r/translator Mar 03 '25

Community [English > Any] Translation Challenge — 2025-03-02

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There will be a new translation challenge every other Sunday and everyone is encouraged to participate! These challenges are intended to give community members an opportunity to practice translating or review others' translations, and we keep them stickied throughout the week. You can view past threads by clicking on this "Community" link.

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This Week's Text:

For millennia prior to November 18, 1883, many people around the world measured time based on the placement of the Sun, with midday (or "high noon") determined by when the Sun was highest in the sky over that particular village or town. Mechanical clocks eventually started replacing sundials in the Middle Ages. Towns would set their clocks by gauging the position of the Sun, leading every city to operate on a slightly different time. This method lasted well into the 1800s, when there were at least 144 different time zones in North America.

Since many people didn't travel especially long distances from their homes throughout history (generally as far as a horse, camel or wagon could carry them on land) this rudimentary form of timekeeping didn't cause much of a problem – that is, until the advent of the railroad.

— From "How railroads inspired the creation of time zones" by Lynn Brown


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r/translator Mar 04 '25

Meta [META] r/translator Statistics — February 2025

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February 2025

Statistics for r/translator provided by Wenyuan

Here are the statistics for February 2025!

Overall Statistics

Category Post Count
Single-Language
Untranslated requests 1239
Requests missing assets 9
Requests in progress 0
Requests needing review 26
Translated requests 1158
Multiple-Language 7
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Total requests 2439
Overall percentage 49% translated
Represented languages 105
Meta/Community Posts 8

Language Families

Language Family Total Requests Percent of All Requests
Afro-Asiatic 182 7.46%
Algic 1 0.04%
Austro-Asiatic 13 0.53%
Austronesian 29 1.19%
Creole 1 0.04%
Dravidian 5 0.21%
Indo-European 554 22.71%
Iroquoian 1 0.04%
Japonic 874 35.83%
Kartvelian 3 0.12%
Language isolate 63 2.58%
Mongolic 4 0.16%
Niger-Congo 7 0.29%
Sino-Tibetan 472 19.35%
Tai-Kadai 17 0.7%
Turkic 11 0.45%
Uralic 15 0.62%
Uto-Aztecan 1 0.04%

