This page is for explaining the process, policies, and details involved with the translation of articlesinother Wikipedia languages into English. Here are some links to help you find other translation topics:
View this page in other languages, like:Chinese,German,Russian, orSpanish (and50 more at Wikidata) and read their instructions on how to translate into the local site language from English (or other languages).
Many articles in English Wikipedia have been added or expanded by translating information from articles from other languages' Wikipedias. This page discusses the methods, considerations, and templates for translating those articles or requesting such.
Note that this page is not for requesting translations of copyrighted sources outside Wikipedia. It is also not for articles currentlyin English Wikipedia that are not in English. For that, please seeWikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.
Notability, sources and style
In all cases, articles added to this Wikipedia must meet the relevantnotability criteria and other guidelines applicable to articles on the English-language Wikipedia.
Each Wikipedia has its own standards, and the acceptance of an article's topic (or of any part of its content) in one language is no guarantee that it will be accepted in another.
If there is an article on another language's Wikipedia about a topic not yet covered by an article here, and you would like to translate it yourself, see the procedures and conditions atHelp:Translation. You may also improve an existing article here with content translated from another Wikipedia. The same conditions regarding acknowledging the source apply as for a full translation.
Requesting atranslation from another language's Wikipedia into English is easy.
If the English article already exists (but a translation would be useful because the article in the other language is of higher quality, or includes additional information):
create a starter article (at least astub) in English, using the process described atYour first article;
once you have created the article, tag it with a translation template, as mentioned above.
or
add a page request red link in theRequested articles Project section with the proposed title of the article which will contain the translation adding an interwiki link to the other language's Wikipedia page(s). Note that fewer people will likely see a request created using this method.
Category:Articles needing translation from foreign-language Wikipedias contains all articles that have been tagged to suggest that they be expanded with content from another language's Wikipedia translated into English. Browse the appropriate language category to find an article you are interested in.
Tools likethis one can locate articles that may need translation by finding articles in other languages with no interwiki link to English, but interwiki links to several other languages.
License requirements
A translation is a derivative work. Wikipedia articles are under acopyleft license that requires attribution to the original source and authors in all derivative works. How to provide attribution is described inHelp:Translation § Licensing.
Images
When an article makes use of images fromWikimedia Commons that have text that needs to be translated, such as for diagrams or figures, the request for translation can be made atCommons:Requests for translation, following which the image can be listed at theWikipedia:Graphics Lab for inserting the translated text.
Wikipedia welcomes the involvement of students in article editing. Article translation is particularly well-suited to student involvement. Such efforts provide useful, real-world translation experience for students, who will be motivated by the fact that their work will be seen by thousands of Wikipedia readers. They also benefit Wikipedia readers, who gain access to information about other cultures and peoples.
TheWiki Education Foundation ("Wiki Education"), a spinoff ofWikimedia foundation, acts as an intermediary between higher education and Wikipedia, and facilitates thousands of classroom projects in the U.S. and Canada. For assistance in setting up your classroom project for translating Wikipedia articles into English, please seeWiki Edu: Teach with Wikipedia. For general information about Wiki Education, seeWiki Education Foundation.
Userboxes
{{User Translator}} indicates your willingness to participate in this project through translation, copy editing, or other ways.
{{User Translator 2}} works in the same way in the other direction (from English to another language).
Translation to other languages
Translation of an English Wikipedia article into some other language is covered atWikipedia:Translate us.
For translations between two non-English languages, see the versions of this page in one or other of those languages – each Wikipedia has its own standards and conventions for such translations.
For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see theCommunity portal. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see theDashboard.
