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If text is copied over from another Wiki then appropriate attribution must be placed in the edit history of the article (see the guide line Copying within Wikipedia §Translating from other language Wikimedia projects) This help page does not currently cover how to translate from English Wikipedia to a foreign language.
Because this is the English Wikipedia, for the convenience of our readers, English-language sources should be used in preference to foreign-language sources, provided they are otherwise of equal suitability, so that readers can easily verify that the source material has been used correctly.
Help:Translation, a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a Wikipedia foreign language article into English. Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English {{Expand language}}, parent template {{Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental translation attribution {{Proofreader needed}}, may be added ...
Language code (translation) lang2: ISO 639 language code or IETF language tag for the second column of text. Example it: Unknown: optional: Italics (translation) italicsoff2: If set to any value, the second column's italics are turned off. This is useful for original texts in non-Latin scripts, for which italics may be neither useful nor ...
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): simply place a translation template from the category Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates on the English article page.
To check whether an English Wikipedia page you are viewing has an existing page in another language, look to see whether the desired language is linked under the "Languages" section of the page's left-hand sidebar [Now at the top of the page across from the title]. Note that though the lack of a language link normally means no article exists ...
The content translation tool assists users in translating existing Wikipedia articles from one language to another. Users select an article in any language, then select another language, and the interface provides machine translation which the human user can then use as inspiration to make readable text in another language.
Help:Translation, a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a Wikipedia foreign language article into English. Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English {{Expand language}}, parent template {{Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental translation attribution {{Proofreader needed}}, may be added ...