How to Translate Wikipedia From Russian to German (Step-by-Step)
Russian-language content on Wikipedia is rich and worth reading. If German is your stronger reading language, the usual friction applies: copy the text into a translator and lose the layout, or read slower than you would like.
This guide shows a third option — translate the Russian article in place, directly into German, with bilingual translation. The Russian stays visible and the German meaning appears right beside it, so you can read the meaning quickly and still check the original for any word, name, or phrase.
Demo note: the screenshots below are built in a real Wikipedia layout to show exactly how BothLang displays a bilingual page — the Russian paragraph on top and the translated German directly beneath, with a hand-drawn arrow pointing at the translation.The workflow is identical on any article because BothLang works on whatever page you are viewing.
What you need
- BothLang installed in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox — see the download page.
- The extension pinned to your toolbar.
- A Russian-language article open in a tab.
Step 1 — Open the Russian article
Open the Russian piece you want to read.
Step 2 — Set German as your target
Click the BothLang icon. Set Translate into to German and Page display to Bilingual.
Step 3 — Translate the page
Click Translate Now. BothLang places a German translation directly beneath each Russian paragraph, leaving the Russian intact. A hand-drawn arrow marks the first translated paragraph.
Step 4 — Switch reading modes
- Bilingual — source and translation together.
- Translation only — fastest.
- Original only — back to clean Russian.
The short version
- Install and pin BothLang.
- Open a Russian article.
- Set Translate into: German, Page display: Bilingual.
- Click Translate Now.
- Read the German with the Russian original underneath.
Try it on your next Russian-language article.