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r/translator is the community for Reddit translation requests.
Need something translated? Post here!
We will help you translate any language, including Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic, and many others. If you speak more than one language - especially rare ones - and want to put your multilingual skills to use, come join us!
Welcome to r/translator!
We're the Reddit community for translations.
Do you need something translated?
Post here and the polyglots of Reddit will do their best to translate it for you.
Do you want to practice translating, or need reviews for a translation you made?
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Frequently-Requested Translations
Guidelines for Requests
- Include the target language in your title.
Example: [Japanese > English] - If you don't know the source language, include:
Example: [Unknown > English] - Write a good description of your request.
- Be nice. Thank your translator when your request is fulfilled!
- These types of posts are not allowed:
- Requests for homework help (without providing your own work as well). [rule #R1]
- Unreasonably long or non-volunteer (paid job offer) requests. [#R2]
- Spam/advertising for services. [#R3]
- Posts that do not request a translation. [#R4]
- Information that is unethically sourced. [#R5]
Guidelines for Translators
We are a global and multilingual community, so please abide by the following guidelines.
- Don't post joke, fake, or machine translations.
You're welcome to also request a review of your own work if you're unsure, and please report any malicious translations.
If you're interested in occasionally helping out in the oversight of r/translator join us on Discord at: https://discord.gg/wabv5NYzdV
You can also get verified here, or see statistics for our community here.
Get Language Notifications!
You can be notified by our subreddit's bot when there's a request for your language. Just send a message with the languages (e.g. fr, thai) to the bot at the link above!
Post State Commands
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| !translated | marks a request as translated. |
| !doublecheck | requests other translators to review your translation. |
| !claim | lets other translators know you are working on a translation for the request. |
| !missing | marks a request that is missing assets. |
Language/Reference Commands
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| !identify:XX | identifies a wrongly categorized request as a specific language.* |
| !page:XX | pages translators for a specific language.* |
| !search:[term] | searches the subreddit for previous translations of the term. |
| !restore | see previous text for a post. |
*Note: Use the language's name or ISO 639-1/3 code in place of XX.
`文` / `翻訳` / `出口成章`/ `Sprache`
Type grave accents around characters and words to look up their readings and meanings.
Text Formatting
Furigana Annotation Syntax
To create furigana/ruby text in your posts, use the following syntax:
[漢字](#fg "かんじ")
will display as 漢字.
The quotation marks are not optional.
Right-to-left Text Syntax
To format a paragraph of right-to-left text, write:
###### RTL
and skip a line (for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc.)
Untranslated Posts & Language Subs
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- Hebrew
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- Hindi
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- Italian
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- Japanese
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- Korean
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- Latin
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- Polish
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- Portuguese
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- Russian
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- Spanish
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- Thai
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- Vietnamese
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- Statistics
- Community/Meta
Related Subreddits
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Japanese > English
08:30 UTC
Japanese > English
08:24 UTC
Chinese>English
Hi everyone. I have an old painted wall hanging that was made in the 70s. It has a form of Chinese writing down one side of it and I wondered if anyone could make it out and translate it for me? Thanks.
08:09 UTC
[English>Japanese] asking permission
I'm a video editor and I'm always having a hard time asking permission from Japanese artists to use their arts in my video. I'm afraid they won't understand me if I just use google translate to say this. If anyone could help, it would be awesome! 🙏🙏
07:44 UTC
[Mandarin? > English] Apologies if any of what’s said is explicit, unsure what the woman is saying
07:15 UTC
[Japanese > English] Help with this translation from an old playing card I believe.
06:34 UTC
Unknown > English - Handwriting
Thanks in advance.
05:36 UTC
Chinese > English (please transcribe too if possible) [on back of photograph]
05:17 UTC
Korean > English
My friend gave me this fan as a gift! I have no idea what is says thought please help!
04:44 UTC
English > Spanish
Need a translation of this excerpt from Étienne de la Boétie, Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (1576) “Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces.”
Étienne de La Boétie
04:37 UTC
[Japanese > English ] been using this Japanese brand knife for years and just realized I have no clue what this kanji(?) says
04:16 UTC
Mexican Spanish > English
Si no fueran nacos y estúpidos, ¿qué les gustaría ser?
03:26 UTC
[Japanese > English] Manga panel help, NOT full page.
Tagged as NSFW because I'm 99% sure it's seemingly suggestive and also abuse-y. Full page for context, highlighted part is what I need help with. I have a translation but I feel like mine is way too wild to be correct and need a second opinion
03:16 UTC
[Unknown > English] Can anyone translate this for me? Thank you in advance!
Re-upload; Any and all help is appreciated (And thank you to those provided assistance on the last post!)
02:43 UTC
[Japanese -> English]
Hey everyone 👋
Could you help me translate and “decode” the meaning of this hanko?
A friend of mine, who’s an interpreter specializing in Japanese, brought it back for me as a souvenir from Japan — but she refused to tell me what it means! 🙈😂
Now I’m super curious, so if you could shed some light on it, I’d really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance! 🙂
13:30 UTC
[unknown>english] What does this meme say?
Found this in the brazilian name soundalikes subreddit of all places, and i'm very curious
01:37 UTC
Unknown > English, does this mean anything?
01:17 UTC
[Japanese > English] A zen calligraphy scroll I bought form an auction.
00:54 UTC
Korean? -> English
i was gifted a rectangular stone with a vat of ink. this is engraved on the top of the stone, so i’m hoping someone can tell me what it means. also im not sure which way is up or down on it so if anyone could tell me what the correct direction is too that’d be great!
00:47 UTC
Unknown > English
Anybody able to translate this please?
00:21 UTC
[Japanese > English] Kanji double-check (antique silver): Is it 明治年製 and 正一寿逑并刀? Thanks!
00:06 UTC
[Chinese>English] Stamps on paintings
Can someone help me with these, please? I found them under a phrase on a painting, birds on branches if that helps. Thanks!
23:42 UTC
[Unknown > English] Is this any language that anyone know of? Or is it just rubbish?
23:23 UTC
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