Single-Language Requests

Language Language Family Total Requests Percent of All Requests Untranslated Requests Translation Percentage Ratio Identified from 'Unknown' RI Wikipedia Link
Albanian Indo-European 4 0.16% 1 75% 3∶1 0 5.56 WP
Amharic Afro-Asiatic 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 2 0.25 WP
Arabic Afro-Asiatic 148 6.07% 74 50% 9.43∶1 13 1.78 WP
Armenian Indo-European 5 0.21% 0 100% 5∶0 2 3.26 WP
Azerbaijani Turkic 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.35 WP
Balinese Austronesian 2 0.08% 0 100% 2∶0 0 1.63 WP
Bambara Niger-Congo 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.23 WP
Bengali Indo-European 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 0 0.02 WP
Bosnian Indo-European 2 0.08% 1 50% 0∶2 0 4.23 WP
Braj Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 2.06 WP
Bulgarian Indo-European 3 0.12% 2 33% 2∶1 0 1.19 WP
Burmese Sino-Tibetan 3 0.12% 2 33% 3∶0 0 0.22 WP
Cantonese Sino-Tibetan 5 0.21% 3 40% 5∶0 0 0.23 WP
Cebuano Austronesian 4 0.16% 3 25% 2∶1 0 0.81 WP
Chagatai Turkic 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 1 --- WP
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 1 0% 0∶1 0 15.08 WP
Cherokee Iroquoian 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 22.92 WP
Chinese Sino-Tibetan 446 18.29% 202 54% 28.47∶1 98 1.34 WP
Classical Chinese Sino-Tibetan 11 0.45% 5 54% 10∶1 3 --- WP
Classical Nahuatl Uto-Aztecan 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 --- WP
Cree Algic 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 60.54 WP
Croatian Indo-European 2 0.08% 2 0% 2∶0 0 0.99 WP
Czech Indo-European 3 0.12% 1 66% 3∶0 0 0.73 WP
Danish Indo-European 4 0.16% 3 25% 4∶0 0 2.32 WP
Dari Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.36 WP
Dutch Indo-European 6 0.25% 2 66% 6∶0 0 0.9 WP
Egyptian Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.05 WP
English Indo-European 5 0.21% 3 40% 5∶0 2 0.02 WP
Finnish Uralic 5 0.21% 4 20% 4∶1 1 2.96 WP
French Indo-European 51 2.09% 38 25% 6.67∶1 0 0.73 WP
Geez Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 --- WP
Georgian Kartvelian 3 0.12% 2 33% 3∶0 2 2.42 WP
German Indo-European 142 5.82% 64 54% 14.44∶1 2 3.6 WP
Greek Indo-European 12 0.49% 3 75% 5∶1 1 2.99 WP
Gujarati Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.07 WP
Gulf Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 1 0% 0∶1 0 1.37 WP
Hebrew Afro-Asiatic 24 0.98% 12 50% 4.75∶1 7 15.0 WP
Hiligaynon Austronesian 2 0.08% 2 0% 2∶0 0 1.11 WP
Hindi Indo-European 12 0.49% 10 16% 11∶1 2 0.1 WP
Hungarian Uralic 9 0.37% 5 44% 3.5∶1 0 2.36 WP
Icelandic Indo-European 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 0 20.45 WP
Iloko Austronesian 1 0.04% 1 0% 0∶1 0 0.49 WP
Indonesian Austronesian 9 0.37% 2 77% 8∶1 1 0.15 WP
Irish Indo-European 3 0.12% 1 66% 3∶0 0 8.24 WP
Italian Indo-European 33 1.35% 17 48% 9.67∶1 0 1.63 WP
Jamaican Patois Creole 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 1.06 WP
Japanese Japonic 874 35.83% 426 51% 7.42∶1 47 22.42 WP
Kadazan Dusun Austronesian 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 5.77 WP
Kannada Dravidian 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 0.07 WP
Karen Sino-Tibetan 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 1 0.46 WP
Khmer Austro-Asiatic 3 0.12% 2 33% 3∶0 0 0.55 WP
Korean Language isolate 63 2.58% 25 60% 19∶1 8 2.68 WP
Kurdish Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 1 0.44 WP
Latin Indo-European 16 0.66% 9 43% 2.2∶1 5 --- WP
Latvian Indo-European 3 0.12% 1 66% 3∶0 1 4.58 WP
Lithuanian Indo-European 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 1.05 WP
Malay Austronesian 2 0.08% 2 0% 1∶1 0 0.34 WP
Middle Dutch Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 1 --- WP
Min Nan Chinese Sino-Tibetan 2 0.08% 2 0% 2∶0 0 0.13 WP
Mongolian Mongolic 4 0.16% 4 0% 4∶0 0 4.88 WP
Newari Sino-Tibetan 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 2.55 WP
North Levantine Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 1 0% 0∶1 0 0.13 WP
Northern Sami Uralic 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 106.95 WP
Norwegian Indo-European 2 0.08% 2 0% 2∶0 0 1.24 WP
Old Church Slavonic Indo-European 5 0.21% 0 100% 3∶1 1 --- WP
Oromo Afro-Asiatic 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 0.09 WP
Ottoman Turkish Turkic 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 --- WP
Persian Indo-European 20 0.82% 16 20% 9∶1 2 1.24 WP
Polish Indo-European 11 0.45% 4 63% 10∶1 1 0.88 WP
Portuguese Indo-European 11 0.45% 6 45% 9∶1 1 0.16 WP
Punjabi Indo-European 3 0.12% 2 33% 3∶0 0 0.33 WP
Romanian Indo-European 7 0.29% 1 85% 6∶1 1 0.96 WP
Romany Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 2.14 WP
Russian Indo-European 63 2.58% 17 73% 20∶1 11 0.77 WP
Sanskrit Indo-European 14 0.57% 3 78% 14∶0 7 216.58 WP
Saraiki Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.16 WP
Scots Indo-European 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 2.01 WP
Serbian Indo-European 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 0.38 WP
Serbo-Croatian Indo-European 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 1 0.49 WP
Shona Niger-Congo 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 1 0.36 WP
Slovak Indo-European 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 1 0.94 WP
Slovene Indo-European 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 1.52 WP
Somali Afro-Asiatic 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 0 0.39 WP
Spanish Indo-European 67 2.75% 46 31% 2.47∶1 3 0.42 WP
Swahili Niger-Congo 2 0.08% 1 50% 2∶0 0 0.07 WP
Swedish Indo-European 8 0.33% 2 75% 8∶0 1 2.14 WP
Swiss German Indo-European 1 0.04% 0 100% 1∶0 0 0.56 WP
Tagalog Austronesian 8 0.33% 4 50% 2.5∶1 0 1.07 WP
Tamil Dravidian 4 0.16% 2 50% 3∶1 1 0.17 WP
Thai Tai-Kadai 17 0.7% 9 47% 7.5∶1 2 0.93 WP
Tibetan Sino-Tibetan 3 0.12% 1 66% 3∶0 2 2.1 WP
Turkish Turkic 8 0.33% 4 50% 1.67∶1 0 0.37 WP
Ukrainian Indo-European 10 0.41% 4 60% 4∶1 1 0.88 WP
Urdu Indo-European 5 0.21% 2 60% 5∶0 3 0.1 WP
Vietnamese Austro-Asiatic 10 0.41% 4 60% 9∶1 0 0.45 WP
Welsh Indo-European 3 0.12% 0 100% 3∶0 1 16.29 WP
Wolof Niger-Congo 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.61 WP
Yoruba Niger-Congo 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.09 WP
Zulu Niger-Congo 1 0.04% 1 0% 1∶0 0 0.12 WP
Translation Direction
  • To English: 2,162 (88.64%)
  • From English: 217 (8.9%)
  • Both Non-English: 53 (2.17%)
'Unknown' Identifications
Language Requests Identified Percentage of Total 'Unknown' Posts 'Unknown' Misidentification Percentage
Chinese 98 38.43% 21.97%
Japanese 47 18.43% 5.38%
Arabic 13 5.1% 8.78%
Russian 11 4.31% 17.46%
Nonlanguage 11 4.31% 45.83%
Korean 8 3.14% 12.7%
Sanskrit 7 2.75% 50.0%
Hebrew 7 2.75% 29.17%
Latin 5 1.96% 31.25%
Spanish 3 1.18% 4.48%
Classical Chinese 3 1.18% 27.27%
Urdu 3 1.18% 60.0%
Commonly Misidentified Language Pairs
Language Pair Requests Identified
Submitted as Japanese, actually Chinese 26
Submitted as Chinese, actually Japanese 10
Submitted as Chinese, actually Nonlanguage 6
Submitted as Japanese, actually Nonlanguage 6
Submitted as Chinese, actually Multiple Languages 4
Submitted as Japanese, actually Classical Chinese 4
Quickest Processed Posts

