Translation talk:Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1974)

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I am the provider of the text on this page, though I added it on my laptop and thus was not signed in. The source of the text is the German-language pdf listed in the "external links" section of the Constitution of East Germany article on Wikipedia as "1974 Constitution of the GDR (full text in German)". (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 07:12, 4 February 2021 (UTC))
 * so this is your personal translation of the document? If so, it should go in the Translations namespace (I can move it for you). Thank you so much for a translation in that case—I know it's not an easy thing to do! Inductiveload— talk/contribs 10:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

What is the Translations namespace? Sorry for asking, but I'm just new to this. (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 16:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC))
 * This is :-D. It's where we put translations by Wikisource's own users that aren't independently published works (with ISBNs and so on).
 * The original work is public domain in the US, but you also need to specify a license for your contribution. Generally, translations are provided under CC-BY-SA, since that's the default licence of all Wikisource contributions. Inductiveload— talk/contribs 17:15, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

also, do you know of a primary source (i.e. a scan of the text) for the German text? Inductiveload— talk/contribs 18:33, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean a copy of the German text, than this is the link, otherwise I'm not sure what you mean: http://www.documentarchiv.de/ddr/verfddr.html (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 18:56, 4 February 2021 (UTC))
 * I mean a source that isn't just the text on a 3rd-party website (obviously the real text wasn't published on a GDR website in 1974). Generally, where possible, we link to have the text backed by a scan for verifiability, which is usually a PDF or a DJVU file. For example Index:Constitution of Rhodesia, 1965.pdf. It's OK if not, but if there's an obvious copy hanging around the internet, it'd be nice to use it. Inductiveload— talk/contribs 19:13, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

The only source I know about is the link I've provided. (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 20:05, 4 February 2021 (UTC))