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Welcome, Example user, and thank you for planning your translation. That said, it is serious business, and there are several things you should be aware of before you start:

  • at English Wikipedia, English Wikipedia rules apply. It is possible that an article that is suitable at Klingon Wikipedia might fail to meet the criteria required for an article here.
  • likewise, by saving content at English Wikipedia, you are subject to en-wiki rules of neutrality and WP:Verifiability. In particular, all content must be verifiable (backed up by) reliable, independent, secondary sources. Even if the article topic is WP:Notable, if portions of the content are unverifiable in sources, they will be tagged or removed. The burden is on you to see that everything is verifiable, regardless what is allowed at pl-wiki.
  • English Wikipedia explicitly permits sources in other languages, *however*, only if sources in English of equivalent quality do not exist. For topics poorly covered or not at all by English sources, Klingon (or other language) sources are fine. However, if good English sources exist, you must use those in preference.
  • Whatever citations you include, by hitting the publish button, you are responsible that the content is verifiable. If the original content was never verifiable, the responsibility for publishing it here is yours, not the original authors.
  • You must be sufficiently bilingual in English and Klingon to create the translation yourself, *and* to be able to read, understand, and verify that the sources back up the content.
  • If you use generative AI to write any part of the content, those portions may be removed, or the article deleted. You could also get blocked from editing, although you would probably just get a warning the first time. Your English does not have to be perfect; you can make errors of spelling, grammar, or style, as long as your meaning is clear to other editors who can improve the English later through copyediting.
  • Your translation edit(s) *must* be accompanied by a translation attribution statement. This is a non-negotiable Wikipedia policy with legal implications based on the WP:Terms of use common to all Wikimedia projects, and may never be ignored.
  • If there is already an English article on the topic, you should not just throw it out and replace it with your translation, unless the current English version egregiously violates Wikipedia policies. Even then, WP:TNT is radical surgery, and a decent respect for the work of dozens of other editors that came before you suggests that you should start a discussion at the Talk page before you start, seeking input from other editors about whether it would be acceptable to blow up the article and start over from zero with your translation or not. Most likely, you should try to merge your translated content into existing content. That is not always an easy task, especially if the existing article is mature, or long.

Assistance is available here at the Teahouse, the WP:Help desk, at WT:Translation, and perhaps at WP:WikiProject Klingon for certain content questions or issues. You may also contact me at my Talk page. Good luck with your translation!

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