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	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