Help:Non-English Songs

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Categorization 3 Article Titles 3.1 Artist Name 3.2 Album or Song Title 4 Lyrics 4.1 Romanization 4.2 Translations 4.3 Multiple Releases

[edit] Introduction

Songs in languages other than English require additional formatting guides.

[edit] Categorization

In addition to the standard song categories, songs should be categorized by language by using the language parameter of Template:SongFooter instead of manually adding it. The English name of the language should be used, i.e. Swedish instead of Svensk.

[edit] Article Titles

[edit] Artist Name

The artist portion of any page name written in a non-latin based script should include the romanized version of the artist's name in parenthesis, with given name first and family name last. A single space should be inserted between the native name and the opening parenthesis. Example: 中島みゆき (Miyuki Nakajima).

[edit] Album or Song Title

The album or song portion of any page name written in a non-latin based script should not include a romanized version of the song or album name in parentheses. Example: 中島みゆき (Miyuki Nakajima):私の声が聞こえますか (1976) or 中島みゆき (Miyuki Nakajima):あぶな坂. Instead add {{TransTitle}} at the top of the song or album page.

For more information about the site page-naming guidelines, see LyricWiki:Page Names.

[edit] Lyrics

The top-most lyric section should be the song in the original language and in the original script for that language. Translations and romanizations of the song should be below this section of lyrics.

[edit] Romanization

Songs in non-latin based scripts should be romanized for people who cannot read that script. For more information, see Help:Romanization. Songs without this should be flagged with {{RequestRomanization|<language>}} directly before the native lyrics. <language> should be the full English name for the language.

[edit] Translations

Songs should be translated into English. For more information, see Help:Translations. Songs without this should be flagged with {{RequestTranslation|<language>}} directly before the Romanized lyrics or, in the case that the lyrics have not yet been romanized, directly before the native lyrics along with a romanization request.

[edit] Multiple Releases

Songs released in multiple languages have additional guidelines to this. See Help:Multiple Languages.