User:Mathglot/sandbox/Templates/Template:X2 review help
Hello Mathglot/sandbox/Templates,
Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from other languages to English Wikipedia?
This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:
There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.
If you can help out, that would be great.
All you have to do, is compare the English article to the article in the original language, and assess them "Pass" or "Fail" (the {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} templates may be useful here). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then assessing it, that's even better, but it isn't required.) Also please note that we are assessing accuracy not completeness, so if the English article is much shorter that is okay, as long as whatever has been translated so far is factually accurate.
If you can help, please {{ping}} me here to let me know. You can add your pass/fails above, right next to each link, or you may indicate your results below. Thanks!
Purpose
[edit]When to use:
This template is intended to be used as an invitation to users to contribute to the X2 translation evaluation project by identifying the quality of articles on English Wikipedia that were translated from another language using the Content translation tool. Such translations, especially when used by editors without sufficient dual language skills, may introduce articles with errors of fact due to the poor quality of machine translation. Articles which are the result of a rough manual or a machine translation, and which subsequently underwent significant cleanup so that the level of English is now similar to other, never-translated articles, may obscure the fact that factual errors introduced by the translation are still there. The only way to determine the quality of a translated article, is for a person with dual language skills to evaluate it. Such speakers may be found by checking WikiProjects, the list of Translators available by language, and Categories of language speakers, such as Wikipedians by language or Available translators in Wikipedia.
Usage
[edit]{{subst:X2 review help |language-name |link=no |article1=Title of article one |article2= |article3= |article4= |article5= }} ~~~~
Optional article list
[edit]If any of article1 – article5 are provided, then a bullet listed set of wikilinked articles is presented:
If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:
Optional link
[edit]If link=yes, then the following line is added near the end:
Parameters
[edit]- 1: (optional) name of language
- article1: (optional) Title of article one. If present, a list of sample articles is generated
- article[2-5]: (optional) Title of article 2, ... 5, for the list of sample articles.
- link (optional) Values: yes or no (default=no).
- If link = 'yes', then the optional link to WP:CXT/PTR containing the full article list will be added to the invitation.
Examples
[edit]{{X2 review help|Arabic}}{{X2 review help|Russian|article1=Novy Mir|article2=Leo Tolstoy|link=yes}}{{X2 review help|Hindi or Gujarati|article1=Kamlah Fort|article2=Ahmedabad|article3=Amitabh Bachchan}}
This template should always be substituted.
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:Translation
- Wikipedia:Translators available
- Category:Wikipedians by language
- Category:Available translators in Wikipedia
Templates:
- {{Pass}}: ✓ Pass
- {{Fail}}: ✗ Fail
- {{Cleanup translation}}
- {{Rough translation}}
- {{Proofreader needed}}
- {{Translation WIP}}