WikiIslam:Instructions for Translators: Difference between revisions

====Islamic Sources====

If the chosen article contains English-language [[WikiIslam:Citing_Sources#Islamic_Text|Qur'an quotations or citations]], these will obviously need to be replaced by a Qur'an translation native to the language the article is going to be translated into. The chosen translation must be a mainstream translation rendered by a Muslim and widely used by Muslims in that language, not a "progressive" or "orientalist" translation that most Muslims will not accept as representative of the original Classical Arabic Qur'an. If there are online sources for the translation available, the online source chosen for referencing in WikiIslam articles must be hosted on a scholarly or pro-Islamic, mainstream Muslim website. Under no circumstances should a Qur'an translation hosted on a critical or polemic website be used. It would also be of help if the site has URL's that change according to the Qur'an verse being displayed. This way, if the links become broken, they can be fixed site-wide by simply altering a few URLs in the template.

New translators should then provide administrators with the necessary details by leaving a message on the Translation Project's [[WikiIslam:Forum/Translation Project|forum page]]. They will then (unless they already exist) [[:Category:Language Templates|create the needed templates]] for use in the chosen article.

Hadith collections and other Islamic text are different to the Qur'an. The numbering of hadith within there respective collections often differ from language to language. Even within the same language, the same hadith are often arranged differently depending on the site they are hosted on. Sometimes these sources may not even be available in the desired language. Because of this, it may be most appropriate to simply translate the quoted text and retain the English references, rather than attempt to find the corresponding hadiths in the desired language. However, as with the Qur'an, if a suitable collection and website are found, for hadith or any other Islamic text, this should be disclosed to the administrators by leaving a message on the Translation Project's [[WikiIslam:Forum/Translation Project|forum page]].

Each language has its very own hub page, e.g., French has "[[Les_articles_en_francais_-_Articles_in_French|Les articles en français (Articles in French)]]," and Turkish has "[[Turkce_Makaleler_-_Articles_in_Turkish|Türkçe Makaleler (Articles in Turkish)]]". This hub page is linked from the side-bar on the left (when there are two or more completed articles) and is the first link to be found under the "See Also" link on translated articles. So a hub page that translates the text within these other hub pages and retains their formatting must be created by the translator in the language of the new translation.

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