Wikimedia Asia Project/Cultural Content Exchange
The Wikimedia Asia Cultural Content Exchange is a project to encourage articles to be translated to as many Asian language Wikipedias as possible.
Communities taking part edit
Note: English language is, by default, included as the shared/common language.
If you are interested in taking part, please sign your name under the language(s) you will be translating from/to as a native speaker. You can start right now(!) by beginning to translate one of the articles listed below as "ready on English Wikipedia". Go ahead, be bold! :)
- Arabic http://ar.wikipedia.org
- Chinese http://zh.wikipedia.org
- Spring Roll Conan ( Teahouse | Contributions ) (if the community decided to join the program)
- Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 12:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC) (if the community decided to join the program)
- Shangkuanlc (talk) 06:01, 9 October 2013 (UTC)(Wikimedia Taiwan community will join this program, and I volunteer to coordinate the translation.)
- English http://en.wikipedia.org
- Sky Harbor (talk)
- User:Piotrus (I can help with DYKing)
- seav (talk)
- User:Rsrikanth05
- User:Bill william compton
- Bengali http://bn.wikipedia.org
- Gujarati http://gu.wikipedia.org
- Hebrew http://he.wikipedia.org
- Hindi http://hi.wikipedia.org
- Indonesian http://id.wikipedia.org
- Japanese http://ja.wikipedia.org
- Kannada http://kn.wikipedia.org
- Khmer http://km.wikipedia.org
- Korean http://ko.wikipedia.org
- Malayalam (മലയാളം) http://ml.wikipedia.org
- Odia (Oriya) http://or.wikipedia.org
- Tagalog http://tl.wikipedia.org
- Sky Harbor (talk)
- seav (talk)
- Punjabi http://pa.wikipedia.org
- Tamil http://ta.wikipedia.org
- Telugu http://te.wikipedia.org
- Thai http://th.wikipedia.org
- Turkish http://tr.wikipedia.org
- Urdu http://ur.wikipedia.org
Process edit
- Volunteers from each contributing language Wikipedia (how is this co-ordinated?) selects three articles of significance to their nation/culture
- Editors who are fluent in the language and at least en-3 in English translate the article into the English Wikipedia, or expand/update the existing one.
- Fluent English writers copyedit the article for spelling and grammatical mistakes
- Volunteers from each of the other languages begin translation of the specified articles from English
Timeframe edit
Depends greatly on the number of languages taking part. If five languages are involved, there are 15 articles to be translated (resulting in 75 articles total). If ten languages take part, it becomes 30 articles with a total of 300, after translations.
Nominated articles for translation edit
List at least 3 (and currently no more than 5) important articles about your culture or country that are not well covered in other Asian languages (check the interwiki links! :)), and other participants will translate them into English (if not already available) and then to other Asian languages!
From Arabic edit
From Hebrew edit
Nominated by Asaf Bartov from the Hebrew Wikipedia
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | zh | ja | hi | te | km | id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| he:תרבות ישראל | Culture of Israel | Almost | TR - good; ID - stub; no others | -- | -- | hi:इज़राइल की संस्कृति Translation  Doing... |
te:ఇజ్రాయిల్ సంస్కృతి Doing... |
-- | -- |
| he:עברית | Hebrew language | Yes | AR, ML, ID, TH, JA - short article; Malaysian - good article!; stub on most other Asian languages | 希伯来语 | ヘブライ語 | -- | te:హిబ్రూ భాష Doing... |
km:ភាសាហេប្រ៊ូ Doing... |
-- |
| he:הכנענים | Canaanism | Yes | ID ; Nothing in other Asian languages! | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | id:Kanaanisme  Done
|
From Mandarin Chinese edit
Wait for approval, not the final version. Anyway, foreign translations are welcomed.
For Taiwan edit
Nominated tentatively by Shangkuanlc.
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | id |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zh:阿里山國家風景區 | en:Alishan National Scenic Area | OK - Quite detailed, but lack of references. | The Chinese one is OK, The Japanese one is brief, stub on Hakka dialect, none for others. | |
| zh:台灣百合 | en:Lilium formosanum | No - it is a stub. | OK in Chinese, None in any Asian languages. | |
| zh:台灣雲豹 | en:Formosan clouded leopard | Yes. | Well for Chinese, Stub on Taiwanese and Korean. | id:Macan dahan formosa Done
|
| zh:中華白海豚 | en:Chinese White Dolphin | OK, but some of the references are dead link, and more references needed. | The most detailed one are on the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese version, shorter for Cantonese, Malay and Hebrew, stub on other Asian languages (if available) | |
| zh:李梅樹 | en:Li Meishu | Not really - it is a stub, we may need to expand it. | Available in Chinese detailed introduction, as well as Taiwanese stub. | |
| zh:布袋戲 | en:Glove Puppetry | Not really - the article's content is mixed with those unrelated Western puppetry. | Available in Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Javanese and Japanese. The Chinese and Japanese one are the longest, others are shorter, but all longer than the English one. | |
| zh:鄭成功 | en:Koxinga | Yes - but beware of a part that was labelled for a inappropriate tone. | Detailed in Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese; shorter for Korean, Taiwanese and Classical Chinese, stubs for most other Asian languages. The Burmese one have no content. |
For Hong Kong edit
Nominated tentatively by Spring Roll Conan, the list is not opposed by anyone from the HK Wikipedian meeting.
