Commons:Requests for translation

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Requests for translation

Wikimedia Commons is a multilingual project. Our ongoing efforts to make this project internationalised provides our readers from all over the world with more convenience. We are able to provide descriptions and pages in any of the hundreds of foreign languages. The purpose of this page is so that users and editors can request or fulfill requests for translation, as well as proofreading that will benefit the Commons project.

Translating entire descriptions 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 a description!

Note: If you are here because you want a graphic to be translated, the best place to do so is the Graphic Lab. You may request the graphic's translation here, and then take it to the Graphic Lab so that a wikigraphist can apply a translated image.

Make a request

To make a new request, go here and create a new section such as ==English to Spanish== followed by your request.


There are many important Commons pages, category descriptions and file descriptions in need of translation not listed here. A file appearing here does not mean it is in higher priority for translation than other files. Any local category will have plenty of files needing either a description in the local language or in English.

Do not add files here just because a translation would be nice, but only where you need the translation or the translation would be especially helpful (for instance, a Japan-related file needing a description in Japanese). There are millions of files in need of translations.

Use title format ==={{language|de}} to {{language|en}}===, list these alphabetically.
Please add new requests to the bottom for each language.
When a translation has been made, the request should be archived at Template:Completed translations and deleted from this page.

Arabic to English edit

File:مائة جنيه فلسطيني.TIF - When you do English, request Hebrew for this image
File:خارطة فلسطين.png (placenames on map etc)
File:An Al Qaida recruit dreams about Osama bin Laden.jpg (Contents of the actual letter) WhisperToMe (talk) 13:44, 13 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Czech to English edit

Chinese to English edit

File:Banning of POJ.gif - the text in the image only - transcribe the text in Chinese, then translate it into English
All pictures in Category:Republic of China Army Special Force Team

Chinese to Wu edit

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Danish to English edit

Dutch to English edit

Dutch to Indonesian edit

French to English edit

Please help translate the subtitles from this video of the Mill workshop of Sèvres manufacture from french to english : TimedText:Manufacture_nationale_de_Sèvres_Atelier_du_Moulin_2013.webm.fr.srt

German to Arabic edit

German to English edit

German to Russian edit

French to English edit

Gujarati to English edit

Can anyone find out what this text is about, title and author? --Robot Monk (talk) 16:31, 20 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hebrew to English edit

Hungarian to English edit

Italian to English edit

Japanese to English edit

Korean to English edit

latin to English edit

Norwegian to English edit

Polish to English edit

Polish to English and Russian edit

Portuguese to English edit

Russian to English and/or German and/or French and/or Polish edit

Spanish to English edit

Spanish to English edit

Please double check the following proposed addition to Commons:Licensing regarding Cuban copyright law. I'm neither an expert on law nor an expert translator.

According to [1]:

  • Chapter IX, Article 43: copyright extends for the life of the author plus 50 years, with specific exceptions. For collaborative works, copyright extends 50 years from the death of each author. The term of 50 years begins from the following January 1 after the author passes away.
  • Chapter IX, Article 45: in cases of unknown or anonymous authorship, copyright extends 50 years from the date of first publication. If the identity of the author becomes known, then rights extend for the author's life plus 50 years.
  • Chapter IX, Article 46: Copyright hold by Juristic people is illimited, heritable and falling back to the State in case of dissolution.
  • Chapter IX, Article 47: for photographic works (or analogous procedures) and applied arts, copyright extends for 25 years.
  • Chapter IX, Article 48: at its expiration, a work can be declared as owned by the State by the Council of Ministers

Thanks, Durova 05:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

I added articles 46 and 48. The translation is ok, but note that articles 43, 45 and 47 hold a note "Modified by executive order (Decreto Ley) #156/94" so the actual dates may differ from that law's. Mark anywhere that it applies from 1977 (it derogates previous laws from 1979-1880 but they might hold for works previous to 1977). Platonides 15:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

And a second one for Panamanian copyright law:

According to[2]:

  • Title I SAW: Duration and Limits, Chapter 1, Duration, Article 42: copyright extends 50 years from the death of the author. For collaborative works, copyright duration extends 50 years from the death of the last coauthor.
  • Title I SAW: Duration and Limits, Chapter 1, Duration, Article 43: for anonymous or pseudonymous works, copyright lasts 50 years from the date of its publication unless the author reveals his or her identity before that period lapses. If the author reveals his or her identity during this time then article 42 applies.

