Template:Transl
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Purpose[edit]
This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates, such as {{IAST}} and {{ISOtranslit}}. These templates are still usable, but they just transclude or are redirected back to {{transl}}. For example, (e.g. {{IAST|saṃskṛtam}} is a shortcut for {{transl|sa|IAST|saṃskṛtam}}; others like ArabDIN are handled natively by this template: {{transl|ar|DIN|...}}).
This template is kept separate from {{Lang}} to address formatting issues (via css classes) and identification of transliteration schemes used. Ultimately, if these concerns are smartly addressed in the css file and/or in {{Lang}}, using {{transl|xx|...}} should be equivalent to using {{lang|xx-Latn|...}}, viz. stating that the string is a Romanization by adding "-Latn" to the language code.[clarification needed]
Usage[edit]
There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:
- two parameters, with ISO 639 language code:
{{transl|ar|al-Khwarizmi}}means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme. - two parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:
{{transl|Ogam|MAQI}}means that "MAQI" transliterates an Ogham inscription without specifying the language. Potentially useful when writing systems themselves are under discussion, e.g.{{transl|Cyrl|š}}, not{{transl|cu|š}}or{{transl|ru|š}}when discussing the letter Ш.
- three parameters, with ISO 639 language code:
{{transl|ar|DIN|al-Ḫawārizmī}} / {{transl|ar|ALA|al-Khawārizmī}}the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA). - three parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:
{{transl|Arab|DIN|Ḫ}} vs {{transl|Arab|ALA|Kh}}for Template:Script/Arabic.
To suppress the default italicization of Latin scripts, add |italic=no. This parameter is useful for proper nouns, for example.
Examples[edit]
code:
{{transl|ar|[[al-Khwarizmi]]}} / [[DIN 31635]]: {{transl|ar|DIN|al-Ḫawārizmī}} / [[ISO 233]]: {{transl|ar|ISO|al-H̱awārizmī}} / [[ALA-LC Romanization|ALA]]: {{transl|ar|ALA|al-Khawārizmī}}[[Royal Thai General System of Transcription|RTGS]]: {{transl|th|phasa thai}} / [[ISO 11940]]: {{transl|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}{{cuneiform|[[Sumerian language|𒅴𒂠]]}} {{transl|sux|EME.GIR<sub>15</sub>}} / {{cuneiform|6|[[Hittite language|𒉈𒅆𒇷]]}} {{transl|hit|''ne-ši-li''}}
result:
- al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫawārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱awārizmī / ALA: al-Khawārizmī
- RTGS: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
- Template:Cuneiform EME.GIR15 / Template:Cuneiform ne-ši-li
ISO:
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{{transl|ru|ISO|russkij}}: russkij -
{{transl|ab|ISO|aṗsua}}: aṗsua -
{{transl|ar|ISO|ʿarabī}}: ʿarabī- ISO has huge issues transliterating alif, so it's better to use the Library of Congress transliteration, the German Institute for Standardization or Hans Wehr transliteration; see Arabic transliteration
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{{transl|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}}: tamiḻ -
{{transl|bn|ISO|baṅla}}: baṅla -
{{transl|el|ISO|ellēniká}}: ellēniká -
{{transl|ka|ISO|k'art'uli}}: k'art'uli -
{{transl|zh|ISO|hànyǔ pīnyīn}}: hànyǔ pīnyīn -
{{transl|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
CSS[edit]
In order to apply a style to all text marked as transliteration, use a CSS selector that chooses all text with transliteration in the title attribute (tooltip). For instance, if you add the following to your common.css, all transliterations will be colored :
[title~=transliteration] { color: teal; }