Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English
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See also: Wikipedia:Translation, Category:Wikipedia articles needing translation, Wiktionary's quick translation
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}}.
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[edit] Standard procedures
If the article is a mere copy of (all or part of) an article in a foreign-language 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. If the intent is to ask for a translation of an article from a foreign-language Wikipedia, the correct place to do that is Wikipedia:Translation. As an alternative, you can leave a message on the contributing users talk-page using the templates from Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English/Templates for user talk pages or using {{UE}}.
Sometimes, legitimate articles are replaced by foreign-language content. In this case, the last English-language version should be restored from the history.
If an article has been listed here for two weeks and is still untranslated, it should be moved to AfD. When moving items to AfD, the boilerplate text on the article should be changed from {{notenglish}} to {{subst:afd}} and the other deletion steps should be carried out.
When listing a page here, you might want to find the Wikipedia:Embassy or Ambassador 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 recognition web site, such as xrce, or languid.cantbedone.org to find out. Please leave a note on this page if you do this to prevent duplication of messages. If you have come here from another Wikipedia, please note on this page what you think should be done with the article.
Please check for copyvio before listing here. (Articles which meet the criteria for CSD G12 can be speedily deleted with {{db-copyvio}}, others copyvios should be listed on WP:CP.) If you can tell what language an article is written in, that might help. Also consider posting the first line or so.
When a page listed here has been translated, its entry can be removed (or moved to cleanup if the translation needs another pair of eyes).
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[edit] Boilerplate text
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. The template will show up as:
| This article needs translation into English. This article is written in a language other than English. If it is intended for readers from the community of that language, it should be contributed to the Wikipedia in that language. See list of Wikipedias. Please see this article's entry on Pages needing translation into English for discussion. If the article is not rewritten in English within the next two weeks it will be listed for deletion and/or moved to the Wikipedia in its current language. If you have just labeled this page as needing translation, please add {{subst:Needtrans | pg = Pages needing translation into English | Language = unknown | Comments = }} ~~~~to the bottom of this section of Pages needing translation into English. |
- 2. Add a mention on this page, using:
- {{subst:Needtrans| pg= | Language=NameOfLanguage| Comments= }}--~~~~ replacing NameOfLanguage with the English name of the language if you know which language was used, or {{subst:Needtrans| pg= | Language=unknown| Comments= }}--~~~~ if you cannot identify the language used
- 3. You may also choose to warn the contributing editor with {{Uw-english}}, the "use English" warning, or suggest to use a different language Wikipedia with {{contrib-xx1}}, where xx is the language code (available templates). An alternate template for identifying the article as having been listed here is {{uw-notenglish}}. Usage is {{subst:uw-notenglish|articlename|datein2weeksfromlisting}}~~~~.
If there is just a section that needs translation, that notice is inappropriate, so it's a little trickier:
- 1. Use [[Category:Wikipedia articles needing translation]].
- 2. Add an appropriate note at the top of the page in question, e.g.:
- ''Section [[#name-of-section|name-of-section]] contains text that needs translation into English.''.
- 3. Add a mention on this page.
If the article has been translated, but needs attention from someone approaching dual fluency in both languages:
- 1. Use the notice {{cleanup-translation}}, which will show up as:
| This article contains translated text and needs attention from someone approaching dual fluency. Please see this article's entry on Pages needing translation into English for discussion. If you have just labeled this page as needing such attention, please add {{subst:Duflu | pg= Pages needing translation into English | Language = | Comments = }} ~~~~to the bottom of Pages needing translation into English. |
- 2. Add a mention to the translation cleanup section on this page.
[edit] Pages for consideration
and check the language recognition chart.
If you are sure, consider placing the corresponding template on the creator's talk page.
