Template:Language with name and transliteration
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Usage
The primary objective of this template (and of the other ((lang)) templates) is to tag non-English text so that both human and machine readers are able to properly interpret, display and understand non-English text as part of an effort to move towards a semantic web. To that end, proper use of these templates helps web browsers to choose the correct display font, text-to-speech screen readers to select a more appropriate pronunciation, search engines to better index and relate the context of the content, translation services to properly interpret the words, spell checkers to properly allow and/or require diacritics, and so on.
Important metadata
Regardless of the label that is displayed in front of the text (e.g.: "Ancient Greek:" vs. "Greek:" vs. "Modern Greek"), this template will always wrap the supplied Greek text inside of appropriate HTML <span>...</span> tags – that is to say that the Greek text will be tagged using the ISO 639-1 language code for Modern Greek: "el". The following example wikicode:
((lang-el|άτομο))
produces the following HTML:
<a href="/wiki/Greek language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>:<span lang="el" xml:lang="el">άτομο</span>
This metadata identifies the enclosed text as Modern Greek for the benefit of search engines, browsers, screen readers, translators, typesetters, and so on. To these "non-human readers", Modern Greek (encoded as "el") has important distinctions from e.g. Ancient Greek (appropriately encoded using "grc" by other ((lang)) templates). For that reason, this template should never be used with Ancient or Medieval or other Greek text.
Parameters
| parameter | definition | yields to | alias |
|---|---|---|---|
text |
non-English text | – | (({1))}
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translit |
Latin script transliteration of the content in text |
– | (({2))}
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translit-std |
standard used for the transliteration of the value of translit; accepted values are: ISO, DIN, IAST, ALA, ALA-LC |
– | |
translit-script |
transliteration standard's script identifier | – | |
translation |
literal English translation or gloss of the content in text |
– | lit, (({3))}
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label |
label to be used instead of template-provided language label; may be wikilinked; special keyword none causes the template to render without any labels (including transliteration and translation labels) | – | |
link |
yes (default) links language name and static text associated with translit and translation; accepted values are: no, yes; |link=no does not unlink wikilinked labels set by |label= |
– | links
|
proto |
accepted values are: no (default) or yes (default for private-use language tags with the -x-proto subtags); when yes (default or explicit), prefixes rendered text with an asterisk indicating 'unattested' | – | |
code |
IETF language tag for the content in text; set by the template, overriding the template setting is discouraged |
– | |
script |
IETF language script subtag; sometimes set by the template when the language of the content in text uses more than one writing system; always four alpha characters; a value of Latn (not "Latin"!) forces italic rendering unless overridden by italic; overrides rtl |
italic |
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region |
IETF language region subtag | – | |
variant |
IETF language variant subtag | – | |
rtl |
yes indicates that the writing system used for the content in text is right-to-left; accepted values are: no (default), yes |
script |
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italic |
; accepted values are: yes, no, unset, invert, default | – | italics,i
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size |
specifies font size of the content in text; use a value suitable for use with the CSS font-size property; this should almost always be a relative value supplied in % or em units, not a fixed px value. |
– | |
cat |
inhibits automatic categorization; mirror version of nocat; accepted values are: no, n, false, f, off, 0 |
– | |
nocat |
inhibits automatic categorization; mirror version of cat; accepted values are: yes, y, true, t, on, 1 |
– |
| |italic= value | description | example code | result | html markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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((lang-ru|тундра)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">тундра</span>
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Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">tûndra</span>Incorrect markup; this requires |script=latn.