Durova 20:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

It would be handy if the Spanish law was put on Spanish Wikisource and a translation was started on English Wikisource. John Vandenberg 02:10, 18 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

English to Abkhazian edit

English to Achinese edit

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English to Afrikaans edit

English to Amharic edit

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English to Arabic edit

Wikimania 2008:

Other

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English to Algerian Arabic edit

English to Aramaic edit

English to Assamese edit

English to Azerbaijani edit

English to Baluchi edit

English to Balinese edit

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English to Banjar edit

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English to Bashkir edit

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English or French to Bambara edit

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English to Bangla edit

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English to Bosnian edit

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English to Bulgarian edit

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English to Catalan edit

English to Chinese edit

English to Literary Chinese edit

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English or Chinese to Cantonese edit

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English to Minnan edit

English to Czech edit

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English to Danish edit

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English to Dutch edit

English to Dzongkha edit

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English to Emiliano-Romagnolo edit

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English to Estonian edit

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English to Persian edit

English to Dari (prs) edit

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:42, 16 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

✓ Done by Americophile. ;) --Z 10:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

WhisperToMe (talk) 17:55, 19 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

✓ All done. --Z 10:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much! WhisperToMe (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
File:Meena founder of RAWA speaking in 1982.jpg
File:RAWA protest rally against Taliban in Peshawar April28-1998.jpg
File:Taliban-herat-2001 ArM.jpg
File:Afghan Schoolchildren in Kabul.jpg
File:Husn Banu Ghazanfar.jpg
File:Afghan lady in Kabul.jpg
The text in حامد کرزی (Hamid Harzai)

WhisperToMe (talk) 23:48, 14 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

English to Fon edit

English to Finnish edit

WhisperToMe (talk) 17:29, 28 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

So… where does the Finnish text need to be entered? ~ Nelg (talk) 16:20, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
This is the code in English: {{Annotated image | float=right | caption=Analysis of political positions by [[Duquesne University]] economics professor Antony Davies<ref name="Analysis of political positions by Davies">{{Cite paper| last = Davies| first = Antony| title = Who favors more freedom, liberals or conservatives? | LearnLiberty| location = Fairfax, VA, US| accessdate = 2012-06-23| date = 2011-07-15| url = http://www.learnliberty.org/content/who-favors-more-freedom-liberals-or-conservatives}}</ref>| image=2d political spectrum.svg | annotations = {{Annotation|25|25|'''[[Economic freedom]]'''}}{{Annotation|95|120|[[Conservatism]]}}{{Annotation|205|90|[[Libertarianism]]}}{{Annotation|105|200|[[Progressivism_in_the_United_States|Progressivism]]}}{{Annotation|55|230|[[Authoritarianism]]}}{{Annotation|165|150|[[Modern liberalism in the United States|Modern Liberalism]]}}{{Annotation|170|270|'''[[Civil liberties|Personal freedom]]'''}}}}--Abel (talk) 22:43, 14 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
I tried to adapt the links as best as they represent the links on the Finnish Nolan chart, but we actually don't have anything resembling Progressivism as strongly as in USA, the nearest equivalent is probably just Leftism here. There actually is a similar map that's already in use on the Nolan chart-article, File:European-political-spectrum.png, which probably reflects the Finnish political environment better. I translated the links nevertheless:
{{Annotated image | float=right | caption=Talousprofessori Antony Daviesin poliittisten kantojen analyysi, Duquesnen yliopisto<ref name="Analysis of political positions by Davies">{{Cite paper| last = Davies| first = Antony| title = Who favors more freedom, liberals or conservatives? | LearnLiberty| location = Fairfax, VA, US| accessdate = 2012-06-23| date = 2011-07-15| url = http://www.learnliberty.org/content/who-favors-more-freedom-liberals-or-conservatives}}</ref>| image=2d political spectrum.svg | annotations = {{Annotation|25|25|'''[[Taloudellinen vapaus]]'''}}{{Annotation|95|120|[[Konservatismi]]}}{{Annotation|205|90|[[Libertarismi]]}}{{Annotation|105|200|[[Vasemmisto]]}}{{Annotation|55|230|[[Autoritarismi]]}}{{Annotation|165|150|[[Uusliberalismi]]}}{{Annotation|170|270|'''[[Henkilökohtainen vapaus]]'''}}}} ~ Nelg (talk) 09:37, 15 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
Many thanks! The lack of Progressivism in the Finnish political environment highlights another advantage to the text overlay method, you can change the numbers in the code to get the translated version to better fit the situation for each political environment if needed. I can help with that if you tell me what should be moved up or down, left or right. The positioning took me a couple of practice drafts to get right. --Abel (talk) 20:01, 18 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
OK hmm. I'm afraid I have no idea where the different shades should go into, since almost none of the parties are extreme. The parties do have their ideology written in their articles. w:List of political parties in Finland has all the 8 parliamentary parties in English. I could probably add a column for their ideology, but the table is already pretty crowded and I don't know how people will like that. Or I could just list them here:
National Coalition PartyCentre-right, Liberal conservatism
Christian Democrats of FinlandCentrist, Christian democracy, Social conservatism (also appear to be Soft eurosceptics, which I don't know how it fits into the chart)
True FinnsNationalist, Social conservatism (Matter of debate. You have to look at the article. They have gotten criticism as being extereme rightist, though.)
Centre PartyCentrist, Social liberalism
Swedish People's PartyCentre-right, Liberalism (although advocating the use of Swedish language due to a historical minority, so they are more conservatist than seem)
Social DemocratsCentre-left, Social democracy
Left AllianceLeftist, Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism
Green LeagueCentre-left, Green liberalism, Green politics.
I hope this is ok, I don't wish to just push the job over to you. ~ Nelg (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

