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dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/gl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Project:Política de lingua (35% translated)" lang="gl" dir="ltr">galego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ia" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Project:Language policy/ia (9% translated)" lang="ia" dir="ltr">interlingua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Progetto:Policy sulle lingue (14% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Projektas:Kalbos politika (95% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Projekt:Nyelvi irányelv (28% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/uz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Project:Til siyosati (26% translated)" lang="uz" dir="ltr">oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Project:Polityka językowa (100% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Projeto:Política de Idioma (93% translated)" lang="pt" dir="ltr">português</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Projeto:Política linguística (95% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/fi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Project:Kielipolitiikka (77% translated)" lang="fi" dir="ltr">suomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/sv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Portal:Språkpolicy (95% translated)" lang="sv" dir="ltr">svenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/is" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Project:Language policy/is (12% translated)" lang="is" dir="ltr">íslenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Project:Jazyková pravidla (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Πρόγραμμα:Πολιτική γλώσσας (19% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Проект:Языковая политика (100% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Project:Мовна політика (95% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/he" 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href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ks" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Project:Language policy/ks (9% translated)" lang="ks" dir="rtl">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/bho" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="परियोजना:भाषा नीति (14% translated)" lang="bho" dir="ltr">भोजपुरी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/mr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Project:Language policy/mr (33% translated)" lang="mr" dir="ltr">मराठी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Project:भाषा नीति (95% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="প্রকল্প:ভাষা নীতি (26% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟ:ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨੀਤੀ (9% translated)" lang="pa" dir="ltr">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Project:Language policy/gu (9% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ta" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="மொழிக் கொள்கை (9% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="โครงการ:นโยบายภาษา (91% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/blk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ထာꩻမာꩻရဲဉ်ႏ:ဘာႏသာႏငဝ်းငွါမူဝါဒ (23% translated)" lang="blk" dir="ltr">ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/kjp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ပ်ုလဝ်ဂျက်:ဆ်ုခၠါင်ဘာႋသာ့ပဝ်ႋလ်ုဆီ့ (21% translated)" lang="kjp" dir="ltr">ဖၠုံလိက်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ပရောဂျက်:ဘာသာစကားရေးရာ မူဝါဒ (93% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/shn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Project: ၽႃႇသႃႇ ပၵ်းပိူင် (86% translated)" lang="shn" dir="ltr">ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="პროექტი:ენობრივი პოლიტიკა (16% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Project: (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Project:言語の方針 (98% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/mni" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꯊꯧꯔꯥꯡ:ꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗ ꯄꯥꯏꯈꯠꯀꯗꯕ ꯊꯧꯔꯝꯁꯤꯡ (42% translated)" lang="mni" dir="ltr">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Project:언어 정책 (40% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p>This page describes the current <b>multi-lingual policy on MediaWiki.org</b>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Geographylogo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Languages"><img alt="Languages" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Geographylogo.svg/150px-Geographylogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Geographylogo.svg/225px-Geographylogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Geographylogo.svg/300px-Geographylogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160"/></a><figcaption>Languages</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Help:_namespace" data-mw-thread-id="h-Help:_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Help:_namespace"></span>Help: namespace<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Help:_namespace"></span></h2></div> <p>The <code>Help:</code> namespace contains a set of <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD_help" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD help">public domain help pages</a>. The aim is to provide a basic set of help pages that may be imported into new wikis covering the basic editing and usage instructions. These should be translated into as many languages as possible. </p> <ul><li>English is the main reference language, and all root pages should be named and written in English.</li> <li>Sub-pages should <i>only</i> be used for translations into other languages, not for English content (e.g. you shouldn't use <code>Table editing/example</code> - use <code>Table editing example</code> or <code>Example of table editing</code> instead).</li> <li>If an international version of a page exists but an English version does not, then please create a stub article for the English version as this aids navigation.</li></ul> <p>This system will be compatible with the planned <a href="/wiki/Automating_help_page_export" class="mw-redirect" title="Automating help page export">automated import/export of Help pages</a>, but may need a bit of working around to export/import non-English pages in the interim. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="translate-extension"></span><span class="anchor" id="Translate_extension"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translate_extension" data-mw-thread-id="h-Translate_extension-Help:_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Translate_extension-Help:_namespace"></span>Translate extension<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Translate_extension-Help:_namespace"></span></h3></div> <p>We use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate">Translate</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Translate" title="Extension:Translate"> </a></span> extension for hundreds of pages. These use the subpage convention, with {{#translation:}} for categories. </p><p>The system is recommended at least for most visited pages and all new help, manual and (main) extension pages, but no policy has been established on this yet. </p> <ul><li>To translate: just go <a href="/wiki/Special:LanguageStats" title="Special:LanguageStats">Special:LanguageStats</a> and start translating.</li> <li>To administer translations: <a href="/wiki/Special:PageTranslation" title="Special:PageTranslation">Special:PageTranslation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:AggregateGroups" title="Special:AggregateGroups">Special:AggregateGroups</a>.