Not all questions are made equal. Some require expert knowledge, some can be sufficiently answered by a dictionary. Should we allow the second kind, and if we don't, where do we draw the line?
2 Answers
I think the line is research effort.
If the OP provides evidence of it, then any question is fine, even the simplest ones. I also agree with Vladimir.
I think simple how-to-translate questions should be allowed if they there's some context provided that does not allow to use translation from dictionary or topic-starter explained why he can't use dictionary, e.g.
Bad:
How to translate "A" to Russian
OK:
How to translate A to Russian in the phrase "Blabla A blabla"
OK:
How to translate A to Russian? I checked the dictionary and there's А and Б options which one is more appropriate in my case (case explanation followed)
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That seems like a good policy to me for translation questions, but it's not like we're going to be dealing with translation questions exclusively.– kotekzotJun 13, 2012 at 23:04