Other Single-Language Requests/Posts

Category Total Requests
Generic 8
Nonlanguage 24
Unknown 145
Conlang 2
Unknown Requests with Identified Scripts
Script (Unknown) Total Requests
Braille 1
Devanagari 2
Han Characters 20
Syriac 1

Multiple-Language/App Requests

  • For any language: 6
  • For apps in any language: 1
  • The count for defined 'Multiple' requests are integrated into the table above.

Technical Information

Commands Statistics
Command Times Used
!claim 10
!doublecheck 54
!identify: 489
!missing 14
!page: 39
!search: 9
!translated 895
`lookup` 136
Notifications Statistics
  • Unique entries in notifications database: 426 languages
  • Total subscriptions in notifications database: 3,785 subscriptions
  • Average notification subscriptions per entry: 8.88 subscribers
  • Total notifications sent during this period: 36,064 messages
  • Average notifications sent per day during this period: 1,288.00 messages
Filter Statistics
  • Total posts with bad titles filtered during this period: 221
  • Average posts filtered per day during this period: 8.19
Posts without Comments Statistics
  • Total active posts with no comments during this period: 105
  • Total deleted posts with no comments during this period: 126

r/translator 1h ago

Unknown [ unknown > English] i found this in a antique market

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Can you please share with me some info about this painting?


r/translator 3h ago

Japanese [Japanese > English] Calligraphy purchased with no documentation

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Any information would be greatly appreciated, and if someone could help me identify the artist (second pic) that would be amazing! Thanks in advance!


r/translator 11h ago

Translated [JA] [Japenese -> English] can someone please translate ?

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r/translator 4m ago

Japanese Japanese to English

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Saw this in an antique market, what's goin on here?


r/translator 6h ago

Mirandese (Identified) [Unknown>English] What is this guy saying and what language is he speaking?

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r/translator 25m ago

Japanese (Identified) [unknown to english] a friend got this tattooed when drunk and we have no idea what it says

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she says she found it online and thought it was pretty lol


r/translator 32m ago

Arabic Arabic to English

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Can anyone translate this inscription on this bracelet for me? I thank you in advance for your time and assistance!


r/translator 4h ago

Translated [JA] [CHINESE, JAPANESE > ENGLISH] Engraving on knife

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Both sides of the knife have something written on it. Trying to translate it through Google Lens yields nonsense. Are these names for a person or something else?


r/translator 54m ago

Chinese (Chinese > English) Translate Inscription in Painting

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Appreciate any help in identifying the artist of this beautiful Chinese ink wash painting.


r/translator 1d ago

Translated [JA] [Japanese > English] a note in my grandfather's high school yearbook

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This was written to him by his high school girlfriend. Any help is appreciated!


r/translator 1h ago

Japanese [Japanese > English] Can anyone help me translate this poems by Ishikawa Takuboku?

