Meta:Common messages

Common messages are words and phrases frequently used in internationalization.

Use of these messages helps reduce the workload for translators and is greatly encouraged.

Built-in messages

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You may use {{int}} template to display a system message in current page language using translations provided by Translatewiki.net. This is helpful to automatically translate:

  • Wikimedia global project names, e.g. {{int|wikibase-otherprojects-commons}} gives “Wikimedia Commons”.
  • Wikimedia local project names, e.g. {{int|project-localized-name-frwiki}} gives “French Wikipedia”.
  • Months, e.g. {{int|September}} gives “September”.
  • {{#language:}} parser function allows you to display language names. E.g. {{#language:fr|ar}} will display “French” in Arabic.
    • {{Lg}} template allows you to display language names in current page language. E.g. {{lg|fr}} will display “French” in current page language.

Wikidata

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You can get common names from Wikidata thanks to {{Label}} template.

  • Country names are available through {{Country}} template.

Meta-Wiki translation system

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Meta-Wiki uses the Translate extension to provide multilingual support to wiki pages and templates.

These templates make use of translations which have already been created within this system (database):

  • {{Int string}}: Provides common messages (strings) used in navigation, table headers, timelines, and related non-sentence usages.
  • {{Translated content}}: Displays translations already entered into the Meta-Wiki translation system from other pages or existing translations within the same page.
  • {{Tunit}}: Displays translations already entered into the Meta-Wiki translation system from the same page.

See also

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