Guide: Use of Japanese Text on the Wiki

This is a guide that will explain how and when to use Japanese text on the wiki. For specific information on our policy in reference to usage of Japanese text, please refer to the Popee the Performer Wiki Policy and Page Formatting and Editing Guidelines.
Breaking the rules will result in disciplinary action, and going against the editing guidelines will result in your edit being removed.
== Use of Japanese in Articles ==
Popee the Performer was created and aired in Japan, so a lot of things are originally in Japanese, even if the show largely does not have spoken dialogue.
In regards to the use of Japanese text, this is allowed and expected in certain articles, and also an option on many infoboxes that appear on the wiki. However, when you use Japanese text, please try to include the Hepburn romanization of the text if it is not a paragraph or multiple paragraphs. To do this, you can use this tool that will romanize the text for you and also offer a translation, but the translation may not be entirely accurate.
You do not have to know Japanese to use Japanese text on the wiki.
Regarding translations, machine translations are acceptable, but please use a citation to make it clear that the translation provided is a machine or amateur translation. Not all machine translations will be crystal clear. Japanese is a context-based language, and machine translators cannot provide context for whatever you plug into them. Machine translations will never be 100% accurate. 
For more on citations, please see the reference guide on how to use citations in articles, or refer to Fandom's official Help Page.
=== Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji ===
Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji are the three writing systems that make up Japanese. Kanji in particular is based on Chinese characters, which precede the Japanese written language. Translating Kanji characters to their Chinese equivalent will result in a very different translation than their Japanese counterparts, so please take care that you do not do this by mistake. In general, most Japanese text uses a combination of all three, as they tend to have specific usages. 
=== Dealing With Unclear Translations ===
Sometimes using multiple different machine translators can broaden your understanding, but it is not recommended to Frankenstein a translation together this way, especially if you have little to no understanding of Japanese as a language.
If you use reddit, going to r/translator and putting a request in may help clear up any confusion. You will need to provide proper credit if you use this method, and properly follow their rules and guidelines.
== Formatting ==
=== Article Contents ===
Brief pieces of text (such as titles or names) should always be formatted as the "official" English name first, followed by the Japanese text in parenthesis, with the Hepburn romanization coming after it in italics. 
In terms of quotes, if it's a brief section of text, please provide both the original Japanese and the translation as separate block quotes, attributing whether they are a machine translation or not accordingly. 
If the section of text is longer than one or two small paragraphs, please do not put the entire section of text into the article. Instead, provide the translation as a blockquote and provide a citation for the source of the text (which should be done regardless, according to the reference guide.)
=== Kanji ===
Kanji characters have a tendency to not only have multiple meanings, but also different ways to write and read them. If you are dealing with a kanji word or characters in an article (NOT in a paragraph, and depending on the context), please take care to accurately attribute the correct reading and definition depending on the context. This information is not required, but if you have it and are willing to provide it, please format it similarly to the following example from the Zuiyo Co., Ltd. page:Zuiyo Co., Ltd.The name "Zuiyo" in kanji ("瑞鷹") is a combination of the kanji for "瑞" (ずい, zui using the go-on reading of the kanji)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-on which has several meanings, but can include "beauty", "youth", or "luster".https://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E7%91%9E.html The other half of the word, "鷹" (たか, taka) uses the kanji for "hawk".https://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E9%B7%B9.htmlPlease note the specific mention of the reading of the characters and the citations that directly take users to the dictionary pages for those characters. Again, this is not required—but if you wanted to add this information, do it in the same way as the text above.
== Suggested Resources ==
As stated, you do not have to know Japanese to use Japanese text on the wiki.
However, the wiki has some free recommendations as to what to use to get rough translations, Hepburn romanizations, and where to go when you need a translation that needs to be expanded upon beyond a machine translator.
=== Machine Translators ===
The best machine translation tool the wiki recommends is DeepL. However, in a pinch, Google Translate will do—but it is not as reliable.
=== Hepburn Romanizations/Dictionary ===
The wiki recommends RomajiDesu to generate Hepburn romanizations, and also as a general dictionary when needed reference for specific words and characters.
=== How to get Better Translations ===
If you use reddit, going to r/translator and putting a request in may help clear up any confusion. You will need to provide proper credit if you use this method, and properly follow their rules and guidelines. Do not abuse this resource—this is a voluntary forum, and asking more than is appropriate may get you banned from participating. A few sentences, a word, or a short paragraph is not asking too much. 
r/translator can also expand on context and users may be willing to explain why something reads a certain way, or if there is background information regarding a translation.
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