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Hello everyone! I've recently come across a poem by Ishikawa Takuboku and I was trying to translate some other poems on my own (since I can't find the translation online), but it's been a bit too difficult for me.

The first poem is: 頬につたふなみだのごはず一握の砂を示しし人を忘れず

The second poem is: 一度でも我に頭を下げさせし人みな死ねといのりてしこと

For the first one I can't understand the first part "頬につたふなみだのごはず". But the second should mean something like "I won't forget the person who showed me a handful of sand" (?)

For the second poem I have a translation but I'm not too sure: "I wish/pray that every person who made me bow even once dies". This sounds about right but I was wondering if there was a better way to translate that final こと.

Thanks in advance! :)


r/translator 1h ago

Japanese (Identified) [Chinese? > English] Bought this bowl for the face, what's the text say?

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r/translator 1h ago

Japanese [Japanese >English] Rice cooker manual, just the basics!

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This might be too big of an ask, apologies in advance and I will remove if so! Basically I'm picking up this rice cooker, Zojirushi NP-zs10, from Marketplace and really just need to know the basics of how it works (getting it for $35 so I thought, eh what the hell, give it a go!). I tried for hours via various translation sites etc. but translation comes out pretty sus. Just knowing the basic rice-making function and how to set the cooker to begin at a certain time (ex: I want the rice to start cooking at 5:30pm so it will be ready when I get home) is all I really need, but any and all information is helpful! Thanks in advance, y'all's work is immensely helpful 🙂 (attached the link from the Zojirushi website where the manual is downloadable: https://www.zojirushi.co.jp/toiawase/manual/npzs10-npzs18/)


r/translator 1h ago

Japanese Japanese > English google can tell me most of the text. They don’t know the stylized name of the brand/store/company in large letters/font. Can anyone tell me what that says. Also what does the image depict?

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r/translator 2h ago

Classical Chinese (Identified) mandarin(?) > english, tote bag from a Taiwan based company

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Can someone translate this tote bag for me please I got it from a Taiwan company at an event, thanks!


r/translator 2h ago

Translated [JA] [Name —> Japanese] Last name translation

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What would the kanji translation be for the last name Rivera?

(If anyone knows please let me know, I need it for a comic)


r/translator 2h ago

Japanese [Japanese -> English] Can someone please translate ?

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r/translator 3h ago

Japanese [Japanese > English] translation please.

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r/translator 3h ago

Turkish [Turkish > English] "Ulaşmış durumda"

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I had a question about how this can be translated to English. Is it has reached, is reaching, is in a state of reaching? It has confused me.


r/translator 3h ago

Japanese (Japanese to English) Kanji on this Maneki Neko?

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What does the Kanji on this Maneki Neko mean?


r/translator 3h ago

Translated [AR] [Arabic>English] Pls translate The writing on this hoodie Eric Cantona is wearing

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As above, it's a bit of a hard image to see what's written as facing sideways but would be very grateful for someone who can translate. I know Eric is a big supporter of the Palestinian cause so was assuming it may have just read "Palestine" but want to know exactly. Thanks in advance!


r/translator 9h ago

Japanese [JAPANESE > ENGLISH] Looking for some help with the first Character and confirmation that the second character may be"峰"?

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r/translator 3h ago

Korean [Korean > English] One whispered line without subtitles (transcription)

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https://youtu.be/bQCC1BUL9ak?t=47 At 48 seconds into this video, I noticed that the guy at the computer whispers a line that sounds like "차를/자루 행야네...". It is possible that the first syllable might simply be the common expression "자" (for "oh" or "ah"). This is used several times later in the short film. Can anyone please transcribe what he is saying? You do not have to provide a translation, but you are welcome to suggest one. But a proper transcription is essential.


r/translator 4h ago

Translated [ZH] [ Chinese to -> English ] can someone help me translate this?

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I received as a gift a fan with a Chinese print and the following writing. Can someone help me understand what is written?


r/translator 22h ago

Ukrainian (Identified) [Unknown > English] Found this on college campus, anyone know what it means?

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