User talk:Shazertom

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]

Hello, Shazertom. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by David Biddulph (talk) 21:13, 4 February 2020 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

February 2020[edit]

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Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not sure whether the kind of help I am seeking is available... Here is my original Teahouse question, and the response which I got:

I am a native English Speaker who is studying Spanish (I currently speak Spanish at a DELE level between 3 and 4) with the goal of eventually becoming a certified Interpreter/Translator, and I thought that I might be able to gain some excellent translation experience by contributing to Wikipedia as a translator. As you can see I have created a Wikipedia account, and I have been reading various Wikimedia pages relative to working as a translator, but I find them confusing and after reading them I don't know what concrete things I would need to do in order to get started as a Wikipedia translator.

By comparison, in my looking around your website I discovered a Wikipedia page relative to the process of editing (as opposed to translating) which I found to be very understandable, and I was able to navigate through a tutorial tab into a sandbox, which explained the process of editing and which allowed me to practice.

My question is whether there is a Wikipedia page relative to translating, analogous to the page about editing which I just described? Or do you have a suggestion for any other resource which I might find on your website which could walk me through the process of translating Wikipedia pages as a volunteer translator?

Any help you can give me, I will appreciate.

TS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom (talk • contribs) 21:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Translation. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I went to the WP:Translation page, and read much of it, and followed links which it contained, but now I have even more questions - does the Wikipedia site have some kind of interactive process which would allow me to ask questions as they arise, which an experienced editor might answer, in order to help me understand how to get started as a Wikipedia translator? Something like a chat function, or some way to exchange emails with an experienced editor? Please let me know.Shazertom (talk) 22:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)ShazertomShazertom (talk) 22:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You'll find further useful links at WP:Help; Wikipedia:IRC help disclaimer may be what you are looking for. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:17, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You might enjoy WP:TWA The WikiAdventure! Bobherry Talk Edits 02:40, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New message from Bobherry[edit]

Hello, Shazertom. You have new messages at Bobherry's talk page.
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Your thread has been archived[edit]

Hi Shazertom! You created a thread called I would like to contribute to Wikipedia as a translator (Spanish into English) at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread.

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Adoption Notice Expired[edit]

Hello, I'm Passengerpigeon. I wanted to let you know that I removed the "seeking adoption" userbox from your user page, because you haven't been active for at least a month. When you come back to Wikipedia, feel free to add the userbox back with the code {{Adopt me}}. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Passenger pigeon (talk) 02:03, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help me![edit]

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

Please help me with... I am not sure whether the kind of help I am seeking is available... I sought help last winter, but although I got a couple of responses, I remained confused after reading/trying them, and ultimately still need help. I thought I would re-post my question. Here is my original Teahouse question, and the response which I got:

I am a native English Speaker who is studying Spanish (I currently speak Spanish at a DELE level between 3 and 4) with the goal of eventually becoming a certified Interpreter/Translator, and I thought that I might be able to gain some excellent translation experience by contributing to Wikipedia as a translator. As you can see I have created a Wikipedia account, and I have been reading various Wikimedia pages relative to working as a translator, but I find them confusing and after reading them I don't know what concrete things I would need to do in order to get started as a Wikipedia translator.

By comparison, in my looking around your website I discovered a Wikipedia page relative to the process of editing (as opposed to translating) which I found to be very understandable, and I was able to navigate through a tutorial tab into a sandbox, which explained the process of editing and which allowed me to practice.

My question is whether there is a Wikipedia page relative to translating, analogous to the page about editing which I just described? Or do you have a suggestion for any other resource which I might find on your website which could walk me through the process of translating Wikipedia pages as a volunteer translator?

Any help you can give me, I will appreciate.

TS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom (talk • contribs) 21:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

   You'll find advice at WP:Translation. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I went to the WP:Translation page, and read much of it, and followed links which it contained, but now I have even more questions - does the Wikipedia site have some kind of interactive process which would allow me to ask questions as they arise, which an experienced editor might answer, in order to help me understand how to get started as a Wikipedia translator? Something like a chat function, or some way to exchange emails with an experienced editor? Please let me know.Shazertom (talk) 22:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)ShazertomShazertom (talk) 22:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

--Shazertom (talk) 22:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC) Shazertom (talk) 22:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For intereactive chat, there is such a thing. Please read the disclaimers at WP:IRC, then look for #wikipedia-en-help. Or, try WP:DISCORD. There is also the responsive, but not so immediately interactive, Teahouse. Without knowing in more detail what sorts of questions you are left with, these are the best places to start. As your questions get more specialized, there may be better places to get answers. If you're translating from English to Spanish, you'll want to figure out how to get help on the Spanish Wikipedia side, since their rules and policies can be different from English Wikipedia (each language project is pretty independent of the others, has their own community and admins). If you're translating from Spanish to English, then English Wikipedia rules and policies will be your main concern. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:21, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion about trying #wikipedia-en-help; another wikipedianchatted with me and gave me some advice which I am sure will move me forward.Shazertom (talk) 20:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]