English to French edit

Many older passports use French instead of English, so passport categories need to have descriptions in French

English to Fula edit

English to German edit

English to Georgian edit

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English to Greek edit

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English to mey (Hassaniya Arabic) edit

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English to Haitian Creole edit

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English to Hebrew edit

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English to Hindi edit

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English to Croatian edit

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English to Hungarian edit

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English to Armenian edit

English to Rundi edit

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English to Indonesian edit

English to Irish edit

English to Italian edit

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English to Inuktitut edit

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English to Japanese edit

This category and all images need translation into Japanese: Category:Shinkansen maps WhisperToMe (talk) 00:35, 19 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
This category and all images, sub categories, and their images need Japanese: Category:One Piece WhisperToMe (talk) 12:19, 14 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
This category and all images, sub categories, and their images need Japanese: Category:Naruto WhisperToMe (talk) 13:55, 18 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
File:Naruto gradi.png needs a Japanese description AND a Japanese version needs to be made. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:25, 20 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

English to Javanese edit

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English to Jola-Fonyi edit

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English to Kabyle edit

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English to Kazakh edit

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English to Kabuverdianu (Cape Verdean Creole) edit

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English to Khmer edit

English to Northern Kurdish edit

English to Kannada edit

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English to Goan Konkani edit

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English to Korean edit

English to Kyrgyz edit

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English to Central Kurdish edit

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English to Ladino edit

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English to Latin edit

English to Latvian edit

English to Lingala edit

English to Lao edit

English to Lithuanian edit

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English to Luo edit

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English to Māori edit

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English to Manchu edit

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English to mnk edit

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English to Marathi edit

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English to Maltese edit

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English to Malay edit

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English to Malayalam edit

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English to Manipuri edit

 

  Awangba Mangang (talk) 18:02, 3 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Awangba Mangang: There is no such file, so what should we translate? De728631 (talk) 20:32, 3 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

English to Mongolian edit

Traditional Mongolian, but Cyrillic is also welcome too

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English to Mossi edit

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English to Manchu edit

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English to mww (Hmong Dawb) edit

Put requests in Hmong Dawb/Hmong Daw/White Hmong here.

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English to North Ndebele edit

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English to Nepali edit

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English to Norwegian edit

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English to Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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English to Odia edit

English to Ossetic edit

In all of these, make sure Russian is also included!

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English to Ottoman Turkish edit

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English to Polish edit

  • Category:Passports of Poland
  • A phrase in User:Raboe001/licence
    • "This license and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by you of the terms of this license. In this case the author reserves to demand declaration to cease and desist, and compensation (according to the MFM fee references currently in force).

Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder."

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English to Pashto edit

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English to Pennsylvania German edit

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English to Portuguese edit

English to Riffian edit

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English to Romansh edit

English to Romanian edit

English to Russian edit

English to Kinyarwanda edit

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English to Scots edit

English to Sindhi edit

English to Serbo-Croatian (hbs) edit

English to Serbian edit

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English to Serer edit

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English to Shona edit

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English to Sinhala edit

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English to Sikkimese (sip) edit

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English to Slovak edit

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English to Slovenian edit

English to Somali edit

English to Spanish edit

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English to Swedish edit

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English to Swahili edit

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English to tagalog edit

English to Tamil edit

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English to Telugu edit

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English or Portuguese to Tetum edit

Make sure all of the Portuguese course images have English translations of the text present in the images themselves!

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English to Thai edit

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English to Tajik edit

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✓ Done --Z 10:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much! WhisperToMe (talk) 23:52, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

English to Turkish edit

Hi! The images in the following category need Turkish descriptions:

Also the rest of the text at the page of Category:Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 also needs Turkish Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 00:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

English to Turkmen edit

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English to Uyghur edit

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English to Ukrainian edit

English to Urdu edit

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English to Uzbek edit

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English to Vietnamese edit

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English to Welsh edit

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English to Wolof edit

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English to Xhosa edit

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English to Yiddish edit

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English to Zhuang edit

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English to Zulu edit

File:DurbanSign1989.jpg -- WhisperToMe (talk) 22:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Reply


English or German or French to as many languages as possible edit

Please also adopt the syntax of {{OTRS received/en}} on the existing translations.

Thank you. -- RE rillke questions? 20:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Further info and discussion is at Template_talk:OTRS_received#i18n. --Saibo (Δ) 22:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

English or German or Chinese to as many languages as possible edit

Thanks. -- RE rillke questions? 19:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ukrainian to English edit

Thank you! - tucoxn\talk 16:40, 8 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

English to as many languages as possible edit



Completed Translations edit

  Done by Americophile. ;) --Z 10:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

undated edit