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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.
Edit
- 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}}
- {{ icon}}
TemplateData
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TemplateData for Lang-x
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Text", "description": "The foreign text to display.", "type": "string", "required": true }, "links": { "label": "Display link", "description": "Set to no to disable the link to the article's language.", "type": "boolean" }, "lit": { "label": "Literal translation", "description": "The literal translation of the foreign text" }, "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" } }, "description": "Indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in a foreign language." } </templatedata>