Have a thesis to write to finish college, it's about the European Union and the bad things about it, thing is i have a lot of pages to fill, and there's only so much i can write from my own knowledge, so of course i steal other people's content
But i don't copypaste it, i'm not from an English speaking country, so what i do is find some articles, read them, then not only translate it into my native language, but also change most of the sentences and structure of the ideas being said, combined with the ideas that i come with on the go.
Is this plagiarism? Will i get fucked?
>>18176292
I'm sure your college has rules on citing. Technically, if you don't cite you sources it is plagiarism I'm at uni and if I get caught for plagiarism two times I'll get thrown out.
You will not be caught. Earth is flat. People are dumb #AF
>>18176292
It's difficult to say with no examples given but I'd recommend you to always cite the source anyway, you could quote a part of the article and write further considerations on it.
Maybe you should try to do some fucking work. You might learn something. Isn't that what you are there for?
>>18176292
How the fuck are you in college, writing a thesis and haven't got the faintest idea how academic writing works? You're not supposed to make it up. You refer to previous research and theories other people have developed, and construct your own hypothesis and conclusions on the already existing theoretical framework. Generally, primary and secoundary sources are needed and you construct your research based on those. You don't have the academic authority to make up bullshit you think it right, you need to refer to other peoples' work to prove your points and theories.
gaddamn this is genius. how have i never thought of this. thanks op
Ever heard of quoting shit brah? It's especially good to fill pages if your college has instructions of quoting longer stuff (over 20 words). Find a nice long ass quote (with reference of course), then spend a paragraph or two to analyse it and tie it to your thesis, boom, almost a whole new page.