Are questions about translation requests on topic?

Question

Sarebbe opportuno supportare domande inerenti richieste di traduzione in Italiano?

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Answer 1

I'll reply in English, so that future foreign users (which are most likely the ones going to ask for a translation) will find this useful.

I'll borrow a term from StackOverflow, and propose to mark as off-topic any plzsendtehtranzlation questions (see: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19780/205473)

I'm not saying that any question about a translation issue is off-topic, but in order to be on topic, they should describe a very specific issue, for instance with the construction of the phrase or the choice of a term in place of another, and show some effort from the OP.

Some examples:

What's the translation of "The pen is on the table" in Italian?

off-topic

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I'm trying to translate "The pen is on the table" in Italian, but I a have a few doubts. So far I came up with La penna è sul bancone. Is it correct? I feel like the translation of table could be improved, but I'm not sure how.

on-topic

Answer 2

Io direi di sì, però solo nei casi in cui uno faccia perlomeno un tentativo di traduzione.