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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
{{tlf|'''{{BASEPAGENAME}}'''|nolink=yes}} | Template {{tlf|'''{{BASEPAGENAME}}'''|nolink=yes}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in [[{{ISO 639 name {{lcfirst:{{str right|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|5}}}}}} language|{{ISO 639 name {{lcfirst:{{str right|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|5}}}}}}]] language. The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations in [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms]] (italics for Latin-script languages, regular for others). | ||
The template should generally be placed after the English translation of the foreign term or phrase. | |||
The parameter {{Para|links|no}} | The parameter {{Para|links|no}} prevents the language name from being linked. | ||
The parameter {{Para|lit}} [[Template talk:Language with name#Suggestion: An optional literal translation|is being rolled out]] to these templates and so may be available for {{tlf|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|nolink=yes}} | The parameter {{Para|lit}} enables a literal translation to be given. [[Template talk:Language with name#Suggestion: An optional literal translation|is being rolled out]] to these templates and so may be available for {{tlf|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|nolink=yes}}. | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == |
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Usage
Template {{Lang-x}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in [[Template:ISO 639 name x language|Template:ISO 639 name x]] language. The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms (italics for Latin-script languages, regular for others).
The template should generally be placed after the English translation of the foreign term or phrase.
The parameter |links=no
prevents the language name from being linked.
The parameter |lit=
enables a literal translation to be given. is being rolled out to these templates and so may be available for {{Lang-x}}.
Examples
The following examples show translations from German.
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- Weimar is located in the federal state of Thuringia (
{{Lang-de|Thüringen}}
). - The Seafarers of Catan (
{{Lang-de|Die Seefahrer von Catan}}
) is an expansion of the board game The Settlers of Catan. - Albert the Bear (
{{Lang-de|Albrecht der Bär|links=no}}
) - All Quiet on the Western Front ({
{lang-de|Im Westen nichts Neues|lit=In the West Nothing New}}
) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
Resulting text
- Weimar is located in the federal state of Thuringia (German: Thüringen).
- The Seafarers of Catan (German: Die Seefahrer von Catan) is an expansion of the board game The Settlers of Catan.
- Albert the Bear (German: Albrecht der Bär)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'In the West Nothing New') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
See also
- {{Lang}}, and its opposite, {{Language with name/for}}
- {{Link language}}
- {{[[Template:Template:Str crop icon|Template:Str crop icon]]}}