Help:Extension:Translate/Glossary


 * aggregate group: see aggregate message group
 * aggregate message group : message group which is just collection of other message groups
 * codemap : 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 opposite of 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
 * message : the smallest translatable unit; each message translation 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 wrap title class with useful functions
 * message identifier: the unique name of the message, which corresponds to its page title in the wiki (for instance, MediaWiki:Mainpage)
 * message key : see message identifier
 * message name: see message identifier
 * 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
 * page template : see translation page template
 * qqq : see message documentation
 * secondary message group : message group which shares some or all messages with another message group
 * 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
 * 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
 * translatable page template: see translation page template
 * translated page : see translation page
 * 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 version of translatable page residing as subpage of the translatable page
 * translation 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 template : see translation page template
 * 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 : the name of the translation unit, from which the corresponding message identifier derives
 * translation unit source : the text of a translation unit in the source language
 * translation unit page : a page which contains the translation of a translation unit to a particular language
 * unit page : see translation unit page
 * unit id : see translation unit identifier
 * unit marker : the translation tag associated to a translation unit, which contains the translation unit identifier
 * workflow : the series of passages the translation work for a message group is subject to