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((lang-fr|toundra)) |
French: toundra | [[French language|French]]: <i lang="fr">toundra</i>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <i lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</i>
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| default | ((lang-ru|тундра|italic=default)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">тундра</span>
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((lang-fr|toundra|italic=default)) |
French: toundra | [[French language|French]]: <i lang="fr">toundra</i>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=default)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <i lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</i>
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| no |
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((lang-ru|тундра|italic=no)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru" style="font-style: normal;">тундра</span>
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((lang-fr|toundra|italic=no)) |
French: toundra | [[French language|French]]: <span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">toundra</span>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=no)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn" style="font-style: normal;">tûndra</span>
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''((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=no))'' |
Russian: tûndra | ''[[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn" style="font-style: normal;">tûndra</span>''
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| yes |
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((lang-ru|тундра|italic=yes)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <i lang="ru">тундра</i>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=yes)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <i lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</i>
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| unset |
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((lang-ru|тундра|italic=unset)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">тундра</span>
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''((lang-ru|тундра|italic=unset))'' |
Russian: тундра | ''[[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">тундра</span>''
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=unset)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</span>
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''((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=unset))'' |
Russian: tûndra | ''[[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</span>''
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| invert |
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((lang-ru|тундра|italic=invert)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">''тундра''</span>
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((lang-ru|''тундра''|italic=invert)) |
Russian: тундра | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru">тундра</span>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|tûndra|italic=invert)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn">''tûndra''</span>
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((lang-ru|script=latn|''tûndra''|italic=invert)) |
Russian: tûndra | [[Russian language|Russian]]: <span lang="ru-Latn">tûndra</span>
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† compare |italic=invert to |italic=unset:
((Lang-de|... ein neues Opernprojekt in Angriff: ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', nach Heinrich von Kleists gleichnamigem Drama.|italic=invert))- German: ... ein neues Opernprojekt in Angriff: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, nach Heinrich von Kleists gleichnamigem Drama.
((Lang-de|''... ein neues Opernprojekt in Angriff: ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', nach Heinrich von Kleists gleichnamigem Drama.''|italic=unset))- German: ... ein neues Opernprojekt in Angriff: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, nach Heinrich von Kleists gleichnamigem Drama.
Syntax
- ((lang-el
- |Modern Greek text – using the Greek alphabet (with diacritics). (mandatory)
- |links=value – valid values: yes to have the language name linked (default) and no to prevent the language name from being linked. (optional)
- |lit=string – valid strings are English translations of the Greek text. (optional)
- |translit=string – valid strings are transliterations (with the Latin script) of the Greek text. (optional)
- ))
Examples
Code Result ((lang-el|άτομο)) Template:Language with name and transliteration ((lang-el|άτομο|links=yes)) Template:Language with name and transliteration ((lang-el|άτομο|links=no)) Template:Language with name and transliteration '''Nea Dimokratia''' -((Lang-el|Νέα Δημοκρατία|translit=Nea Dimokratia))Nea Dimokratia - Template:Language with name and transliteration '''Eleftherotypia''' -((Lang-el|Ελευθεροτυπία|lit=Freedom of the Press))Eleftherotypia - Template:Language with name and transliteration
Tracking categories
- Articles using this template are automatically placed in Category:Articles containing Greek-language text (26,262).
- Category:Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter (1,177) - nothing inherently wrong if supplied
(({2))}, but was created to check for compliance with template scheme.
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Lang-el in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Lang-el
Insert Greek text. This template should only be used with modern Greek.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | 1 | The Greek text to be displayed | Line | required |
| Link? | links | If a link to the article Greek language is included
| Boolean | optional |
| Lit | lit | English translation of Greek text | String | optional |
| Transliteration | translit | A Latin alphabet respelling of Greek text | String | suggested |
| Transliteration standard | translit-std | The identifier for the standard used for transliteration. Accepted value must be one of: ISO, DIN, IAST, ALA, and ALA-LC.
| String | suggested |
| Label | label | label to be used instead of template-provided language label; may be wikilinked; special keyword none causes the template to render without any labels (including transliteration and translation labels)
| Unknown | optional |
See also
((lang-gkm))for Medieval Greek.((lang-grc))for Ancient Greek.((lang-grc-gre))for which the Ancient Greek description is not satisfactory or limiting.((lang|el))tags Modern Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).((lang|ell))tags Modern Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).((lang|grc))tags Ancient Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).((transl|el))tags text as "Greek Transliteration" (has no visible effect other than said tag when pointer is placed on text).