There are currently large backlogs of German-to-English and French-to-English translation requests. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Ireland Information Guide is a multilingual project; as such, we may have articles on one subject available in many languages. The various languages each appear in semi-separate wikis, linked by interlanguage links.

Articles on the same subject in separate languages are independently editable and edited; they are not required to be translations of one another or to strictly maintain a correspondence in form, style, content, or attitude (so long as they all accord with the NPOV policy), though it is hoped that polyglots who work in multiple languages will help spread new information around between the articles in different languages. This page exists in support of that work.

Translating entire articles into another language can be helpful when getting started, but there are some caveats:

• Translation is hard. Amateur translators tend to produce prose that is unnatural, and perhaps incorrect when it comes to specialized terminology.
• Machine translation is much much worse. Never use machine translation to create an article!

This page exists as a place to request and to coordinate translations of articles from foreign-language Ireland Information Guides into English. Creation of a similar page in any foreign-language Ireland Information Guide is encouraged, but this page is not intended as a place to request translations in the opposite direction (i.e. from English to another language). That would belong on a meta-page of the appropriate Ireland Information Guide.

See Ireland Information Guide:Pages needing translation into English for pages on the English Ireland Information Guide that will shortly be deleted unless translated.

This page has three major sections: #Requested Translations, #Completed Translations and #Translators Available. There are also #Instructions on how to deal with pages needing translation.

This project was started on February 10, 2004.

Instructions

To request an article please add a level-3 heading and indicate:

• Article: link to foreign-language article in the form [[:xx:Title]]. Remember the initial colon before the language code. Without it the link will point to the equivalent of this translation page in the specified language.
• Corresponding English-language article: <article name> (or None); should be filled in if article already exists or if someone does a partial translation.
• Worth doing because: Typically one or more of
  • No corresponding English article
  • Material to incorporate into English-language article
  • Seems to contradict English-language article
  • Specialized local knowledge
• Originally Requested by: <user> <date> (use ~~~~)
• Status: (originally) "Unclaimed".
  To take responsibility for the work, indicate "In progress <user> <date>".
  If you're finished with what you can handle, but there is more to do: "Partially translated by <user> <date>".
  One step past thate might be "Translated, but review requested by <user> <date>".
  If it's finished, mark it "Complete <user> <date>" and move it (as described below).
• Other notes: Anything else you want to add.

Follow the last line with an HTML <br /> to keep the new (as of June 2004) software happy: it no longer preserves the presence of a blank link as meaning separate bullet lists.

When you complete work on an article, it would be polite to inform the original requester on his/her talk page, move this request to the talk page of the relevant article, and add an entry to #Completed Translations.

After about 30 days, even that can be moved to Ireland Information Guide:Translation archive

Requested Translations

Catalan-to-English

Nothing at this time.

Czech-to-English

• Article: cs:Velké Svatoňovice
• Corresponding English-language article: Velke Svatonovice.
• Worth doing because: Extensive historical information missing from English-language article.
• Originally Requested by: Jmabel 07:32, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Unclaimed
• Other notes: This was originally placed in the English-language Ireland Information Guide; an extensive history section was written in Czech. No one dealt with translating it in the mandated 2 weeks, so I've moved it to the Czech Ireland Information Guide and am requesting that someone translate. One possible matter of concern: it wouldn't astound me if the Czech-language content is a copyvio, might want to research that before translating. -- Jmabel 07:32, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)

Chinese-to-English

• Article: zh-tw:西藏獨立運動
• Corresponding English-language article: International Tibet Independence Movement.
• Worth doing because: Long article in Chinese; English-language article is a stub
• Originally Requested by: Jmabel on behalf of User:Eequor
• Status: Unclaimed
• Other notes: User:Eequor tagged the English-language page as "needing translation", but did not note it here.

• Article: zh:熵 (生态学)
• Corresponding English-language article: Entropy (ecology).
• Worth doing because: a supplementary to existing explanation to Entropy.
• Originally Requested by: Tomchiukc 2 June 2004
• Status: Done. Felix Wan 23:23, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: I do not quite follow the derivation. Someone with expertise in that area please help to make corrections. Felix Wan 23:23, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Danish-to-English

Nothing at this time.

Dutch-to-English

Nothing at this time.

Esperanto-to-English

• Article: eo:Interlingvao
• Corresponding English-language article: Interlingua
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: Itai 17:40, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Unclaimed
• Other notes: Esperanto articles appears to contain quite a lot of Esperanto-related information; this might call for the creation of a new article - Esperanto and Interlingua comparison, for instance - to accommodate this, rather than simply translate the lot into Interlingua.

