Editing Encyclopedia:Manual of Style (section)

===Non-English quotations<span class="anchor" id="Foreign-language quotations"></span>===
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Quotations from non-English language sources should appear with a translation into English, preferably a modern{{efn|name=recent}} one. Quotations that are translations should be explicitly distinguished from those that are not. Indicate the original source of a translation (if it is available, and not first published within Wikipedia), and the original language (if that is not clear from the context).

If the original, untranslated text is available, provide a reference for it or include it, as appropriate.

When editors themselves translate text into English,{{efn|[[Wikipedia:No original research#Translations and transcriptions|The translation itself does not require sourcing when done by an editor]]; however for quotations used in [[WP:REF|references]], [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Quoting|translations by reliable sources are preferred]], or [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Citing|better yet English-language sources]].}} care must always be taken to include the original text, {{em|[[MOS:FOREIGNITALIC|in italics]]}} ([[MOS:BADITALICS|except for non-Latin-based writing systems]], and best done with the {{tlx|lang}} or {{tlx|langx}} templates which both italicize as appropriate and provide language metadata); and to use actual and (if at all possible) common English words in the translation. Unless you are certain of your competency to translate something, see [[Wikipedia:Translation]] for assistance.