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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-19[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is en:Ettringite Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Ettringite is a hydrous mineral with formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. It is a colorless to yellow mineral crystallizing in a trigonal crystal system. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-23[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article! Botanist who has been described as "perhaps the ablest and most outstanding woman field botanist of her time". (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-24[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Dhaka topi is a type of hat, popular among hilly Nepalis and Indian Gorkhas, along with their diasporas. The hat is made of a fabric called dhaka, which is also used for a type of blouse, a dhaka-ko-cholo which translates "blouse made of dhaka fabric". (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-25[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  A pulled rickshaw (or ricksha) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two people. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-27[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  The Battle of Callao was the final battle (1866) in the war between Spanish and Peruvian forces. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-28[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is en:Cat fugue Please be bold and help to translation this article!  The Fugue in G minor (K. 30, L. 499) by Domenico Scarlatti is a one-movement harpsichord sonata popularly known as the Cat fugue or Cat's fugue (La Fuga del Gatto). (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-29[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Qasr el Yahud is the official name of a baptism site in the Jordan River Valley region of the West Bank in Israel. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-30[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  St. Nicholas Fortress (Croatian: Tvrđava Sv. Nikole) is a fortress located in the town of Šibenik, one of the oldest native Croatian towns on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, in central Dalmatia, Croatia. It was included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of "Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar" in 2017 (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-31[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is eu:Korrika Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Korrika (Basque for running) is an exhibition race held bi-annually in the Basque Country in order to fundraise the adult Basque-language teaching organization called AEK. It one of the largest demostrations for a language in the world and the longest relay race in the world with 2.557 kilometres in 2017, run day and night without interruption for 11 days. Besides of it fundraising aim, Korrika celebrates, supports and spreads the Basque language itself. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-33[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1946. She refused to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre and was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between her paid and used seat. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern civil rights movement in Canada. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-34[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Maria Ann "Granny" Smith (1799 – 9 March 1870) was a British-Australian orchardist responsible for the cultivation of the Granny Smith apple. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-36[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  In astronomy, a green star is a white or blue star that appears green due to an optical illusion. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-37[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Mining in Angola is an activity with great economic potential since the country has one of the largest and most diversified mining resources of Africa. Angola is the third largest producer of diamonds in Africa and has only explored 40% of the diamond-rich territory within the country, but has had difficulty in attracting foreign investment because of corruption, human rights violations, and diamond smuggling. Production rose by 30% in 2006 and Endiama, the national diamond company of Angola, expects production to increase by 8% in 2007 to 10,000,000 carats (2,000 kg) annually. The government is trying to attract foreign companies to the provinces of Bié, Malanje and Uíge. Angola has also historically been a major producer of iron ore. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-38[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  The Pioneer Cabin Tree, also known as The Tunnel Tree, was a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California. It was considered one of the U.S.'s most famous trees, and drew thousands of visitors annually. It was estimated to have been more than 1,000 years old, and measured 33 feet (10 m) in diameter; its exact age and height were not known. The tree was topped before 1859. It fell and shattered during a storm on January 8, 2017 (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-39[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, after his work on butterflies in the rainforests of Brazil. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-42[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article! ,_Hand_Operated_Candle_Machines_03.jpg) Candle making was developed independently in many places throughout history. Candles were made by the Romans beginning about 500 BC. These were true dipped candles and made from tallow. Evidence for candles made from whale fat in China dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC). In India, wax from boiling cinnamon was used for temple candles. In parts of Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, where lamp oil made from olives was readily available, candle making remained unknown until the early middle-ages. Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in ancient times, but have been made from spermaceti, purified animal fats (stearin) and paraffin wax in recent centuries. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-43[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article! ,_circa_1555.jpg) The Jagiellonian tapestries are a collection of tapestries woven in the Netherlands and Flanders, which originally consisted of 365 pieces assembled by the Jagiellons to decorate the interiors of the royal residence Wawel Castle. It is also known as the Wawel arrasses, as the majority of the preserved fabrics is in the possession of the Wawel Castle Museum and the French city of Arras was a large center of manufacturing of this kind of wall decoration in the beginning of the 16th century. The collection become a state property of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland according to the will of Sigismund II Augustus. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-45[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article!  SS Archimedes was a steamship built in Britain in 1839. She is notable for being the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller. Archimedes had considerable influence on ship development, encouraging the adoption of screw propulsion by the Royal Navy, in addition to her influence on commercial vessels. She also had a direct influence on the design of another innovative vessel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, then the world's largest ship and the first screw-propelled steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2017-46[edit]
The winner this Translation of the week is Please be bold and help to translation this article! .svg) Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Egypt face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. According to 2013 survey by the Pew Research Center, 95% of Egyptians believe that homosexuality should not be accepted by society. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.)
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