French-to-English

French featured articles - many of these are very good and merit translation

• Article: fr:Jeu d'aventure
• Corresponding English-language article: Adventure game
• Worth doing because: More extensive than English-language article.
• Originally Requested by: FiP 15:49, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Unclaimed
• Other notes:

• Article: fr:Jean Moulin
• Corresponding English-language article: Jean Moulin
• Worth doing because: More extensive than English-language article.
• Originally Requested by: FiP 11:21, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Done by FiP :) needs reviewing though
• Other notes:

• Article: fr:Alphabet arabe
• Corresponding English-language article: Arabic alphabet; there also appears to be a page of unknown status Talk:Arabic alphabet/from the French Ireland Information Guide
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: User:217.158.203.216 9 Aug 2003
• Status: Unknown, appears partially done
• Other notes: Moved from Ireland Information Guide:Requests for translation

• Article: fr:Occitan
• Corresponding English-language article: Occitan language
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: Bogdangiusca 19:29, 7 Feb 2004
• Status: Suspicions. French version might not be impartial. Jackjeff 3 Apr 2004
• Other notes: Moved from Information Guide.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Ireland Information Guide:Requested_article_translations&redirect=no Ireland Information Guide:Requested article translations (http://en.Ireland).

• Article: fr:Tramway
• Corresponding English-language article: Tram
• Worth doing because: Includes a more detailed history.
• Originally Requested by: Bogdangiusca 19:29, 7 Feb 2004
• Status: Unknown
• Other notes: Moved from Information Guide.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Ireland Information Guide:Requested_article_translations&redirect=no Ireland Information Guide:Requested article translations (http://en.Ireland).

• Article: various
• Corresponding English-language article: French science fiction, Science fiction
• Worth doing because: Extensive, interesting, useful information
• Originally Requested by: Diderot 15:26, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Status: In progress
• Other notes: This is an on-going personal project for which I would appreciate any help I can get. The French articles on science fiction have content which is original, interesting and quite different from related English content. I am trying to bring that material over to the English Ireland Information Guide by adding content about Anglo-American and global science fiction to the relevant English pages, and by creating a set of new pages - a sort of micropedia - around French language science fiction in particular, with the article French science fiction acting as a hub. Also, this content should be referenced back to the French Ireland Information Guide and where it reveals gaps on the French side, stubs and translations ought to go up on the French side.
  
  If this sounds interesting to you and you can translate, just go over to French science fiction or to the French Ireland Information Guide and dive in, or if you can't translate, copy-edit and peer review translated articles.
  
  Diderot 15:26, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

• Article: fr:Méthode Trachtenberg
• Corresponding English-language article: Trachtenberg system
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: 80.160.122.64 00:43, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status: completed by --Frenchgeek 05:12, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: One of the external links is to a website that advertises a product. Should I delete that link?

• Article: fr:Techniques de calcul mental
• Corresponding English-language article: Mental calculation
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: 80.160.122.64 00:43, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes:

• Article: fr:Absinthe
• Corresponding English-language article: Artemisia absinthium
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: 80.160.122.64 00:43, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes: It seems like the French article is both about plant and the liquor but I think there is some useful material there.

German-to-English

German featured articles - many are great, while the English versions are either short or nonexistent

• Article: de:Paragraph 175 (Geschichte)
• Corresponding English-language article: Paragraph 175
• Worth doing because: Interesting topic; I'd like to know more, and the German article certainly looks more informative than the English one.
• Originally Requested by: grendel|khan 22:56, 2004 Aug 30 (UTC)
• Status: I'll do what I can on this over the next few days. -- Jmabel 06:01, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

• Article: de:MD2, de:Rabin-Kryptosystem (merge into our stubby Rabin cryptosystem), de:Cayley-Purser-Algorithmus
• Corresponding English-language article: MD2, Rabin cryptosystem, Cayley-Purser algorithm
• Originally Requested by: — Matt 18:12, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• Status:

• Zuse - author mentions german version, needs a wee cleanup too. Dunc_Harris|☺ 10:55, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

• Article: de:Buchdruck (and some of the linked-to pages!)
• Corresponding English-language article: printing
• Worth doing because: German version is much more complete than English, english one is quite poor, doesn't cover topic adequately
• Originally Requested by: Lady Tenar 00:21, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes: May be this should be done by someone who knows a bit about the topic, i'm not doing it myself because i can't translate most of the words specific to printing

• Article: de:Westwall
• Corresponding English-language article: Siegfried Line
• Worth doing because: English version is a stub, German looks comprehensive
• Originally Requested by: Ellsworth 23:13, 15 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes:

• Article: de:Friedrich II. (HRR)
• Corresponding English-language article: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: Itai 02:34, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Unclaimed
• Other notes: Not urgent, as English article is pretty comprehensive.

