Translation of the week/Translation candidates

These are the candidates for Translation of the week.

• You may remove a candidate from the list, if it has
  • more opposing votes than supporting ones after two weeks, or
  • no vote other than the nominator after two weeks, or
  • an equal number of opposing votes and supporting votes after one month, or
  • more of 1/3 oppose votes after two months.
• Valid vote = Support - Oppose. Otherwise you may simply abstain from the vote, or you may add a comment under a heading Comments.

When proposing a candidate, please

• include pronunciations for terms left untranslated, such as proper names and foreign terms, for the sake of languages that will want to transliterate them.
• copy all relevant graphics to Commons and give the link to the resources

Ideal candidates are
1) short, 2) easy to translate, 3) lead to potential translations of other topics, 4) of some importance in an encyclopedia.

Two-thirds majority in favour

Sorted by net support (number of support votes minus number of oppose votes).

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en:Agriculture in Thailand

(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)

Important topic, not covered by many Wikipedias.

Support

1. Ranan (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
2. --Shizhao (talk) 11:16, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
3. --Gce (talk) 20:35, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
4. --Tn4196 (talk) 08:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Gotanda (talk) 13:01, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Comment

en:Lumpers and splitters

(Net support = 3; Against = 28.571%)

A common academic dispute.

Support

1. --Luuva 18:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

   --Shizhao 12:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

2. Torne 19:49, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
3. --Barcelona 20:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
4. --Gce (talk) 18:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
5. --RekishiEJ (talk) 12:49, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Gotanda 13:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
2. [citation needed]--Shizhao (talk) 09:32, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Comment

en:Busójárás/hu:Busójárás

(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)

Busójárás is an annual celebration of the Šokci (Croats) living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season ("Farsang"), ending the day before Ash Wednesday. These traditional festivities have been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO in 2009. It has only seven language editions.

Support

1. --Bazsola (talk) 20:40, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
2. A bit localistic, it has seven edition, but the argument is interessant at global level and it has the right lenght to become a TOTW. --Gce (talk) 15:37, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
3. --Timar Gabor (talk) 21:55, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
4. Lvova (talk) 21:09, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Shizhao (talk) 01:23, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Chunyun/zh:春运

(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)

A period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the Chinese New Year. The article is present only in English and Chinese and was cadidate TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 13:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. A crucial topic when talking about PRC.--RekishiEJ (talk) 16:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
3. for china is big thing.--Qa003qa003 (talk) 07:54, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
4. Makecat 02:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Shizhao (talk) 00:57, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Southern Poverty Law Center

(Net support = 3; Against = 20%)

An American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; its legal representation for victims of hate groups; its monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and its educational programs that promote tolerance. The SPLC classifies as hate groups organizations that it considers to denigrate or assault entire groups of people, typically for attributes that are beyond their control.

Support

1. A somewhat important article which only has 9 language editions.--RekishiEJ (talk) 07:04, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
2. Maybe already too translated, but I think it can be ok --Tn4196 (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
3. --Shizhao (talk) 00:55, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
4. Lvova (talk) 23:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. 9 languages total, a bit longer, localistic. --Gce (talk) 16:50, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Off-by-one error

(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)

Interessant and useful topic, medium length and only from 6 Wikis covered.

Support

1. --Tn4196 (talk) 14:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
2. --Gce (talk) 13:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
3. PiRSquared17 (talk) 20:33, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

Comment

en:Plant rights

(Net support = 3; Against = 0%)

Plant rights are rights to which plants may be entitled. Such issues are often raised in connection with discussions about animal rights or biocentrism.

Support

1. A somewhat important and interesting article which only has one language edition.--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --Gce (talk) 13:27, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
3. Lvova (talk) 23:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

Comment

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en:Kheshig/ru:Кэшик

(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)

Kheshig were the Gengis Khan's imperial guard, so a historically very important emperor's guard. The voice is covered only in 2 big Wikipedias: Russian and English.

