Template:Lang-x/doc

Usage

The language template {{lang-x}} identifies foreign language text. 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 languages that use the Latin alphabet, normal 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= allows for a romanization to be identified. The templates that have this parameter 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 (Template:Lang-de).
• The Seafarers of Catan (Template:Lang-de) is an expansion of the board game The Settlers of Catan.
• Albert the Bear (Template:Lang-de)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (Template:Lang-de) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

Supporting templates

This template may use one of the following templates:

• {{Language with name}}

All of the above use {{Lang}}

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 link	Set to 'no' to disable the link to the article's language.	Boolean	optional
Literal translation	lit translation	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

• {{Lang}}
• {{Language with name/for}}
• List of ISO 639-1 codes (language codes)
• {{IPA}}