Big G is lost in translation?

[Ben Sahar]

We all know Google doesn't like at all duplicate contents.
But what if i translate an article written(by someone else) in English in my native language?
I'n not talking about auto-translation but a translation made by myself in my native language.
Can Google sees that it's the same article, but perfectly translated,(so i will be penalized) or will see it like a brand new article?

Maybe i can arrange also something else, like inserting similar pics (but not exactly the same of the English article) or change external links.

p.s. sorry if this is not the right section for this kind of thread.

 

[Mxty]

I don't think there would be an issue with this... you're offering something different, to a different audience, so it should be seen as a new article. Logically thinking anyways.

I've never done it though.

 

[yellowdot]

I don't think it matters much to google tbh... they are still not there yet in terms on AI to be able to recognize excellent translation, not to mention if by translating you twist few corners as well. Other than your website becomes so big that people take notice of your sources from where you are translating the articles you should be okay in my opinion

 

[WIZDAHL]

I don't think there would be an issue with this... you're offering something different, to a different audience, so it should be seen as a new article. Logically thinking anyways.

I've never done it though.

Yes, Google is able to detect it. Google doesn't work on logic.

 

[Alex Membrillo]

If you don't use Google translate to make the article I don't think it will be a problem. I have never done this but colleagues of mine have and they haven't reported any problems.

 

[WIZDAHL]

The only thing that actually works - 100% rewritten English content. Google can never ever detect it.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Translated contents do work.

There's currently a smartass stealing every article from one of my websites and they're ranking top for a different language. I found him because he used my images.

I've already contacted them. They added a link to me in every article now so for the time being I won't go nuclear on them.

 

[thescrrr]

I usually hire an official translator when I need top notch content (ex.: articles written by doctors, scientists) to translate them into english, and I have no problem with it, they are ranking well.

 

[Starblazer]

It works as long as you stay away from Google translator. They don't have time and resources to verify individual pages. However, you should copy from multiple sources to avoid footprints. For example, if you copy every article from a website using their site structure, then it will definitely draw attention as it appears to be a proxy website. If you use English urls, then rewrite urls from original articles.

In short, translate articles but avoid similarities with site structure, urls, media and post formats.