User:OberMegaTrans/glossary

Using Wikipedia Tips
When the translation of a particular place /artwork / person, etc, is unknown, try finding the Wikipedia article and click on the English equivalent. This is often a better resource than simple, i.e. word-to-word, online dictionaries. And you can link your term to the article on English Wikipedia.
 * Checking the name of proper nouns

Use the template translated pages to mark your article/draft as a translation
 * Marking published articles/drafts as translations

Tips for finding articles to translate

 * Summaries of TV series
 * Summaries of series don't seem to be a thing in the English Wiki; there's a section about the premise instead.

Helpful link for translations of existing Wikipedia articles (suggested by asilverling): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Translation
 * Marking published articles/drafts as translations

Numbers

 * decimals
 * English decimal numbers are separated by a point rather than a comma (e.g. 0,56 mm in German compared to 0.56 mm in English).


 * billion
 * German Billionen translates to English trillion; English billion translates to German Milliarden, see also Long and short scales

Notes about translating nouns

 * Translating Frau into Ms., Mrs. or, perhaps, Miss
 * Be aware of which form you choose


 * Names of laws / legislation
 * Names of laws like Ladenschlussgesetz are best left alone and not translated. Instead, quickly explain the purpose or effect of the law, for example using prentheses in a relative clause

"Ladenschlussgesetz (shop closing law) OR"

"Ladenschlussgesetz, the law that dictates during what hours shops are allowed to open each day. OR" "Ladenschlussgesetz (shop closing law), the law that dictates during what hours shops are allowed to open each day."


 * Das Pflichtexemplarrecht
 * German Pflichtexemplarrecht translates to English the legal deposit. We can also write a brief explanation. However, the German definition matches the definition in the English article, so we can just leave the link.


 * Bestand der Bibliothek
 * Library collection is better than library stock or holdings''

Special and Common Translating Questions
Translating names that are play-on words (example: Herr Taschenbier)

Translating rhymes

Should we link to things that are "common knowledge"/"well known"? Ex: DVD