• Article: de:John Sedgwick
• Corresponding English-language article: John Sedgwick
• Worth doing because: German article contains much more info than its English counterpart, a tiny stub.
• Originally Requested by: Livajo 19:04, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes: I just found out the German version is a literal translation taken from [1] (http://www.civilwarhome.com/sedgwickbio.htm), therefore it is less a translation but copyright issue... Olaf Fritz 18:02, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  I've added a note about that to de:Ireland Information Guide:Artikel mit noch ungeklärten Urheberrechten. -- Jmabel 21:19, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
  See User_talk:Olaf_Fritz for comparison - At least it is partially quoted from Stewart Sifakis, "Who Was Who In The Civil War", 1988. Olaf Fritz 21:30, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

• Article: de:Schießbefehl
• Corresponding English-language article: None
• Worth doing because: Material to incorporate into English-language article
• Originally Requested by: Itai 22:28, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Done. See Schiessbefehl. Someone check my style and grammar, please. - Olaf Fritz 21:39, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  I've done some further cleanup. I think it's mostly good, but there was one very ambiguous sentence. Could someone please see Talk:Schiessbefehl and see if they can clarify? Thanks. -- Jmabel 23:06, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Japanese-to-English

• Article: ja:さいたま市#地名の由来 (just this segment)
• Corresponding English-language article: Saitama, Saitama#Toponym
• Worth doing because: Saitama seems to be one of the few large cities whose name doesn't have Kanji. The origin of this name is hard to find on English webpages.
• Originally requested by: --Menchi 10:29, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
• Status: I have translated it, hopefully this is helpful! CES 06:14, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: Adding a paragraph on those proper nouns (place and personal names) that do not (cannot) have Kanji in Kanji would be informative too.

Romanian-to-English

• Article: ro:Constantin Brâncuşi
• Corresponding English-language article: Constantin Brancusi
• Worth doing because:
  • Material to incorporate into English-language article
  • Specialized local knowledge
• Originally Requested by: Jmabel 01:49, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Not started -- Jmabel 01:42, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: The most prominent 20th-century Romanian artist. Romanian-language article is much more extensive than English. Also has more images.
  
  

• Article: ro:Ion Creangă
• Corresponding English-language article: Ion Creangă
• Worth doing because:
  • Specialized local knowledge
  • No corresponding English-language article
• Originally Requested by: Jmabel 01:42, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
• Status: Not started -- Jmabel 01:42, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: One of Romania's most prominent authors, still a household word there more than a century after his death. Deserves an article, for sure.
  
  

• Article: ro:Mihai Eminescu
• Corresponding English-language article: Mihai Eminescu
• Worth doing because:
  • Material to incorporate into English-language article
  • Specialized local knowledge
• Originally Requested by: Jmabel 07:44, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
• Status: I did a little, but (1) some of it is beyond me and (2) I've got too much else to work on. -- Jmabel 01:42, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
• Other notes: I originally translated this a while back. However, there have been recent massive additions to the Romanian-language article. I'm not sure it's all worth translating, but it's certainly worth someone taking a good look. -- Jmabel 07:44, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Spanish-to-English

None currently

Completed Translations

Remember that a "completed" translation can always be improved by people who do not speak the language it was translated from — if you enjoy copyediting, browse these articles and tidy up any unnatural-sounding language which might have slipped in.

For earlier translations, see Ireland Information Guide:Translation archive.

• de:Esskultur im Römischen Reich ==> Roman eating and drinking 6 July 2004
• de:Katharina von Bora ==> Katharina von Bora 7 July 2004
• de:Mau Mau ==> Mau Mau (game) 9 July 2004
• fr:Poche de Chambois ==> Chambois pocket 15 July 2004
• de:Lily Braun ==> Lily Braun Saintswithin 08:54, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• de:Dreifache_Konjunktion ==> Triple Conjunction (translated by an anonymous user; noted Jmabel 04:56, Aug 2, 2004 (UTC))
• nl:Slaaphaai ==> Sleeper shark Aug 5, 2004
• fr:Mur des Fédérés ==> Communards' Wall Aug, 5 2004
• fr:Méthode Trachtenberg ==> Trachtenberg system Aug 7, 2004
• fr:Mur des Fédérés ==> Communards' Wall mostly by Frenchgeek 21:26, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC); noted Jmabel 05:58, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
• nl:Sint-Salvatorkathedraal ==> Sint-Salvator Cathedral Cat 11:43, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• de:Chris Gueffroy ==> Chris Gueffroy by Jmabel and Cat 20:02, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• de:Buntaufbau ==> Color printing and others. Cat 10:55, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
• pt:Zumbi ==> Zumbi -- Jmabel 22:31, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
• ro:Brăila ==> Braila -- Jmabel 22:31, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

