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"description": "The literal translation of the foreign text" | |||
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"translit": { | |||
"label": "Transliteration", | |||
"description": "The transliteration of the foreign text, for languages that do not use the Latin alphabet. This field is ignored for languages that do use the Latin alphabet", | |||
"type": "string" | |||
} | } | ||
}, | }, | ||
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Usage
Template {{lang-x}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in a foreign 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 |translit= enables a transliteration (of the original text with the Latin alphabet) to be given. The templates that have this param are listed here. (This parameter is not supported by lang-x templates for languages that are already written in Latin script.)
The parameter |lit= enables a literal translation (in English) to be given. It 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]]}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Lang-x
Indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in a foreign language.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | 1 | The foreign text to display. | String | required |
| Display link | links | Set to no to disable the link to the article's language. | Boolean | optional |
| Literal translation | lit | The literal translation of the foreign text | Unknown | optional |
| Transliteration | translit | The transliteration of the foreign text, for languages that do not use the Latin alphabet. This field is ignored for languages that do use the Latin alphabet | String | optional |