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | tl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zh:獅子山 | en:Lion Rock | Not really - the content are few, no references. | The Chinese one is not very detailed, shorter for the Hakka version. | |
| zh:茶餐廳 | en:Cha chaan teng | OK - detailed for a naive user, more references needed. | Japanese, Cantonese and Chinese version are here, all detailed but with some parts lack with references. | |
| zh:香港動作電影 | en:Hong Kong action cinema | Yes - but there's a part with unverified content, as well as missing parts regarding the film genre's development in 2000s-2010s | A short one in Chinese, none for others | |
| zh:維多利亞港 | en:Victoria Harbour | OK - quite extensive, though more references are needed to make it appear on the DYK column | The Cantonese version is a featured article (though far from reaching the FA requirement in English/Chinese version), when the German version is extensive also. The Hebrew, Japanese and Tamil version are detailed, but lack in references. Other language versions are unsubstantial. | Doing... Daungang Victoria
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| zh:洋紫荊 | en:Bauhinia blakeana | OK - detailed for a naive user, more references needed. | English and Spanish version is better than other versions, though they face the same problem as their Chinese counterpart. Other versions are either short in length or seems to be products of botanical-related article-generating bots. |
From Japanese edit
From Tagalog edit
Tentative list suggested by Sky Harbor. Note that for most articles, the English version is substantially more detailed than the corresponding Tagalog version: this is because most Wikipedia editors in the Philippines work on the English Wikipedia.
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | he | km | te | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tl:Kultura ng Pilipinas | en:Culture of the Philippines | Yes | No Asian languages have this article. | -- | -- | -- | ... |
| tl:Maynila | en:Manila | Yes | -- | -- | Doing... km:ម៉ានីល |
మనీలా Doing... |
... |
| tl:Dyipni | en:Jeepney | Yes | ja: reasonably detailed ar: has cleanup tags |
Done ג'יפני |
-- | -- | ... |
From Telugu edit
Nominated tentatively by Rahmanuddin from Telugu Wikipedia
As a TE WPian I second the nomination by Rahmanuddin.
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | he | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| te:తెలుగు | en:Telugu_language | Almost | -- | -- | ... |
| te:తెలుగు_సాహిత్యము | en:Telugu_literature | Complete for a naive reader | he: started | Doing... he:ספרות טלוגו |
... |
| te:పల్లెవాసుల_జీవనవిధానం | en:Telugu_village_life | beginning | -- | -- | ... |
| te:తెలుగింటి_వంట | en:Telugu_cuisine | Complete for a naive user | -- | -- | ... |
From Kannada edit
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | te | Other | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kn:ಕನ್ನಡ | en:Kannada language | Yes | -- | కన్నడ భాష | -- | ... |
| kn:ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ | en:Karnataka | Yes | -- | కర్ణాటక | -- | ... |
| kn:ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು | en:Bangalore | Yes | -- | బెంగుళూరు | -- | ... |
From Khmer edit
Nominated tentatively by វ័ណថារិទ្ធ(Vantharith) from Khmer Wikipedia
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | he | te | tl | zh | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km:ភាសាខ្មែរ | en:Khmer language | Yes. Very comprehensive. | Currently available in 40+ languages, but still rooms for improvement. | -- | -- | zh:高棉語 Done, but not from translation |
... | |
| km:ប្រដាល់សេរី | en:Pradal serey, Khmer kickboxing | Yes. | Available in 10 languages including EN. | -- | -- | -- | -- | ... |
| km:ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ | en:Preah Vihear Temple | Yes. | Available in 25+ languages. | -- | ప్రే విహార దేవాలయం Doing... |
-- | -- | ... |
| km:បឹងទន្លេសាប | en:Tonlé Sap | Yes. Even more comprehensive than Khmer article. Will work to expand Khmer article. | -- | -- | తున్లే సాప్ Doing... |
Doing... Tonlé Sap |
-- | ... |
| km:អត្តសញ្ញាណជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា | en:National symbols of Cambodia | Yes. | None. | -- | కంబోడియా జాతీయ చిహ్నాలు Doing... |
-- | -- | ... |
From Hindi edit
From Tamil edit
From Korean edit
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other languages | zh | ja | hi | te | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ko:한복 | w:Hanbok | Almost | 22 languages linked up. Chinese is quite good | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ko:목포시 | w:Mokpo | Almost | 22 languages linked up, but almost stubs | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 이우 | w:Yi Wu | No. Need your help | Just 4 languages, one of them is Japanese | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
From Bengali edit
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other Asian languages | Add your language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bn:চর্যাপদ | w:Charyapada | Rated Start-class | as, hi, id | ..... |
| bn:লালন | w:Lalon | Rated C-class | ml, pa | ..... |
From Urdu edit
| Article name | English Wikipedia | Ready on ENWP? | Summary of status on other Asian languages | Add your language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| اردو | Urdu | Yes | ||
| بھارت میں عوامی تعطیلات | Public Holidays in India | Almost |
Background to the Project edit
Interested in knowing the background to this project? This project idea collaboratively emerged during Wikimedia Asia Meeting on August 10, 2013 (17:45 - 19:10) at Wikimania, Hong Kong. See this for the summary of the discussions.