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Can you promote on r/translator?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.
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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!
What its rules say about promotion
[#R3] No Spam / Advertising for Services / Self-Promotion
Ads for one's own translation services, self-promotion, or spam are strictly prohibited. [Rule #R3]
What its rules say about AI and bots
[#R4] No Non-Translation Requests
All non-meta and non-community posts on r/translator must be a request for a translation. [Rule #R4] Examples of requests that are not translations include: * CAPTCHA requests * English-only proofreading or transcriptions (please go to r/Transcription) * Posts requesting language exchange partners * Language from non-linguistic sources (the subconscious, dreams, AI art, etc.)
All 11 rules of r/translator
- [#G1] Properly Format Requests' Titles
All requests on r/translator should be their own post and have a title that is properly formatted according to our subreddit's guidelines and includes the language to be translated. [Rule #G1] Examples: * [Japanese > English] Your Title Here * [Unknown > English] Your Title Here This allows for translators to easily help out with requests for the languages they know and keeps our subreddit organized. - [#G2] No Misuse of Bot Commands
We are a subreddit that makes extensive use of our own bot's commands, and proper and good-faith use of these commands are essential to the day-to-day running of r/translator. Commands that are clearly conducted maliciously include those that mark threads as completed when they're actually not, randomly change language categories of posts, etc. [Rule #G2] - [#G3] No Double-posts / Duplicates
We get many translation requests here, and it's okay to post more than once for visibility if the original post has *not* received any responses. However, posts should not be submitted more than once in the last 24 hours and the original post must be deleted. [Rule #G3] - [#G4] Be Civil and Helpful with Community Members
Please be civil and helpful with fellow members of this community (including OPs) and refrain from comments that contain any of the following: [Rule #G4] * Aggressive insults * Personal attacks * Hate speech * Harassment or bullying * Trolling, baiting, or bad-faith behavior * Discriminatory or demeaning language * Threatening or aggressive statements * Deliberate attempts to provoke conflict - [#G5] No Content That Breaks Site-wide Rules
Reddit has a site-wide content policy, and any posts or comments that break that site-wide policy, even if they don't specifically break other rules of the subreddit, may be subject to removal. [Rule #G5] - [#R1] No Language Learning Homework Help
Requests for homework help are not allowed on r/translator without showing one's own work as well. It is completely okay if the post includes a translation and is merely seeking a proofread or corrections. [Rule #R1] - [#R2] No Unreasonable or Non-Volunteer Requests
The translations on r/translator are done by volunteers who have generously contributed their time and expertise to help others out. Requests that would take many hours to translate are a job, and one better suited for a paid translator. On that note, there are dedicated websites for arranging genuine paid translation work, and r/translator is not one of them. [Rule #R2] - [#R3] No Spam / Advertising for Services / Self-Promotion
Ads for one's own translation services, self-promotion, or spam are strictly prohibited. [Rule #R3] - [#R4] No Non-Translation Requests
All non-meta and non-community posts on r/translator must be a request for a translation. [Rule #R4] Examples of requests that are not translations include: * CAPTCHA requests * English-only proofreading or transcriptions (please go to r/Transcription) * Posts requesting language exchange partners * Language from non-linguistic sources (the subconscious, dreams, AI art, etc.) - [#R5] No Unethically Sourced Information
Requests for the translation of unethically sourced information are not allowed. [Rule #R5] Examples of unethically sourced information included screenshots of conversations obtained through stalking, non-consensual access to another person's communications, requests for copyrighted assets without permission, or material that would violate Reddit's content guidelines. - [#T1] No Joke / Fake / Machine Translations
We don't allow fake or joke translations on r/translator, including attempts to pass off a troll comment as a translation. This also includes machine-generated "translations" from AI services, Google, Bing, etc. [Rule #T1] Repeated violations of this rule may result in a ban from r/translator. Note: Good-faith but flawed attempts at translating are not counted as fake translations.
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
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