Introducing TranslateTagger: Simplifying Wikitext Preparation for Translation - Wikitech-ambassadors

15 Feb 2026


      Dear Wikimedia Community,
We are happy to share a new tool, TranslateTagger
https://translatetagger.toolforge.org/, created to make preparing
wikitext for translation easier and faster across Wikimedia projects.
What is TranslateTagger?
TranslateTagger is a web-based tool that automatically converts regular
wikitext into a translatable format by adding <translate> tags where
needed. This removes the need to manually tag content, helping contributors
save time and avoid common mistakes.
Why use it?
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Automatically converts wikitext into a translatable format
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Handles links, templates, tables, code blocks, and other complex markup
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Preserves the original structure of the page
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Simple and easy-to-use interface
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One-click copy for quick reuse
How it works
1.
Paste your wikitext into the tool
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Click “Convert to Translatable Wikitext”
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Copy the output
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Use it directly in your translation workflow
Get started
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*Live tool:* https://translatetagger.toolforge.org/
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*Source code:*
   https://github.com/indictechcom/translatable-wikitext-converter
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*Documentation:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TranslateTagger
Contributing and feedback
We would love to hear your feedback. Bug reports, feature requests, and
code contributions are very welcome. Please use Phabricator
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=tool-translatetagger,
or feel free to reply to me in this same email thread.
We hope TranslateTagger helps make translation work simpler, improves
accessibility of Wikimedia content in many languages, and supports
communities in preparing Hackathon and Wikimania pages for translation more
easily.
Best regards,
Gopa Vasanth https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gopavasanth
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”