User:SiriPie13

I’m a student at the University of Freiburg. This is for a translation class.

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Translations

Zwergkrug translation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Zwergkrug (published -> Australian pitcher plant)

Jacob Schmitt translation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Jacob_Schmitt (published -> Jacob Schmitt)
(German article: Jacob Schmitt (Komponist))

Schuppenblatt translation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Schuppenblatt (published -> Scale leaf)
(German article: Schuppenblatt)

Telemarklandung traslation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Telemarklandung (published -> Telemark landing)
(German article: Telemarklandung)

Haferllandung traslation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Haferllandung (published -> Haferl landing)
(German article: Haferllandung)

Haferllandung traslation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiriPie13/Metcalfahonig
(German article: Metcalfahonig)

Translation Diary

	Task	Problems
Week 1	created an account learned the basics started the translation of Jonathan Garfinkel	--
Week 2	translation of Jonathan Garfinkel: added the in-text links created page for Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant translation	Täter -> offender or perpetrator disengagement or leave
Week 3-4	translation of Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant	biological/botanical terms e.g. petiole (Blattstiel); egg-shaped or ovoid (eiförmig)
Week 5	added/edited references, in-text links, images in the Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant translation so they are visible researched correct use of taxobox (difference German - English) translation of Jacob Schmitt	the creation and translation of the taxobox how to "translate" Personendaten of Jacob Schmitt
Week 6	proofread translation of Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant published Zwergkrug -> Australian pitcher plant connected English to German article of Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant finished research of taxobox use + edited English taxobox	taxobox structure differences e.g. where to put the
Week 7	corrected some incorrect in-text links in the published Zwergkrug/Australian pitcher plant article created a translation diary researched problem with Normdaten/Authority control (Jacob Schmitt article) fixed some issues with references (Jacob Schmitt article)	formatting of Normdaten in English (Authority control) what does Spalten stand for and how to translate that into English
Week 8	proofread Jacob Schmitt edited references (Jacob Schmitt article) translation of Scale leaf	changed link to Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) because it did not work correctly
Week 9	finished proofreading Jacob Schmitt published Jacob Schmitt -> Jacob Schmitt researched cataphyll = scale leaf ? started translation of Telemark landing	wikipedia page for scale leaf redirects to Cataphyll
Week 10	proofread & published Scale leaf translation Telemark landing	difficulty to translate the positions & movements of body parts in the landing process
Winter break
Week 11	translation of Telemark landing translation of Haferl landing added links from other Wikipedia pages to Jacob Schmitt & Scale leaf	difficulty to translate the positions & movements of body parts during and after the landing process
Week 12	translation of Telemark landing translation of Haferl landing	difficulty to translate the positions & movements of body parts during and after the landing process
Week 13	proofread & published Haferl landing proofread & published Telemark landing	"not enough sources" box (Telemark landing) -> other user suggested adding more sources
Week 14	proofread Haferl landing proofread Telemark landing	grammar, sentence structure
Week 15	finished Telemark landing started Metcalfahonig	--

General Problems:

• orientation because of the differences in the German vs English Wikipedia
• insertion of correctly working links from German article to the English translation
• how to link Wikipedia articles vs other external sources

Helpful articles & explanations

Useful templates to put up on the article or talk page while translating an article:

Information about taxoboxes and how to use them: Template:Speciesbox
Information about Authority control (German: Normdaten): Wikipedia:Authority control
Information about how to format references: Template:Citation (German: Vorlage:Literatur)
Information about Personendaten and Wikipedia:Persondata