[edit] October 29
[edit] Act of Independence of Chile
The language of this article is Spanish. Translation has begun by original editor. Presumably will continue, but still lots left to be done.--(EhJJ)TALK 15:04, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
- This one has the potential to become a featured article rather quickly after the translation is done. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 16:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] November 15
[edit] Luis Miguel González Cruz
The language of this article is Spanish. —Bkell (talk) 15:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
- Bio of an apparently notable film director and producer with a long list of accomplishments. Survives Google copyvio check. Reads a lot like a resume. Send off for translation. --Cbdorsett (talk) 05:47, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
- I have put a Babelfish translation of it in Talk:Luis Miguel González Cruz. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:08, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
- Prodded. Time's up. --70.80.199.161 (talk) 11:40, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] November 23
[edit] Original (album)
The language of this article is Chinese. Not sure which type of Chinese.--Somno (talk) 06:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- There is only one literary language in Chinese, never mind if written in traditional or reformed characters. Andreas (T) 18:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ronalda
The language of this article is Croatian. --Hut 8.5 10:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- About Cristiano Ronaldo's sister. May indeed be notable. BalkanFever 12:18, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
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- The creator has translated it, but it still needs cleanup (the translation wasn't brilliant and some of the content is unencyclopedic). Hut 8.5 12:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- There is a gramatically correct version on hr.wiki, but it still has some weird elements ("Personal card"?) Admiral Norton (talk) 15:01, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Tai Chao-chuen incident
The language of this article is largely in Chinese. --MoRsE (talk) 18:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] November 25
[edit] 가스정제기
The language of this article is unknown. American Eagle (talk) 04:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- Korean. --Cbdorsett (talk) 05:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- Babelfish translates its title as "Gas clarifier". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:11, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Yerel Ağ Bağlantısı
The language of this article is Turkish. Matt (Talk) 06:24, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- Judging from the appearance of certain English words in the article (Local Area Network, PC, printer, and server) I think the article is about PCs, printers and servers on a LAN. I think it is unlikely that we do not already have this content, but only a Turkish speaker can know for sure. Any other thoughts? --Cbdorsett (talk) 06:44, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- It's an article about LAN. Of course, tr-wiki already has one (tr:Yerel alan ağı), but some material might conceivably be useful for merging there. (I leave it to the experts to work out how this is done transwiki-technically.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Timisoreana
The language of this article is Romanian. TN‑X-Man 16:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'd say it's about a beer factory with a history. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 16:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] José David Name Cardoso
The language of this article is Spanish. Consequentially (talk) 21:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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- I think it's a stub about (notable) Venezuelan politician.Synchronism (talk) 22:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] José David Name Cardoso
The language of this article is Spanish. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- It's about a Venezuelan Senator. Somewhere I read that these articles are considered inherently important. If so, then the article should be sent off for translation. It's relatively short. Before running for office, he was educated in the US, ran a T-shirt company, worked for an insurance company, and became Venezuelan consul in New York. --Cbdorsett (talk) 07:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] November 29
[edit] The Wandering Magic Circus
The language of this article is Korean. track listing Skier Dude (talk) 07:15, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 1
[edit] Ming Ming
The language of this article is Chinese. It looks like somebody did already translate something but forgot to remove the original script. Might just need cleanup. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- Before we remove this entry, we just need to confirm that it is as De728631 says. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 13:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’
The language of this article is Urdu. A few book and poem titles to be translated. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Chilean Declaration of Independence
The language of this article is Spanish. A long passage in Spanish has been added. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- Removed original text, added link to it in Spanish Wikisource. Andreas (T) 22:14, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- The Drafting and signing section is still in Spanish. Should be placed in line for translation, as long as it's not a copyvio from somewhere. --Cbdorsett (talk) 06:54, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] KPTM Kuantan
The language of this article is Malay. Apparently about some polytechnical school. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- Some of the article is a copyvio from [1]. I did not tag it. What are we supposed to do with these? --Cbdorsett (talk) 07:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Kapatnor
