Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Climate translation project

The climate translation project is a Wikipedia article translation project by the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development, a Wikimedia user group, and Climate Cardinals, a climate activist group. The project aims at translating climate-related Wikipedia articles.

How to participate as a translator

short introductory video for the Wikipedia Content Translation tool

Wikipedia Content Translation tool video tutorial

You can participate as a translator without any previous Wikipedia editing experience! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Create a Wikipedia account and enable the Content Translation extension

First, you need to create a Wikipedia account from a desktop computer by clicking on the button in the top right corner (choose any username you like) and then enabling the Content Translation extension. We also recommend enabling the email functionality.

2. Add your name to list of participants

Next, please add your username by clicking on 'Edit' above and adding your username to the "Interested Wikipedians and translators" list at the bottom of the page. Don't worry, you can't break anything – any edit on a wiki page can be undone.

3. Choose an article that is still missing in your language

Now, let's choose an article to translate into your language. Below is a list of articles in English that are 'ready' to be translated into your language. We will continue adding new articles to this list.

The list below shows in which languages these articles already exist. It's not meant to be a list of languages where they are needed, in fact they might be even more needed (and probably missing) in other languages.

№	Article	ar	az	be	bg	bn	ca	da	de	el	en	es	et	eu	fa	fi	fr	he	hi	hr	hu	hy	it	ja	ka	mk	ms	nl	no	or	pa	pl	pt	ro	ru	sq	sr	sv	tr	tt	uk	zh	Σ	Wikidata	st.
1	An Inconvenient Truth	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	29	Q204670	33	+
2	climate change	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	41	Q7942	20	+
3	climate change feedback	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	11	Q952151	3	+
4	climate change in Africa	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	9	Q5133466	6	+
5	climate change in Middle East and North Africa	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	Q85752885	3
6	climate of India	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	13	Q2091594	6	+
7	climate sensitivity	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	22	Q521783	4	+
8	deforestation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	37	Q169940	14	+
9	food waste	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	30	Q18919	5	+
10	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	36	Q171183	17	+
11	marine habitat	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	8	Q6764288	6	+
12	retreat of glaciers since 1850	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	18	Q903816	4	+
13	sea level rise	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	31	Q841083	12	+
14	seaweed farming	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	Q7442281	5	+
15	Shared Socioeconomic Pathways	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	7	Q84021487	2
16	smallholding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	5	Q15975450	6
17	Sustainable Development Goal 11	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	11	Q53581228	7	+
18	Sustainable Development Goal 17	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	10	Q53581254	6	+
19	Sustainable Development Goal 5	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	14	Q53581210	7	+
20	Sustainable Development Goal 6	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	13	Q48741129	8	+
21	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	35	Q208645	14	+
Σ	→ Autolist → gallery → timeline	20	6	3	5	7	12	12	13	7	21	18	7	11	12	9	19	9	6	7	9	4	11	9	6	13	12	11	10	1	5	8	15	9	9	3	7	10	12	1	9	15	393	avg: 19\10\46%	188

Attention:

The task is to only translate the introduction (the part above the table of contents)!
Before you start, make sure that the article doesn't already exist in your language!

4. Translate away!

As Wikipedians say: 'Be Bold'! You can't break anything. Full documentation of the Content Translation feature is available here.

5. Let us know once you're done

Once you're done, let us know by adding the name of the article and your language here:

Réchauffement climatique en Afrique (Climate change in Africa in French) by J. N. Squire
Yanayi na Indiya (Climate of India in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Canjin Yanayi (Climate change in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Gandun daji (Deforestation in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Kungiyar gwamnatoci a kan Canjin Yanayi (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Hankalin Yanayi (Climate sensitivity in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Changement climatique au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa in French) by Eco Circle International
Ra'ayin canjin yanayi (Climate change feedback in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Komawar kankara tun daga 1850 (Retreat of glaciers since 1850 in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Gaskiya mai Rashin Dacewa (Fim) (An Inconvenient Truth in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Tashin matakin teku (Sea level rise in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Canjin yanayi a Afirka (Climate change in Africa in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Canjin yanayi a Gabas ta Tsakiya da Arewacin Afirka (Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa in Hausa) by DaSupremo
Klimatförändringar i Afrika (Climate change in Africa in Swedish) by Ainali
add a link to your completed translation, your username and your language here

Need help?

Any questions? Want someone to walk you through your first steps? Experienced Wikipedia volunteers are here to help! You can contact us in the following ways:

via email: send an email to Lukas (must be logged in and must have confirmed their email address for their account)
on the Talk page for this project by clicking here: Talk:Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Climate translation project
in the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development channel on Telegram
over Twitter by contacting WikiSusDev

How to participate as a Wikipedian

Participate as a Wikipedian!

As a Wikipedian, you can participate in the following ways:

translate (see above)
review translations listed in the 'let us know once you're done' section above

help offer Wikipedia training to translators by adding your contact details to the 'need help' section above

approach small Wikipedia communities and invite them to participate as well

improve the lead sections (the introduction) of any of the following articles and add them to the 'choose an article that is still missing in your language' section above so that the lead section is a (1) readable (for an international audience), (2) up-to-date, (3) well-referenced, and (4) complete (from an international perspective) summary of the article.

Lead needs improvement

Biodiversity loss – review lead section
Effects of global warming – lead section is okay, but maybe not suitable as a standalone text for translation
Climate change mitigation – good candidate for translation, lead section probably needs a bit of cleanup before translation
Tipping points in the climate system – lead section is jargonny, could be improved before translation
Climate change denial – lead section is a little out of date, but good candidate for translation
Carbon budget – slight cleanup of lead section needed before translation
Smog – effects on (human) life need expansion in lead section before translation
ocean acidification – effects on (aquatic) life need expansion in lead section before translation
atmospheric methane – lead section feeds a bit of updating and work for plain language before translation
desertification – lead expansion is missing
radiative forcing – lead section is too short, not independent enough for translation
Earth's energy budget – lead section needs clarification, but good candidate for translation
Carbon sequestration – good candidate for translation, lead section probably needs a quality check before translation
School strike for climate – good candidate for translation, lead section is a bit short, doesn't fully explain topic as a standalone text
Climate justice – lead section needs expansion before translation
Sustainable development – lead section needs a good rewrite before translation
Water scarcity – strong article, but is a good candidate for a lead section rewrite with a focus on climate change before translation
Peak oil – lead section may be out of date, and needs cleanup before translation
Emissions trading – lead section expansion needed before translation
Biochar – short lead section, needs expansion before translation
Solar energy – lead section is out of date
Greenhouse gas emissions accounting – lead section is a little wonky
Oceanic carbon cycle -- lead needs to be improved
Carbon cycle - lead needs to be expanded to be comprehensive

Interested Wikipedians and translators

--Gnom (talk) 20:16, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
--Ptinphusmia (talk) 22:22, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
--IronC36 (talk) 17:29, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
--Jhobbs7853 (talk) 13:04, 17 June 2020 (EST)
Sadads (talk) 19:09, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
♥Ainali ^talk_{contributions} 20:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
--Roxyuru (talk)
--StenS (talk), 20:51, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
-- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 18:52, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Eco Circle International
-- daSupremo (talk) 19:36, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Joy Agyepong (talk) 22 October 2020 (UTC)
--Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
for arabic and french --Nehaoua (talk) 17:11, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Rolandog (talk) 12:20, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
#𝕾𝖆𝖋𝖚𝖆𝖓^{(𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖐)} 06:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
--Ahi-nama (talk) 15:49, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]