Template:Lang-x/doc

Usage

The language template{{lang-x}}identifies foreign language text: (usage example). The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations inWikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Foreign terms;italics for languages that use theLatin alphabet,normal for others.

The template should generally be placed after the English translation of the foreign term or phrase.

The parameter|links=noprevents the language name from being linked.

The parameter|translit=allows for aromanizationto be identified. The templates that have this parameter arelisted here.(This parameter is not supported bylang-xtemplates for languages that are already written in Latin script.)

The parameter|lit=enables a literal translation (in English) to be given. Itis being rolled outto 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 gameThe 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 byErich 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 gameThe 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 byErich Maria Remarque.

Supporting templates

This template may use one of the following templates:

• {{Language with name}}

All of the above use{{Lang}}

TemplateData

This is theTemplateDatafor this template used byTemplateWizard,VisualEditorand other tools.See a monthly parameter usage reportforTemplate:Lang-xin articles based on its TemplateData.

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	linkslink	Set to 'no' to disable the link to the article's language.	Boolean	optional
Literal translation	littranslation	The literal translation of the foreign text.	String	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
Language label	label	If 'none', suppresses language link and label. Other options may be available depending on the language. Example none	Line	optional

See also

• {{crh}}– Supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic Crimean Tatar text
• {{Lang}}
• {{Language with name/for}}
• List of ISO 639-1 codes(language codes)
• {{IPA}}