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translator

person who translates written text from one language to another
Intangible foreign_language_profession Q333634
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Summary

translator is a foreign language profession[1]. translator draws 2,501 Wikipedia views per month (foreign language profession category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: author[3], translator-interpreter[4], language specialist[5]
  • Commons category: Translators[6]
  • Field of this occupation: translation[7], multilingualization[8], dubbing[9]
  • Said to be the same as: interpreter[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Translators[11]
  • Product or material produced: translation work[12]
  • Facet of: translator-interpreter[13]
  • Main Wikidata property: P655[14]
  • Different from: terminologist[15]
  • Properties for this type: P103[16], P1412[17]
  • Has list: list of translators[18]
  • Female form of label: переводчица[19], traductora[20], traductrice[21], překladatelka[22], vertaalster[23], traduttrice[24], μεταφράστρια[25], prevajalka[26], traducătoare[27], مترجمة[28], перекладачка[29], tulkotāja[30], tradukistino[31], jitradutan[32]

Why It Matters

translator has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] translator is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . Q137041054. wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de'
    Isocat id → 4124
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4124, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329327|translator (#7329327)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → translators
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: translators, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289972040|translators (#289972040)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 13w ago · TherasTaneel · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'переводчица'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'traductora'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'traductrice'} +35
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: translatrice"
  4. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → n4Xcw
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → translator
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: translator, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144669631|translator (#144669631)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Director"
  6. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008299-prekladatelky, h0002858-prekladatele
    Isco-08 occupation class → 2643
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008299-prekladatelky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  7. 22w ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Properties for this type → P103, P1412
    Subclass of → —
    Category for eponymous categories → Category:Wikipedia categories named after translators
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Library of congress authority id: sh85136974"
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