- The language of this article is French. De728631 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- About a philosophical movement. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- One that has no mention on the Internet [2]. Based on the content and sources, sounds like original research or something made up. (EhJJ)TALK 23:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 3
[edit] Skolski dnevnik
The language of this article is unknown. | Loadmaster (talk) 14:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Serbian, a probably non-notable educational computer program. Admiral Norton (talk) 16:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] It-trunciera tal-qala
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 23:53, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- It's about an 18th-century fortification ("Qala battery") somewhere in Malta. Looks like an interesting topic. Useable source is here [3]. Could be turned into a nice little article. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Klekovkin
The language of this article is Russian I think. About a book perhaps Jac16888 (talk) 23:53, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Autobio of the book author. Doesn't look particularly notable, seems to consist only of a list of books (or book contents). Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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- Not to mention that it starts with "Dear friends and enemies". Admiral Norton (talk) 18:08, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ինչպես խմբագրել էջը
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Armenian. Fut.Perf. ☼ 00:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think this can be transwikied straight off. There's a rather weird redirect on the Armenian wiki to this article on the English wiki. First time I've seen an interwiki redirect :D -Yupik (talk) 18:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done. Let's see what they do with it. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 19:29, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think this can be transwikied straight off. There's a rather weird redirect on the Armenian wiki to this article on the English wiki. First time I've seen an interwiki redirect :D -Yupik (talk) 18:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] اقلام آمار بخشی
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Persian. Titles transcribes as i(?)qlām āmār bakhshī or similar; āmār means 'statistics' in Persian, article content seems to be about something related to education (doctoral degrees, students, examinations...) Can't pin it down though. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not impressed with this one. I think the content is probably non-notable and it sure looks like the article is non-encyclopedic. Who needs a table with one row? I think it should be prodded. Don't waste time translating, even if it's just 35 words or so. --Cbdorsett (talk) 11:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] சிற்பனை முருகன் ஆலயம்
The language of this article is Tamil. Jac16888 (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fond Socjali Ewropew
The language of this article is unknown. Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 15:14, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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- I can't understand a word of Maltese, but from it's general similarity to other languages and the pictures included in the article, it looks like it could be a translation of the English article on European Social Fund. Scbarry (talk) 18:54, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] U-nursing08
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 22:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Postanok na covekot
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 22:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- This one looks like a personal op-ed piece. It refers to Adam and Eve, evolution, the Cretaceous period, The Homo genus in Africa, Neanderthals in Europe, fossil evidence, Homo habilis ... and that's just in the first half. I think it's actually some student's paper. Might be well written, but I doubt there's anything new in it. If someone wants to transwiki it to Macedonian Wikipedia, be my guest, but otherwise, I think it should be prodded severely. --Cbdorsett (talk) 01:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Parapattan
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 22:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Indonesian, apparently about an orphanage. Google has some 900 entries on this one. De728631 (talk) 23:26, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Rani sati bhajans
The language of this article is unknown. Jac16888 (talk) 22:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Nope, it's Hindi-Urdu in Latin letters. And it's a safe bet this ain't encyclopedic. --Cbdorsett (talk) 01:30, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 5
[edit] Alotenango
The language of this article is Spanish. Jac16888 (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] La independencia (moritas)
The language of this article is Spanish. Jac16888 (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Liu Yun Qiao 刘云樵
The language of this article is Spanish. Article is about a martial arts guy, bit spammish but may be notable Jac16888 (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nyūgawa, Ehime
The language of this article is Japanese. partially translated Jac16888 (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ricardo Castanon
The language of this article is Spanish. professor with a number of publications, seems notable Jac16888 (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Translated pages that could still use some cleanup
- See also: Category:Rough translations and Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation
Pages listed here are "mostly done" but could still use some attention from someone who approaches dual-native. Please use the notice {{cleanup-translation}} on the page.