Translators Available

see also m:Translators, for translators on all WPs

Please enter your user name under each language you are able to translate, followed by a description of your proficiency level in the language in question and in English. The following are useful as descriptions; feel free to add other information you think would be informative; remember that what is relevant is your reading level in the foreign language and your writing level in English:

• Native
• Near-native
• Fluent
• Near-fluent
• Moderate
• Minimal

By placing yourself on this list you should expect to be contacted occasionally be people requesting help in translation. There is no obligation to perform any particular translation request, but if you would rather not be contacted at all then do not add your name. You can of course still take on any of the translations requested above without listing yourself here.

Catalan-to-English

• Chameleon - Native English, good Catalan. Professional translator.
• Jmabel - Moderate Catalan, native English
• Apoivre - Pretty decent Catalan, fluent English

Chinese-to-English

• Vina - Native Chinese (simplified or traditional), near native English
• alchow - Native Chinese (simplified), near-native Chinese (traditional), native English

Danish-to-English

• Fuelbottle - Fluent Danish, fluent English

Dutch-to-English

• Carlo.Ierna - near native Dutch, fluent English
• Viajero - Fluent Dutch, native English
• Keeton - Native Dutch, fluent English (Certified Cambridge English for non English speakers)
• Cisca - Native Dutch, good English
• Diderot - moderate Dutch, native English
• MacGyverMagic - Native Dutch, fluent English (specialism: magic, chemistry (and general science) and television)
• Jfdwolff - Native Dutch, near-native English (specialism: medicine)
• Bibble - near-fluent Dutch, native English (specialism: physics & general science)

Esperanto-to-English

• Vik Reykja - Moderate Esperanto, Native English
• Prosfilaes - Minimal Esperanto, Native English

Estonian-to-English

• Rhymeless - Minimal Estonian, Native English

Finnish-to-English

• Jussi-Ville Heiskanen - Native Finnish (technically, in practice my written Finnish is slightly more awkward than my English), Near-native English (have translated professionnally)
• HamYoyo - Near fluent Finnish, native English

French-to-English

• Chameleon - Native English, fluent French. Professional translator.
• kachooney - Fluent French, native English
• Jmabel - Moderate French, native English
• Bogdangiusca - Moderate French, fluent English
• Alex S - Minimal French, native English
• fabiform - Near-fluent French, native English
• Adam Bishop - near-fluent French, native English
• pycoucou - Native French, near fluent English
• Vik Reykja - Fluent French, Native English
• Nathan - Fluent French, Native English
• apoivre - Fluent French, fluent English
• Jackjeff - native French, near fluent English (TOEIC score: 920)
• Diderot - fluent Joual, native Canadjan, and my French and English are okay too. Have translated professionally.
• JulieADriver - Moderate French, native English
• ShadowDragon - moderate to near-fluent French, native English
• 10101001011 - Fluent French, native English
• FiP - native French, near fluent English
• Frenchgeek - moderate to near-fluent French, native English
• Prsephone1674 - fluent French, native English

German-to-English

• Adam Bishop - moderate German, native English
• Arno Waschk - native German, fluent English
• Breez - native Swiss (language: German), moderate English
• Carlo.Ierna - near native German, fluent English
• ChristianGlaeser 09:29, 9 May 2004 (UTC) - Native German, moderate English
• Cisca - good German, good English
• Diderot - moderate German, native English
• DrZ - native German, near-fluent English
• HamYoyo - moderate German, native English
• Jmabel - Moderate German, native English
• Jwrosenzweig - Moderate German, native English
• Jxg 18:21, 2004 May 22 (UTC) - Moderate German, native English
• Lady Tenar - native German, Moderate English
• Marcika - Native German, near-native English
• Merritcat - native German, native English (British) (bi-lingual)
• Paullisa - Near-Fluent German, Native English
• Pteron - native proficiency in both English (British) and German
• Rhymeless - moderate German, native English
• till we *) - native German, moderate English, not that much time
• Timwi - near-native English, native German
• Yardcock - native German, fluent English
• Saintswithin - near-native German, native British English
• Gerry Lynch - native English, near-native German
• Tribute2jimmyk - native German, near-native English
• Olaf Fritz - native German, fluent English

