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The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Translation studies

Description[edit]

This WP will focus on articles related to Translation studies; which has become established as an interdiscipline on its own right. Alternate names are Translatology or Traductology.

There are quite sufficient number of articles in Category:Translation studies or its subcategories, none of which are GA or Featured Level. As the Category:Translation stubs and its subcategories show, there are hundreds of Stubs and Start level articles. This WP will focus especially on such articles to lift them to at least B level and promoting some of them to even GA and Featured level. --Fadesga (talk) 00:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.
Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
One of the reasons is that these groups have many more articles which are of more importance to them, hence the articles proposed to be added to WikiProject Translation studies stay ignored. Secondly, creating such a WikiProject will help to focus on specific articles and improve them in faster manner with focused collaborated efforts.

Support[edit]

Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.

  1. --Fadesga (talk) 00:17, 1 February 2016 (UTC) - I will gladly join this project, as I am a professional translator with over 12 years full-time experience and also a lecturer in translation.[reply]
  2. Peter238 (talk) 01:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC) - Won't join, but fully support the idea.[reply]
  3. Wugapodes (talk) 02:35, 1 February 2016 (UTC) I wouldn't join, but it does seem to fill a gap in coverage so I support[reply]
  4. LaFolleCycliste (talk) 08:23, 1 February 2016 (UTC) This proposal seems to me, on very brief examination, to be valid and coherent. I will do what I can to help.[reply]
  5. Suzusan (talk) 11:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC) The proposal is valid and it fills a gap in coverage. I will be happy to actively contribute.[reply]
  6. Bristol Irish (talk) 11:58, 1 February 2016 (UTC) I enthusiastically support this project. I am a lecturer in Translation Studies and feel that this project would fill a gap in coverage. I'll be happy to contribute.[reply]
  7. Docent Jan Pedersen: I'm in!
  8. Emmegicampo (talk) 16:17, 2 February 2016 (UTC) - I support this project and I would be happy to help. I am a master student in comparative literature and I am interested in comparative studies of literary translations.[reply]
  9. CPH15 (talk) 17:10, 1 February 2016 (UTC) I'll be very happy to participate.[reply]
  10. Dorregocarmona (talk) 17:25, 2 February 2016 (UTC) I'm happy to support this project, which definitely fills a current gap in coverage. I'll be happy to join.[reply]
  11. Egma.plus (talk) 20:35, 10 February 2016 (UTC) I'll be very happy to join this project.[reply]

Discussion[edit]

  • I do not know anything about translation but I support it at Translation Task Force. I also am interested in translating English to Simple English and setting standards for this at Simple English Wikipedia. I personally do not know anything about translation as a practice or art and do not know anyone on Wikipedia in this field. It is an interesting idea and if I find anyone, I will send them here. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:01, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Forgive my ignorance, but beyond the pages and categories listed, what other topics will be covered? I understand that translation studies is a distinct discipline, but I'm not familiar with it and so I would really like some more examples of the more in-depth areas that will be covered that couldn't be covered by existing projects. Wugapodes (talk) 02:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just to give you an idea: translation, translation criticism, machine translation, computer-assisted translation, language localisation, translation associations, translation awards, etc. And there are yet other areas to consider, such as the history of translation, translation quality assessment, etc. And, last but not least, biographies of hundreds (maybe thousands) of relevant translators. Hope this helps. --Fadesga (talk) 02:15, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Where there is text, there is translation. Texts can be about anything, but translation is about translating texts. Doing this well requires both knowledge particular to the domain in which the text is situated, and knowledge about translation itself. Translation studies aims to prepare and inform translators about the latter aspect, and is therefore an (the?) interdisciplinary field of study par excellence.--LaFolleCycliste 08:45, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks to everybody for the support and welcome opinions. The WikiProject Translation studies has been created. Please feel free to take part! Regards, --Fadesga (talk) 20:32, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Very good news! Bristol Irish (talk) 09:29, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.
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