Help:Extension:Translate/Glossary

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 * aggregate message group (aggregate group) : message group which is just collection of other message groups
 * code map : maps the mediawiki language codes to their equivalents in the translation file names in other projects
 * discouraging : way of hiding translatable pages to discourage further translation
 * encouraging : the operation that undoes discouraging
 * FFS : short for file format support. these modules handles reading and writing of files in various formats
 * fuzzy : translation that needs updating or fixing
 * fuzzying : the act of marking translations fuzzy
 * helper language : translations of the definition in helper languages are shown in the translation editor
 * mark for translation (re-mark for translation) : the action of making tagged translatable page available for translation for the first time or updating to reflect the changes made to translatable page source
 * message : the smallest translatable unit; each translation of a message has its own page in the wiki
 * message documentation : translation tips and info about the context of the message for translators
 * message group : collection of messages that belong together - translators always work on some message group
 * message group description : long wikitext snippet shown in Special:Translate and other places
 * message group id : unique within wiki identifier each message group must have
 * message group label : short human readable name of the message group
 * message handle : in the code, MessageHandle class wraps around title class with useful functions
 * message index : mapping of translation unit page titles into message groups they belong to
 * message key (message identifier, message name): the unique name of the message, which corresponds to its page title in the wiki (for instance, MediaWiki:Mainpage)
 * message namespace: the namespace the page of the message belongs to, which is the prefix of its page title and may depend on the project/product of the message and be named after it
 * outdated translation : translation which needs updating because its source text has changed
 * priority languages : list of the most wanted translations provided by translation administrator
 * qqq : see message documentation
 * secondary message group : message group which shares some or all messages with another message group
 * segmentation : the act of splitting the text into translation units by the placement of translate tags and empty lines inside translate tags
 * source language : the language from which content is translated (only one in the Translate extension so far)
 * source page: the page under which the translatable page source resides (the base page all the translation pages are subpages of)
 * state : the current condition of the message group, as defined in the workflow
 * tagging : the act of placing translatable tags into translatable page source
 * task : option in Special:Translate, like view all messages, or accept translations
 * translatable page: a wiki page which has been prepared or marked for translation; meant as a message group, includes all the consequent translation pages and unit pages
 * translatable page source: the full text of the translatable page, including translation tags, from which the translation page template and all the translation units are extracted
 * translation administrator : person who has access to page translation features and knows how to prepare and mark pages for translation
 * translation aids : the collection of suggestions, message documentation, helper languages and other information besides the message definition
 * translation editor : the javascript based popup where translation happens
 * translation memory : the system which remembers previous translations of the same or similar words and provides suggestions
 * translation page (translated page, translation subpage): translated version of translatable page residing as subpage of the translatable page
 * translation page template (translation template, page template, translatable page template): the structure of a translatable page, that is the part which is not translated and is used in all translation pages
 * translate tags :  tags, the most important translation tags (see)
 * translation tags : the special markers used to give instructions to the Translate extension about translatable pages
 * translation unit : the smallest individually tracked component of translatable pages: the page is divided into paragraph-sized translation units and each unit is a message
 * translation unit identifier (unit identifier): the name of the translation unit, from which the corresponding message identifier derives
 * translation unit source (unit source): the text of a translation unit in the source language
 * translation unit page (unit page): a page which contains the translation of a translation unit to a particular language
 * translation unit marker (unit marker): a marker associated to a translation unit in translatable page source, which contains the translation unit identifier
 * workflow : the series of passages the translation work for a message group is subject to [means something more specific in translate extension]