# Will you translate WaniKani to spanish? **URL:** \ **Category:** WaniKani\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475 "2017-08-24T18:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erikoptero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/erikoptero/32/64001_2.png) [@erikoptero](https://community.wanikani.com/u/erikoptero)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/1 "2017-08-24T18:24:06Z")
I’m spanish and I find very difficult to remember the japanese meaning and the translation to english. Will you translate WaniKani to spanish? If you need a translator I can help. I think that this can help a lot of non native english speakers and bring WaniKani to a bigger community. Thank you! Also, why lvl1 is sooooo slow? I have only 1-2 reviews everyhour of one radical. I completed all and I don’t have new lessons yet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zeriel/32/64168_2.png) [@Zeriel](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/2 "2017-08-24T18:29:37Z")
Hello, I can speak Spanish as well if you want to chat 😃 Also lv1 is really slow but it will soon start piling up on you, I’m only lv2 here and had over 100reviews today ---
**Author:** ![ZengoTim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zengotim/32/33602_2.png) [@ZengoTim](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ZengoTim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/3 "2017-08-24T18:35:02Z")
“CaimànCangrejo” ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zeriel/32/64168_2.png) [@Zeriel](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/4 "2017-08-24T18:36:07Z")
Porque no Cocodrilejo o Cangrilo? xD ---
**Author:** ![ZengoTim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zengotim/32/33602_2.png) [@ZengoTim](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ZengoTim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/5 "2017-08-24T18:39:25Z")
Well, mi español is a bit rusty, I went with what i could remember 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zeriel/32/64168_2.png) [@Zeriel](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/6 "2017-08-24T18:41:37Z")
Well to be honest I can’t tell the difference between Caiman and Cocodrilo in any language xD I think the Caiman is bigger? ---
**Author:** ![galg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/galg/32/58154_2.png) [@galg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/galg)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/7 "2017-08-24T18:43:46Z")
You’re not alone, [most users on WaniKani are not native English speakers](https://community.wanikani.com/t/whats-your-native-language-an-inquiry-please-re-vote-on-poll-2-0/18688). Providing Spanish definitions is one thing, Spanish mnemonics is another. I can see there being an unofficial fan translation though, perhaps via a script (if the public API/servers allow such a thing). ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zeriel/32/64168_2.png) [@Zeriel](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/8 "2017-08-24T18:45:46Z")
Why not make it so everyone can edit the info so they can add whatever they want on their own language? That would be really helpful and shouldn’t be hard to implement ---
**Author:** ![Luviex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/luviex/32/210308_2.png) [@Luviex](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Luviex)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/9 "2017-08-24T18:47:51Z")
WaniKani will probably not be translated to another language, because then all of the mnemonics would need to be rewritten. (Many of them are based on puns that obviously only work in English) I’ve been adding German translations as **user synonyms** for most items. That helped me a lot and I’m glad I started doing it so early. ---
**Author:** ![galg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/galg/32/58154_2.png) [@galg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/galg)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/10 "2017-08-24T18:52:31Z")
It must be a pain in the ass when the word is nearly the same in German as in English but spelt differently. ---
**Author:** ![Luviex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/luviex/32/210308_2.png) [@Luviex](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Luviex)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/11 "2017-08-24T18:55:41Z")
I’m using the close but no cigar script, if that’s what you mean? Also using lesson user synonyms ---
**Author:** ![konekush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/konekush/32/5287_2.png) [@konekush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/konekush)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/12 "2017-08-24T20:08:16Z")
You can add user synonyms and user notes to items in your own language. ---
**Author:** ![alexbeldan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alexbeldan/32/63446_2.png) [@alexbeldan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alexbeldan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/13 "2017-08-24T21:12:31Z")
> [@galg](#): > > It must be a pain in the ass when the word is nearly the same in German as in English but spelt differently. You mean like this word? > [@Heiopei](#): > > I’be #### I'm just ##### kidding. ###### Don't get mad at me. ---
**Author:** ![galg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/galg/32/58154_2.png) [@galg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/galg)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/14 "2017-08-24T21:56:43Z")
Yeah, I use that script… realized that problem might not effect you after posting. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/15 "2017-08-24T21:58:28Z")
Congratz on lvl 11 \<3 ---
**Author:** ![IvaDemilcol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ivademilcol/32/7488_2.png) [@IvaDemilcol](https://community.wanikani.com/u/IvaDemilcol)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/16 "2017-08-24T22:08:43Z")
You can actually add a synonym in your own language and WK will register it as correct. You can also add notes. Those functions are pretty useful when WK mnemonics don’t work well for you. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/17 "2017-08-25T01:10:51Z")
> [@galg](#): > > You’re not alone, [most users on WaniKani are not native English speakers](https://community.wanikani.com/t/whats-your-native-language-an-inquiry-please-re-vote-on-poll-2-0/18688). Are we really sure of that? Don’t you think a poll like that would lead to self-selection for non-native English speakers, since native English speakers might see that and assume their answer is boring. I never bothered to vote until just now when I saw you take that conclusion from it. ---
**Author:** ![galg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/galg/32/58154_2.png) [@galg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/galg)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/18 "2017-08-25T01:27:46Z")
I considered that, but the fact that the title directs to a poll means they know they don’t need to comment, just to vote. A vote can’t really be boring, and people generally (and particularly people on the internet) like voting on things as a sort of self-expression. On the other hand my international left handed day handedness poll has a breakdown of 63/37% right/left handed, a considerably higher proportion than the general population, which was to be expected since the title just says “International left handed day”, which will naturally attract less righties than “What is your dominant hand? [POLL]”. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/19 "2017-08-25T01:31:06Z")
Sure it can be boring. Does anyone care that I’m an English speaker? That’s the default expectation on an English language site. When I saw it, my assumption was that the purpose was to hear all the different languages people speak, not to be a representative sample. ---
**Author:** ![rhet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rhet/32/7641_2.png) [@rhet](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rhet)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475/20 "2017-08-25T01:42:48Z")
Yeah, I’m not convinced the sample is representative either. I doubt most WaniKani subscribers even use the forums. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/will-you-translate-wanikani-to-spanish/19475.md?page=2)