Support

1. --Tn4196 (talk) 16:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
2. --Gce (talk) 22:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
3. Lvova (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. cleanup tag--Shizhao (talk) 14:01, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment

zh:李佳军/en:Li Jiajun

(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)

Chinese short track speed skater who has won 5 Olympic medals - two silver and three bronze. The article was candidate TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 22:27, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
2. --Tn4196 (talk) 16:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
3. Lvova (talk) 21:11, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. BLP sources--Shizhao (talk) 02:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Prize (law)

(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)

A term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo as a prize of war. In the past, it was common that the capturing force would be allotted a share of the worth of the captured prize. Nations often grantedletters of marque which would entitle private parties to capture enemy property, usually ships. Once the ship was secured on friendly territory, it would be made the subject of a prize case, an in remproceeding in which the court determined the status of the condemned property and the manner in which it was to be disposed of.

Support

1. Only has four language editions.--RekishiEJ 10:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
2. --Shizhao 09:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
3. --Gce (talk) 18:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Gotanda (talk) 12:58, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Comment

1. An interesting topic but it's difficult to be translated as it's backed by history and it's long.--Lakokat 14:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, maybe not as long.--Lakokat 14:13, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

en:Capital punishment in South Korea

(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)

How the death penalty is used in South Korea; there are only five edition of this voice (and the English version is the only in an indo-european language).

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 22:53, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
2. --Bazsola (talk) 18:08, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
3. --Shizhao (talk) 01:12, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Localistic --Tn4196 (talk) 14:57, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Algonquin Round Table

(Net support = 2; Against = 25%)

An interesting and quite important article.

Support

1. Tomer T (talk) 10:46, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
2. Only has two langauge editions. Also the English edition is a GA.--RekishiEJ (talk) 15:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
3. --Tn4196 (talk) 14:35, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Too long --Gce (talk) 15:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Pacuvius Calavius

(Net support = 2; Against = 0%)

The chief magistrate of Capua during the Second Punic War, descended from the noble Campanian family of the Calavii.

Support

1. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:06, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
2. --Shizhao (talk) 02:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

Comment

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en:Washing the Ethiopian white

(Net support = 1; Against = 0%)

One of Aesop's Fables. No languages other than English. It became used in situations relating to racism in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Support

1. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

Comment

Between 50% and 2/3 support

Ordered by net support.

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en:Soviet Railways

(Net support = 2; Against = 33.333%)

The state owned national rail carrier of the Soviet Union, headquartered in Moscow. The railway started operations in December 1922, shortly after the formation of the USSR. It operated until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. The Soviet Railways were the largest unified railway in the world and the backbone of the USSR's economy. SZD greatly upgraded and expanded the Russian Imperial Railways to meet the demands of the Union. The railway was directly under the control of the Ministry of Railways in the Soviet Union.

Support

1. A somewhat important article which has only two language editions (not including Russian edition).--RekishiEJ 16:33, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
2. --Bazsola 22:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
3. Lvova 11:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
4. πr² (t • c) 14:20, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Too short --Gce (talk) 14:25, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
2. I agree, interessant topic but too short --Tn4196 (talk) 18:51, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment

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en:Gregg v. Georgia

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

Gregg v. Georgia, Proffitt v. Florida, Jurek v. Texas, Woodson v. North Carolina, and Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), reaffirmed the United States Supreme Court's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States, upholding, in particular, the death sentence imposed on Troy Leon Gregg. Referred to by a leading scholar as the July 2 Cases and elsewhere referred to by the lead case Gregg, the Supreme Court set forth the two main features that capital sentencing procedures must employ in order to comport with the Eighth Amendment ban on "cruel and unusual punishments." The decision essentially ended the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by the Court in its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia.

Support

1. An important article which only has four language editions.--RekishiEJ (talk) 08:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
2. Important at global level to understand the history of death penalty in the United States. --Gce (talk) 16:34, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. I think it's too localistic to be translated --Tn4196 (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Anti-fat bias

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

Anti-fat bias refers to the prejudicial assumption of personality characteristics based on a visual assessment of a person as suffering from obesity based on physical characteristics. Anti-fat bias can be found in many facets of society, and the media’s portrayal of obese individuals has often been blamed for the pervasiveness of this phenomenon.

