This template is used to identify a stub about translation. It uses ((asbox)), which is a meta-template designed to ease the process of creating and maintaining stub templates.
Typing ((Translation-stub))
produces the message shown at the beginning, and adds the article to the following category:
NOTE: This template is meant to be used in articles about translation as a topic. For individual translators, please use the template ((translator-stub)) or the related templates. But, in case there is need to use maintenance templates related to translation, please look for the appropriate template at ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Wikipedia translation templates.
This is a stub template. A brief explanation of these templates follows; for full details please consult Wikipedia:Stub.
A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject.
((Translation-stub))
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