014

Xuxa

The initial language of this article was Portuguese. Translated, but grammar is bad and sometimes barely intelligible. 174.124.249.249 (talk) 22:33, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nihon no Matsuri

The initial language of this article was Bahasa Indonesia. Based on internal links to id:Institut Teknologi Telkom and other Indonesian pages, I presume the article was either translated from an Indonesian source or written by someone more fluent in Indonesian. A few sections are unclear to me. Cnilep (talk) 03:36, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vladimir Oblast

The initial language of this article was Russian. Mainly fauna and "hydrography" sections Paris1127 (talk) 06:46, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Museum of Almería

The initial language of this article was Spanish. PatHadley (talk) 21:32, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Twister (software)

The initial language of this article was unknown. Gurghet (talk) 23:23, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Much of the material is in the Spanish Wiki article. Rather than re-translate, perhaps better ask an IT expert to rewrite. Noyster (talk) 16:14, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working professionally in software for thirty years, so perhaps I am qualified, but my Spanish isn't brilliant. I'll give it a scan but it then could probably do with someone who has more knowledge of Spanish to do a recheck. Si Trew (talk) 05:41, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look but in my opinion this is just an ad, so I am taking it to AfD. Si Trew (talk) 05:45, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ikiryō

The initial language of this article was Japanese. The references are still in Japanese. I've done what I could, but it still needs work. Auric talk 18:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to help, but need a pointer to the instructions on what to do with Japanese references. Every time anything is converted to Roman letters we lose something, so I am not sure whether to leave the original author and title, and place a gloss afterwards, or what. Imaginatorium (talk) 04:54, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend adding the translation in brackets after the original--Jac16888 ^Talk 10:59, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 2014

Ukrainian Association of the Blind

The initial language of this article was Ukrainian or Russian. Not sure if it is actually a verbatim translation of the the Ukrainian article or the the Russian article but both may be useful to clarify the English one. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Banda Aceh

The initial language of this article was Indonesian. Drm310 (talk) 20:43, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Norman Paech

The initial language of this article was German. Ischtiraki (talk) 09:36, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]