Sjabloon:Transl/doc
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Purpose
This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates, such as {{IAST}} and {{ISOtranslit}}. These templates are still usable, but they just transclude this one (e.g. {{IAST|saṃskṛtam}}
is a shortcut for {{transl|sa|IAST|saṃskṛtam}}
; others like {{ArabDIN}}
have been deprecated in favor of {{transl|ar|DIN|...}}
).
The transliteration is marked as belonging in the "latinx" class of MediaWiki:Common.css (note, this renders obsolete the "IAST" class formerly used by {{IAST}}).
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.
Usage
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 ﺥ.
Examples
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
- Sjabloon:Cuneiform EME.GIR15 / Sjabloon:Cuneiform ne-ši-li
ISO:
- русский
{{transl|ru|ISO|russkij}}
: russkij - Аҧсуа
{{transl|ab|ISO|aṗsua}}
: aṗsua - عربي
{{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
- தமிழ்
{{transl|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}}
: tamiḻ - বাংলা
{{transl|bn|ISO|baṅla}}
: baṅla - ελληνικά
{{transl|el|ISO|ellēniká}}
: ellēniká - ქართული
{{transl|ka|ISO|k'art'uli}}
: k'art'uli - 漢語拼音
{{transl|zh|ISO|hànyǔ pīnyīn}}
: hànyǔ pīnyīn - ภาษาไทย
{{transl|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}
: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
See also