Support

1. A somewhat important article which only has one language edition.--RekishiEJ (talk) 08:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --Gce (talk) 16:44, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Low-importance--Shizhao (talk) 00:56, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A book by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published to document the veracity of the depiction of slavery in Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). First published in 1853 by Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, the book also provides insights into Stowe's own views on slavery.

Support

1. A somewhat important article which only has two language editions.--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --Tn4196 (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Not so important to become a TOTW. --Gce (talk) 16:47, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Uncle Tom

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

The title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The phrase "Uncle Tom" has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient to perceived authority figures, particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people; or any person perceived to be a participant in the oppression of their own group. The negative epithet is the result of later works derived from the original novel.

Support

1. Only has eight language editions.--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --Gce (talk) 13:31, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Low-importance--Shizhao (talk) 00:54, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Coupled cluster

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A numerical technique used for describing many-body systems. The article is present only in English, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese and was cadidate TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 13:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. Though highly technical, there are many Wikipedians expert in natural sciences.--RekishiEJ (talk) 16:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Low-importance--Shizhao (talk) 00:58, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Democratic Socialists of America

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A democratic socialist and social-democratic organization in the United States and the U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, an international federation of social-democratic, democratic socialist and labor political parties and organizations.

Support

1. Only has seven language editions.--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --`Shizhao (talk) 01:00, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. A bit long, localistic. --Gce (talk) 13:28, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

1. Well, this article is somewhat useful as it lets readers know that though social democracy is not popular in the U.S.A., some persons living there still embraces it.--RekishiEJ (talk) 16:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

zh:北京社稷坛/en:Beijing Shejitan/de:Erntealtar

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A Confucian altar, located in the Zhongshan Park in Beijing. The article was cadidate TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 13:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
2. --Shizhao (talk) 01:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. The English edition is a stub. Also it contains no "references" section.--RekishiEJ (talk) 16:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:W. H. L. Wallace

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War, considered by Ulysses S. Grant to be one of the Union's greatest generals. The article is present only in English, Danish, Italian, Dutch and Chinese and was cadidate TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 09:33, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
2. --Tn4196 (talk) 14:12, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Refimprove --Shizhao (talk) 00:55, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment

en:Albert Mol / nl:Albert Mol

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

A popular Dutch author, actor and TV personality, who appeared in movies and TV shows in a career that spanned nearly 60 years.

Support

1. ✒ Bennylin 15:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
2. Lvova (talk) 23:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. More than 10 edition in other languages than English and Dutch. --Gce (talk) 00:51, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment

1. Good topic, but already has many translations. I wonder why the translations have been created recently. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:10, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

en:Chinglish

(Net support = 1; Against = 33.333%)

Spoken or written English language that is influenced by the Chinese language; the article, that has 4 edition, was candidate for TOTW in 2006.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 00:32, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
2. Lvova (talk) 13:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Low-importance --Shizhao (talk) 01:18, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment

50% or more against

sv:Rapport/en:Rapport (television programme)

(Net support = 0; Against = 50%)

The biggest news show in Sweden that airs on SVT 1 and 24.

Support

1. JSG (talk)

Oppose

1. Low-importance--Shizhao (talk) 00:58, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

en:Land Day

(Net support = 0; Against = 50%)

An annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976. The article is present in English, Arabic, Italian, German, French, Indonesian, Hebrew and Portuguese and was cadidate TOTW in 2007.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 09:33, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Shizhao (talk) 00:55, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment

1. I don't know... it's interessant and quite easy to be translated, but too long and already exists in 8 languages. --Tn4196 (talk) 14:12, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

en:Right of abode

(Net support = 0; Against = 50%)

an individual's freedom from immigration control in a particular country. A person who has the right of abode in a country does not need permission from the government to enter the country and can live and work there without restriction. The article is present only in English and German.

Support

1. --Gce (talk) 00:49, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. globalize + Refimprove --Shizhao (talk) 00:44, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment

1. Definitely a good topic, but has tags for improvement. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)