Greek-to-English

• Gkastel 12:09, 22 Jun 2004 Native Greek, Near-native English
• Aris Katsaris 05:30, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC) Native Greek, Fluent English

Hebrew-to-English

• Danny 12:09, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC) Near-native Hebrew, native English, translated professionally.
• Jeru - Native Hebrew, Native English
• Marj - Adequate Hebrew, native English, professional editor of scientific articles for non-native English speakers
• Woggly - Native Hebrew, native English, professional translator

Hungarian-to-English

• Marcika - Native Hungarian, near-native English
• Alensha - Native Hungarian, fluent English, professional translator

Icelandic-to-English

• Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason - Native Icelander, Near-native English

Irish-to-English

• Zoney - near-native Irish, native English

Italian-to-English

• Chameleon - Native English, fluent Italian. Professional translator.
• Jmabel - Moderate Italian, native English
• Bogdangiusca - Near-fluent Italian, fluent English
• Carlo.Ierna - near native Italian, fluent English
• apoivre - moderate Italian, fluent English
• pavesina - native Italian, fluent English

Japanese-to-English

• Taku - native Japanese, acceptable English
• Paul Richter - native Japanese, native English
• Lockeownzj00 - 4 years Japanese experience, native English

Korean-to-English

• ugen64 - Moderate Korean, native English (technically native Korean, but I am less fluent in it now)
• Drunkasian - Fluent Korean, native English
• Iceager - Native Korean, native-level English

Norwegian-to-English

• Fuelbottle - Native Norwegian, fluent English

Polish-to-English

• Ausir - Native Polish, fluent English
• Kpjas - Native Polish, fluent English
• Silvermane - Native Polish, fluent English

Portuguese-to-English

• Chameleon - Native English, reasonable Portuguese. Professional translator.
• Jmabel - Moderate Portuguese, native English
• adamk - Near-fluent Portuguese, native English
• Paul Richter - moderate Portuguese, native English
• Muriel - native Portuguese and English (despite worldwide known problems with spelling)
• Pedro - native Portuguese (good in it and in technical/scientific Portuguese), near-fluent English (inc. technical/scientific English)

Romanian-to-English

• Jmabel - Moderate-plus Romanian, native English
• Bogdangiusca - Native Romanian, fluent English
• MihaiC - Native Romanian, moderate-plus English
• Lucasv1 - Native Romanian, fluent English

Russian-to-English

• apoivre - Native Russian, fluent English
• Architeuthis - Native Russian, fluent English, accredited by ATA
• HamYoyo - Moderate Russian, native English
• KNewman - Native Russian, fluent English
• Smack - Near-native Russian, native English
• Talmagwa - Native English, fluent Russian
• yakovsh - Native English, fluent Russian

• a05 - Native Russian, fluent English, near-fluent French

• User:Debora - Native Russian, fluent English

Spanish-to-English

• Chameleon - Native English, fluent Spanish. Professional translator.
• Fern - Native Spanish and English speaker. Lives in South America, but speaks English equally as well, being educaded in a bilingual environment.
• Jmabel - Near-fluent Spanish, native English
• Viajero - Near-fluent Spanish, native English
• adamk - Near-native Spanish (Latin American), native English
• Soren Harward - Fluent Spanish, native English
• apoivre - Fluent Spanish, fluent English
• Jackjeff - Acceptable Spanish, nearly fluent English (TOEIC score 920)
• Isomorphic - Rusty Spanish, native English. I'm not particularly skilled, but I occasionally do translations for practice so I figured I should list myself.
• Wguynes - Fluent Spanish (European), native English
• Academic Challenger Near-fluent Spanish, Native English.
• Pedro - Fluent Spanish, Near-Fluent English
• cbayly - Native Spanish, fluent English
• Paullisa - Fluent Spanish, Native English
• Rhymeless - near-fluent Spanish, native English
• Lockeownzj00 - near-fluent Spanish (technically native, but skill has worn down over years)
• Hauser - near-fluent Spanish, Native english

Swedish-to-English

• Fuelbottle - Fluent Swedish, fluent English
• Bishonen - Native Swedish, near-native English, good at sadistic nitpicking at other people's translations.

Turkish-to-English

• user:Gerry Lynch - Native English, acceptable Turkish
• user:Leandros - Native Turkish, near-fluent English