Translating Articles: Is It a Good Idea?

[chiefoccupy]

Hi all,
Aside from English I know two more languages. So I have been thinking, could I get unique content by translating articles into English? Will I be penalized? Could I upload them to article directories such as Ezine Articles or make money with them on my blog or a site like HubPages?
Also, I'm on an English forum that has a lot of people from my country. If I use that forum to promote those articles, will people notice that they are duplicated? Is a translated article that noticeable?
I don't plan to use Google Translate, my English is really good, maybe to translate a word or two but never a whole article.
Any tips?
Thanks in advance.

 

[ACCGIG]

Try getting AI written Contents in your other languages and translate it...

 

[SEO to RANK]

Of course, you can translate it to another language and use it. Many do this already.

 

[RankSerps]

Hi all,
Aside from English I know two more languages. So I have been thinking, could I get unique content by translating articles into English? Will I be penalized? Could I upload them to article directories such as Ezine Articles or make money with them on my blog or a site like HubPages?
Also, I'm on an English forum that has a lot of people from my country. If I use that forum to promote those articles, will people notice that they are duplicated? Is a translated article that noticeable?
I don't plan to use Google Translate, my English is really good, maybe to translate a word or two but never a whole article.
Any tips?
Thanks in advance.

yes u can, just make sure that the translated content is good quality.

 

[blackbeans]

I've handled quite a number of client websites before in terms of content creation as well as SEO consulting.

From what I have seen, clients who translate their own content into different languages get quite a bit of international traffic.

A lot of this has to do with the niche being targeted.

If you're in a fairly competitive niche, even if you translate your articles it's going to be a crapshoot.

On the other hand, if you're just going to be translating other people's content from ezine articles this might get you some love from search engines but you might have a headache down the road because technically speaking such content is derivative content under international copyright laws.

That's a fancy way of saying whoever owns the original work also owns the derivatives of that work.

So if I write an article and you translate it into a different language I have rights to whatever you're producing and whatever money you make is going to be my money soon enough.

Also, there are penalties.

You're probably thinking in practical terms as to how is Google going to run after you.

The problem is you're using ezine articles and there are a lot of people who produce that content even if the vast majority of them don't run after you enough may if your site gains enough traction.

So if I were you I'd steer clear of using translations to get around content creation cost issues.

Thre are other ways of coming up with free or nearly free original content with none of the intellectual property drama of translated material.

 

[Social Sparrow]

@blackbeans OP banned

 

[Purush]

thats not a bad idea. did u translate this content too. Got banned.

 

[Alternative_Universe_8]

Yes, you can do that. Try searching good contents

 

[DeadJoe]

I've handled quite a number of client websites before in terms of content creation as well as SEO consulting.

From what I have seen, clients who translate their own content into different languages get quite a bit of international traffic.

A lot of this has to do with the niche being targeted.

If you're in a fairly competitive niche, even if you translate your articles it's going to be a crapshoot.

On the other hand, if you're just going to be translating other people's content from ezine articles this might get you some love from search engines but you might have a headache down the road because technically speaking such content is derivative content under international copyright laws.

That's a fancy way of saying whoever owns the original work also owns the derivatives of that work.

So if I write an article and you translate it into a different language I have rights to whatever you're producing and whatever money you make is going to be my money soon enough.

Also, there are penalties.

You're probably thinking in practical terms as to how is Google going to run after you.

The problem is you're using ezine articles and there are a lot of people who produce that content even if the vast majority of them don't run after you enough may if your site gains enough traction.

So if I were you I'd steer clear of using translations to get around content creation cost issues.

Thre are other ways of coming up with free or nearly free original content with none of the intellectual property drama of translated material.

Anything this guy says take it with a grain of salt, he talks shit, and doesn't know what he is doing. His content is garbage Philipino/Thai content not native like he advertises. I seriously doubt he has ever run a site in his life, full of shit.

You can 100% use translated content without getting any sort of penalty provided it is 100% unique and edited for readability post translation. I have done this many many times.

 

[Vk316]

Anything this guy says take it with a grain of salt, he talks shit, and doesn't know what he is doing. His content is garbage Philipino/Thai content not native like he advertises. I seriously doubt he has ever run a site in his life, full of shit.