</li></ul> <p>You can request a page to be added to translation by preparing it for translation, then a translation administrator will have to enable it (see the tutorial <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_example" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation example">How to prepare a page for translation</a>); otherwise, ask directly to one of the <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/translationadmin" title="Special:ListUsers/translationadmin">translation administrators</a> to do it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_system" data-mw-thread-id="h-Old_system-Help:_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Old_system-Help:_namespace"></span>Old system<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Old_system-Help:_namespace"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named sub-page of the English version. For example, the French version of <a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Help:Contents">Help:Contents</a> should be at <a href="/wiki/Help:Contents/fr" title="Help:Contents/fr">Help:Contents/fr</a> (not Help:Contenu, Aide:Contenu or Help:Contenu/fr).</li> <li>Language sub-pages should be named using the appropriate language code for that language (see <a href="#langcodes">below</a>).</li> <li>All pages in the help namespace should be tagged with the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Languages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Languages">Languages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Languages" title="Template:Languages"> </a></span>}}</code> template, which automatically creates links to all available translations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convert_to_Translate" data-mw-thread-id="h-Convert_to_Translate-Help:_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Convert_to_Translate-Help:_namespace"></span>Convert to Translate<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Convert_to_Translate-Help:_namespace"></span></h3></div> <p>The pages with existing translations are usually worth being made into translatable pages. Prepare the (English) root page for translation (see <a href="#translate-extension">the Translate extension section</a>) and, as soon as it's marked for translation, manually import the old translations from the history of subpages to the translation units (by clicking "translate this page"). The new feature <a href="/wiki/Special:PagePreparation" title="Special:PagePreparation">Special:PagePreparation</a> + <a href="/wiki/Special:PageMigration" title="Special:PageMigration">Special:PageMigration</a> facilitates this (currently available only for translation administrators). </p><p>A list of pages translated with the old system, to be migrated to the new, is in the works at <a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/Migration_list" title="Project:Language policy/Migration list">Project:Language policy/Migration list</a>. </p><p>More detailed instructions: </p> <ul><li>For a full introduction, read the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate">basic help</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation_example" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example">translation tutorial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_example" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation example">page translation tutorial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation administration">translation reference manual</a>.</li> <li>Login or register on mediawiki.org: all your work will happen on this wiki. Pick one page to migrate to Translate from <a href="/wiki/Project:Language_policy/Migration_list" title="Project:Language policy/Migration list">the migration list</a> (on the list's talk page, you can ask any question). Polish the English text as fit/possible to avoid migrating very obsolete/low quality text, skip pages where unsure. Prepare the page for translation (i.e. add <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">translate</span><span class="p">></span></code> tags etc.) following the page translation tutorial linked above; then edit the migration list, writing next to the page's title that you've done it.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/translationadmin" title="Special:ListUsers/translationadmin">translation administrator</a> (you?) will now approve ("mark") the page for translation at their discretion. When it's approved, complete the job: copy the old translations to corresponding units with Special:Translate (as a translator would do in the translation tutorial linked above). You don't need to know the language you're migrating, only to identify which paragraph corresponds to which, even though it's not a loyal translation (machine translation can help grasp the meaning if the layout of the page doesn't provide enough hints).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="The_main_page" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_main_page"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_main_page"></span>The main page<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_main_page"></span></h2></div> <p>The English version of our front page is located at <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>. Translated versions are located at MediaWiki/<i>code</i>, where <i>code</i> is the language code (e.g. <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki/fr" title="MediaWiki/fr">MediaWiki/fr</a>). Please see <a href="/wiki/Template:Main_page" title="Template:Main page">Template:Main page</a> for content of main page; you can translate it there. </p><p>Importantly, the rules about language codes (see <a href="#langcodes">below</a>) should be followed here as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_namespaces" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_namespaces"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_namespaces"></span>Other namespaces<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_namespaces"></span></h2></div> <p>Apart from the Main Page, no policy has yet been decided about other namespaces. For the time being, if you would like to create translations for pages in other namespaces then please do so as described for the Help: namespace, however content may be moved or deleted depending on the policy that is eventually adopted. </p><p>For some discussions, see <a href="/wiki/Project:Village_Pump/Archive_2#Languages" title="Project:Village Pump/Archive 2">Languages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thread:Project:Current_issues/_Project:Translate_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="Thread:Project:Current issues/ Project:Translate extension">Translate extension</a> at Current issues. </p><p><i>Note that the rule that English content should not be placed in sub-pages does not apply to other namespaces. This is one of the issues that needs resolving.</i> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="langcodes"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Language_codes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Language_codes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Language_codes"></span>Language codes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Language_codes"></span></h2></div> <p>Throughout MediaWiki.org you should use the language codes specified by the MediaWiki software when creating language-specific content (see <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/includes/languages/data/Names.php" class="extiw" title="phab:diffusion/MW/browse/master/includes/languages/data/Names.php">Names.php</a> for the full and up-to-date list). </p><p>Please also bear the following in mind: </p> <ul><li>If the language code is not found in Names.php then we should not host help pages in that language.</li> <li>If you want to add a language that is not present, first get it added to the software (by making a request at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator">Phabricator</a>) and only add pages here once the changes have been accepted.</li> <li>If MediaWiki uses the 'incorrect' code for a language then you should also (for consistency) use that incorrect code here. If you think a code is incorrect, you should discuss it on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator">Phabricator</a>, and if this results in it being changed we will move the pages to match.</li> <li>Note that some language codes in Names.php are now deprecated (e.g. <code>zh-yue</code> has been replaced with <code>yue</code>). 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