r/translator

428K archived posts · Aug 2011 – Sep 2026

r/translator - the Reddit community for translation requests

r/translator

r/translator is *the* community for Reddit translation requests. Need something translated? Post here! We will help you translate any language, including Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic, and many others. If you speak more than one language - especially rare ones - and want to put your multilingual skills to use, come join us!

Created Aug 26, 2011

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Welcome to r/translator!

We're the Reddit community for translations.

Do you need something translated?

Post here and the polyglots of Reddit will do their best to translate it for you.

Do you want to practice translating, or need reviews for a translation you made?

Subscribe to r/translator, or get language notifications from us for your target languages and join our community!

Choose a flair that reflects the languages you know!

Frequently-Requested Translations

Guidelines for Requests

Include the target language in your title.
Example: [Japanese > English]
If you don't know the source language, include:
Example: [Unknown > English]
Write a good description of your request.
Be nice. Thank your translator when your request is fulfilled!
These types of posts are not allowed:
1. Requests for homework help (without providing your own work as well). [rule #R1]
2. Unreasonably long or non-volunteer (paid job offer) requests. [#R2]
3. Spam/advertising for services. [#R3]
4. Posts that do not request a translation. [#R4]
5. Information that is unethically sourced. [#R5]
Check our FAQ!

Guidelines for Translators

We are a global and multilingual community, so please abide by the following guidelines.

Don't post joke, fake, or machine translations.

You're welcome to also request a review of your own work if you're unsure, and please report any malicious translations.

If you're interested in occasionally helping out in the oversight of r/translator join us on Discord at: https://discord.gg/wabv5NYzdV

You can also get verified here, or see statistics for our community here.

Get Language Notifications!

You can be notified by our subreddit's bot when there's a request for your language. Just send a message with the languages (e.g. fr, thai) to the bot at the link above!

Post State Commands

Command	Function
!translated	marks a request as translated.
!doublecheck	requests other translators to review your translation.
!claim	lets other translators know you are working on a translation for the request.
!missing	marks a request that is missing assets.

Language/Reference Commands

Command	Function
!identify:XX	identifies a wrongly categorized request as a specific language.*
!page:XX	pages translators for a specific language.*
!search:[term]	searches the subreddit for previous translations of the term.
!restore	see previous text for a post.

*Note: Use the language's name or ISO 639-1/3 code in place of XX.

`文` / `翻訳` / `出口成章`/ `Sprache`

Type grave accents around characters and words to look up their readings and meanings.

Text Formatting

Furigana Annotation Syntax

To create furigana/ruby text in your posts, use the following syntax:

[漢字](#fg "かんじ")

will display as 漢字.
The quotation marks are not optional.

Right-to-left Text Syntax

To format a paragraph of right-to-left text, write:

###### RTL

and skip a line (for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc.)

Untranslated Posts & Language Subs

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