User:Maniyyah/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Legal translation
 * I chose to evaluate this article because it is related to the topics that was discussed in class. Also I wanted the challenge of coming up with ideas on ways to improve this preliminary article.

Lead evaluation
The lead is concise and includes a definition of ‘legal translation’ which is what the topic of the article is. It does not include a brief description of the article’s major sections, because there are no major sections. It does introduce ‘intransparency’ in translation but does not define it, it just simply mentions it. It also mentions how intransparency in translation can be avoided by using Latin legal terminology but the article never mentions any Latin legal terminology.

Content evaluation
The article’s content is relevant to the topic, but the content is very concise. It seems as if it is a summary of an article, rather than an actual article itself since it only briefly mentions and explains things that are relevant to legal translation. The article needs to expand more on the topics that were introduced and also include examples of the topics in action. For example, in the paragraph that mentions how ‘different approaches to translation should not be confused with different approaches to translation theory’, they can provide some examples to show exactly what the difference between the two is. It also is not that up-to-date because although there is one source from 2018, it does not seem like it was utilized that much.

Tone and balance evaluation
In my opinion, the article is neutral. It just presents the information in an informative manner, and does not try to persuade the reader in any way.

Sources and references evaluation
There is a citation missing, but all other facts/definitions have a source to back them up, but most of the sources are from other Wikipedia articles. Also some of the links in the ‘Relevant Literature’ section do not work or are missing. The latest citation is from 2018, but it is unclear if it was even used at all. All other citations are from 2013 or earlier, which makes it out of date. Overall, the sources are very unclear due to the lack of preciseness with the citations.

Organization evaluation
The article is clear and has no grammatical or spelling errors. However, it is not broken up into sections that reflect the major points of the topic which makes it harder to understand.

Images and media evaluation
This article does not include images or media.

Talk page evaluation
The talk page mentions how this article is the first to pop up when ‘legal translation’ is searched in the Google search engine, so the citations need to be more precise. It also mentions how some of the citations has been blacklisted either globally or locally. It is within the scope of the WikiProject Translation Studios and the WikiProject Law. The article has been rated as Start-Class on the Wikiproject’s quality scale, and has not been rated on the project’s importance scale.

Overall evaluation
Overall, this article has a solid foundation, but it has much room for improvement. The first thing that should be done is finding accurate sources for the facts already provided, and citing them clearly and precisely. The next thing that should be done is expanding on the topics already mentioned, finding examples (which might result in more citations), and organizing them into sections to make it easier to read. Lastly, there should be some images or media to help the reader understand the content better.

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