Wikimedia Commons tags file descriptions by language for the [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM:LS|language select]] system. However, adding such translations is tedious:
* there is no systematic way to find file descriptions which I can translate (where my language is missing, and a language I know is available);
* wikitext editing is required and not always easy;
* no translation aids are available, as would be in the Translate extension.
**Currently resolved** by [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MarkTraceur/editDescriptions.js|editDescriptions.js]]. Possible actionable items:
* making default;
* adding other features (e.g. for discoverability/coordination).
**Out of scope**: changing the system Commons uses to store translations/multilingual data. Probably falls under https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data instead.
Original report: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Spw92sbkz427el1o