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Usage
| code | grc |
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| rtl | no |
| style: inherit | |
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 help 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 (i.e.: "Ancient Greek:" vs. "Greek"), this template will always wrap the supplied Ancient Greek text inside of appropriate HTML <span>...</span> tags – that is to say that the Ancient Greek text will be tagged using the ISO 639-2 and ISO-639-3 language code for Ancient Greek: "grc". The following example wikicode:
((lang-grc|ἄτομος|átomos|indivisible, an atom))
produces the following HTML:
<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a>:<span lang="grc" xml:lang="grc">ἄτομος</span><span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none"><i>átomos</i></span>"indivisible, an atom"
This metadata identifies the enclosed text as Ancient Greek for the benefit of search engines, browsers, screen readers, translators, typesetters, and so on. To these "non-human readers", Ancient Greek (encoded as "grc") has important distinctions from Modern Greek (appropriately encoded using "ell", "gre" or "grk" by other ((lang)) templates). For that reason, this template should never be used with Modern 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
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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-grc
- |Ancient Greek text – using the Greek polytonic alphabet (with diacritics). (mandatory) – must be the 1st field
- |transliterated text – the same text, transliterated using Latin alphabet (see Romanization of Greek). (optional) – must be the 2nd field
- |translated text – in English. (optional) – must be the 3rd field
- ))
Examples
Code Result ((lang-grc|ἄτομος)) Ancient Greek: ἄτομος ((lang-grc|ἄτομος|átomos)) Ancient Greek: ἄτομος, romanized: átomos ((lang-grc|ἄτομος|átomos|indivisible, an atom)) Ancient Greek: ἄτομος, romanized: átomos, lit. 'indivisible, an atom' ((lang-grc|ἄτομος| |indivisible, an atom (lit: 'that cannot be cut'))) Ancient Greek: ἄτομος, lit. 'indivisible, an atom (lit: 'that cannot be cut')'
Category
Articles using this template are automatically placed in Category:Articles containing Ancient Greek-language text.
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Lang-grc in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Lang-grc
Insert Greek text. This template should only be used with Ancient 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 | optional |
See also
((lang-el))for Modern Greek.((lang-ell))for Modern Greek explicitly stated and linked so in the label.((lang-gkm))for Medieval Greek.((lang-grc-gre))for which the Ancient Greek description is not satisfactory or limiting.((lang-grc-koi))for Koine Greek.((lang|el))and((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|grc))tags text as "Ancient Greek Transliteration" (has no visible effect other than said tag when pointer is placed on text).- Module:Ancient Greek for automatic romanization:
((#invoke:Ancient Greek|translit|Ἑλληνική))produces: Hellēnikḗ