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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}}.

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).

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.

Pages for consideration

See also: Category:Wikipedia articles needing translation

October 29

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)
  • Slow progress, but it's happening. nneonneo ^talk 03:58, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
    • Indeed it is. Let me just see how I can help. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:38, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

November 8

بهرام آباد (رودبار شهرستان قزوین )

The language of this article is unknown probably Arabic. Jll (talk) 20:20, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

• Farsi. I think it's a geo article about a place in northern Qazvin province. Passes Google copyvio check. Should be forwarded to the list of Farsi translators. --Cbdorsett (talk) 09:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Now at fa:Transwiki:بهرام_آباد_(رودبار_شهرستان_قزوین_), see how it fares there.  Andreas  ^(T) 22:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• The placename seems to be Bahrāmābād. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
• It's been moved to the mainspace at fa:Wikipedia and has been tagged for cleanup. I think the article should now be prodded for translation, rather than tagged for speedy delete. --Cbdorsett (talk) 05:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
• Prodded. Time's up. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 00:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

November 15

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)

November 22

Wind Andrey

The language of this article is Russian. Only parts are russian, article may not even be notable../zro (⠠⠵) 04:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

November 23

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)

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)

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)

Tai Chao-chuen incident

The language of this article is largely in Chinese. --MoRsE (talk) 18:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

November 24

Amalia Yubi

The language of this article is Spanish. HalfShadow 02:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

• Notable, but the article needs a major cleanup, prefereably before translation. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

November 25

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)

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)

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)

José David Name Cardoso

The language of this article is Spanish. Consequentially (talk) 21:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

• I think it's a stub about (notable) Venezuelan politician.Synchronism (talk) 22:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

November 26

Delayed growth syndrome

The language of this article is Spanish. Camillus 00:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm a tad perplexed. "Delayed growth syndrome" doesn't exist. The only thing close is Prader-Willi syndrome, except that it is a deletion of chromosome 15, but in all other ways seems to be identical to the condition described in this article. (EhJJ)^TALK 00:51, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't seem to have anything useful, so I have prodded it. (EhJJ)^TALK 17:36, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

November 28

Üds

The language of this article is Turkish. First bit is translated. I'm unsure of the language of the rest of the article. (EhJJ)^TALK 23:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

An article with the same title was deleted four times from the Turkish WP, see tr:Üds.  Andreas  ^(T) 23:00, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

The deletions on tr-wiki were for copyright violation. The Turkish text pasted here is copied from [1], the website of a commercial provider of preparatory courses for this test. The editor who pasted it here seems to be the owner of that company. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

• Clear copyvio. I tagged it. It's also spam. Translation won't fix either of these problems. --Cbdorsett (talk) 06:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

November 29

The Wandering Magic Circus

The language of this article is Korean. track listing Skier Dude (talk) 07:15, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

December 1

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.

June 2008

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)

Hausa is an African language, this article is about an Indian astronomer though. Sanskrit could be it, since that was "Latin" of ancient India, the language of lore. De728631 (talk) 04:54, 29 July 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)

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)

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)

July 2008

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)

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)

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)

August 2008

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)

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)

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)
  • The article has been subsequently modified and partially translated, so A2 no longer applies. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 23:44, 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

September 2008

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) 19:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC))

Ida Mari

The language of this article is Italian. Giancarlo Rossi (talk) 20:43, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

• Fully translated but needs language cleanup. Should be moved to the bottom of this page now. Cbdorsett (talk) 07:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Piero Angela

The initial language of this article was italian. This article is the result of machine translation from italian. Itemirus^{Talk Page} 13:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

House of Roquefeuil-Versols

The language of this article is French. De728631 (talk) 13:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

• I deleted all of the French because it comes from the French Wikipedia. The remaining English needs copyedit, so this article should now be moved to the bottom half of this page. I removed the translate tag but did not put a new one there (I don't know what the latest tags are for this). --Cbdorsett (talk) 14:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I've done some copyediting. There is more detail in the French WP text that could be brought over. French WP has a list of sources of which one is what we might class as a reliable secondary source: Dictionnaire de biographie héraultaise – Pierre Clerc – Ed.Presses du Languedoc 2006. Still much more to be done to make this a useful part of a series on French medieval aristocracy. I tagged it for a history expert. Itsmejudith (talk) 10:42, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

List of Indonesian Ambassadors

The initial language of this article was Indonesian. I translated all the country names but here are some minor text phrases left. De728631 (talk) 18:26, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Beleza Pura

The language of this article is Portuguese. While this includes many English words, it lacks sense. AndrewHowse (talk) 22:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Machine translation of an article about a Brazilian soap opera. De728631 (talk) 22:34, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I think there's some Brazilian soap addict dumping machine translations on this topic. Anyway, I'll just stubbify this in a few days unless someone else fixes this ugly word puzzle first. Húsönd 03:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Moved to cleanup. Translated (machine?), but a few words remain untouched. This entry may be removed if the article is stubified as suggested above. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 01:18, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Ruşchiţa

The language of this article is Romanian. Unknown notability, but would appear to be a geographical article CultureDrone (talk) 07:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

• The uploader has translated the first paragraph and removed the second. I think it's a work in progress. For the time being, this article can be moved to the bottom half of this page. The article is about a variety of marble, and it looks notable to me. --Cbdorsett (talk) 12:39, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Radiocarbon 14 dating of the Turin Shroud

Needs cleanup and also references, original language was Italian. OttoMäkelä (talk) 11:12, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

October 2008

Jean-Pierre Wallez

Subject is a conductor, seems notable enough, has article in French WP. Poor translation from French, possibly by machine. Itsmejudith (talk) 21:48, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

San Juan Cacahuatepec

The initial language of this article was Spanish. This appears to be a rough translation of sections from http://www.cacahuatepec.gob.mx and needs reviewing. That may mean its copyright status is doubtful as well. Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 09:39, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Inga Jankauskaitė

The initial language of this article was Lithuanian. Subject is a singer/actress. Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Angelo Cesselon

The initial language of this article was italian. Subject is a film-poster painter. --Giancarlo Rossi (talk) 23:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Mystery (yoga album)

The initial language of this article was Chinese. names of songs in album list Risker (talk) 04:19, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

• I made a machine tranlation using http://translate.google.com . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:40, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

November 2008

Battle of Shayuan

The language of this article is Chinese. HalfShadow 01:46, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Appears notable, but should be translated from the source: zh:沙苑之役. nneonneo ^talk 20:41, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Now translated, but needs serious help. nneonneo ^talk 16:30, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Karim Wade

The language of this article is French. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I have provided a first cut at translation, and transcribed the original text to the talk page. As the article refers to some local Senegal issues and landmarks, a review from a knowledgeable editor would be appreciated. The article is also a highly POV autobiography, and should probably be deleted, but I felt translation would assist that assessment. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Miranda de Ebro

This article was translated from a Featured Article on the Spanish Wikipedia. I started cleaning up the language, but more work needs to be done. --Cbdorsett (talk) 22:25, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Léon Gard

The initial language of this article was French. Page appears to have been auto-translated. Almost unreadable. Camillus 23:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

La Floresta (Uruguay)

The initial language of this article was Spanish. Colonies Chris (talk) 13:14, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Found at http://es.wikipedia.org/en/La_Floresta_(Uruguay).