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Is it okay to translate existing english articles into other languages or do you have to produce “original articles”?

April 26, 2017Articles English existing Languages translate

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Is it okay to translate existing english articles into other languages or do you have to produce “original articles”?

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If an article in the English Wikipedia is all OK according to the GFDL, then it’s also all OK to directly translate it into another language on that language’s Wikipedia. The GFDL specifically allows this. Translation of texts from other webpages than Wikipedia, though, is usually not allowed.