I would suggest that you do **not** provide **rudimentary** "Can you translate this?" services on this site. This is not a translation service; There are better tools for that job.

Translations will be a natural part of this site, but **only as long at they they involve questions about the "finer points of the language."** 

There are difficult-to-translate phrases and certain idioms that do not "translate well" across language barriers. I fully support translation requests of this nature. But I would highly suggest that you do not accept question in the form:

> Can you translate this for me?
>> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc eros dui, mattis a mattis in, consequat non nisl. Nam condimentum, orci in ornare dapibus, ipsum diam ultrices odio, sit amet volutpat justo odio vel magna. 

>> Blah, blah, blah...

Questions of "[**General Reference**](http://meta.english.stackexchange.com/questions/939/how-to-respond-to-dictionary-general-reference-questions)" should be closed. There are real people behind this site answering questions, and this site *has* to remain interesting to them — or **they'll go elsewhere.** Once the site devolves into "How do you say 'dog' in Japanese?", you've lost your core audience.