[edit] June 2008
[edit] Vatasseri Parameshwaran Nambudiri
This article contains untranslated titles of books - maybe Sanskrit, maybe Malayalam. Cbdorsett (talk) 12:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think it is Hausa. Kubek15 (Sign!) (Contribs) (UBX) 18:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- It is Sanskrit, but the transliteration lost linguistic features such as vowel lengths and dental/cerebral consonant difference. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Taipei bus
The language of this article is unknown. Farside6 (talk) 00:47, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- Chinese. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 01:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- This article is being worked on sloooooooooooowly. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 11:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- Time's up. But we still have a valid stub, so I commented out the untranslated section. Still, the stub we have looks like a machine translation. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 14:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List of Taichung bus routes
The initial language of this article was Chinese. It still contains Chinese expressions. De728631 (talk) 14:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] July 2008
[edit] Arco (Renfe)
The initial language of this article was unknown. Suspected machine translation of a foreign-language text Samuel Tan 02:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
- It was Spanish. You can find the original text by looking into the article's history. Cbdorsett (talk) 03:27, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Giuseppe Fioravanzo
The initial language of this article was Italian. I've cleaned up the first paragraph but the remainder needs some work. It may have been machine-translated from the Italian wiki. Rilkas (talk) 01:05, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Giuseppe Coniglio
The initial language of this article was Italian. I have cleaned up most of the translation here. Short article on Italian poet who wrote in Calabrian dialect. It needs a bit more copy-editing and formatting but is nearly done. The Italian original appears to have a little more text now which could be added. Rilkas (talk) 16:14, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] August 2008
[edit] Wakfu
The initial language of this article was French. Parts of this article, such as the introduction, were originally written in English, and don't need any translation cleanup. Later sections added toward the bottom of the article appear to have been translated from French. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 12:53, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Aamir Ali
This seems to be about an Indian actor, but it's almost completely in English. Since there are many languages spoken in India and surrounding countries, I am unable to identify a few words that weren't translated. CB (ö) 11:22, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure about this one. The untranslated text is solely the names of films and television shows. It would be nice to have English translations, but is it required? The language, by the way, seems to be Hindi/Urdu. --Cbdorsett (talk) 13:55, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Vidal Medina
The language of this article is Spanish. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 20:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Could he be that guy: Jorge Medina Vidal? De728631 (talk) 22:13, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Answer to self: probably not, judging from the dates and Tamaulipas in Mexico. The article Vidal Medina is an exact copy though of a brandnew entry on the Spanish Wiki. De728631 (talk) 22:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- I tagged it for speedy delete A2. Cbdorsett (talk) 04:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- I've translated some of the original content that was removed/not translated. Laogeodritt [ Talk | Contribs ] 00:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
What is left to translate is just book titles. Moving to cleanup. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 22:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Michele Cossato
The initial language of this article was Italian. machine translated from it:Wikipedia Paulbrock (talk) 09:43, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I started a more precise translation (but I encourage someone to check the correct use of the words because I'm Italian, so I don't get the precise meaning of some expressions and I just mess up with some synonyms. I haven't finished the correction of the article but I will tomorrow or in the next days, please wait. In the DISCUSSION of the article you find some notes I posted with regards to Michele Cossato's page and corrections I made. Bye! (Brizz89 (talk) 22:42, 2 November 2008 (UTC)).
I finished the translation and removed the "automatic translation" tag, but I think the article needs a cleanup as regards the content. I will check that later, but if you have some suggestions you are welcome. --Brizz89 (talk) 15:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’
This article contains untranslated Urdu (titles of books and songs). The Urdu is transliterated into Roman letters. --Cbdorsett (talk) 19:21, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- Since the untranslated portions consist of book titles, I suggest moving this to cleanup. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 23:10, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Higher Technological Institute
The initial language of this article was Arabic. This one needs a major cleanup. De728631 (talk) 21:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
- There is an English-language prospectus on the website, so the article could be rewritten from that. Itsmejudith (talk) 10:48, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Yin Mingshan
The language of this article is unknown. De728631 (talk) 19:08, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
- Chinese. I'd say traditional because some characters display as boxes on my computer. I can't translate it, though. Admiral Norton (talk) 19:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
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- Could be Yin Minshang, chairman of Chongqing Lifan football club. The characters appear next to a redlink on that page and 尹明善's author also posted something Chinese about the Lifan vehicle company (which I redirected).
- Edit: confirmed by Google translation. De728631 (talk) 19:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I used the machine translation, which was surprisingly good to work with, and a few sources to shape this into a valid article. Needs checking though. De728631 (talk) 21:09, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] HushPuppies
The initial language of this article was French. A biography of a current French band. As a native french speaker I can tell it's French from France. Not all of the article is in French, just some of the words are mispronounced and some are completely French. Ericleb01 (talk) 21:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] September 2008
[edit] Maria Orsola Bussone
The language of this article was Italian, almost fully translated to English. Need corrections for spelling, grammar and style Giancarlo Rossi (talk) 17:10, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Italian page has gone - anyone know where? To proofread it I'm going to need the original... (Rachelbryan (talk) 19:3