Template:Lang-x/doc

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

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TemplateData for Lang-x

Indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in a foreign language.

Template parameters

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	no description	Unknown	optional