Help:Extension:Translate/Glossary

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 * aggregate message group (aggregate group)
 * message group which is just a collection of other message groups; technically, the union of one or more primary message groups (sometimes via aggregation of other aggregate groups), a kind of secondary message group


 * 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 handle reading and writing of files in various formats


 * forced priority languages
 * the priority languages, when translations to other languages, are disabled by a translation administrator


 * 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


 * insertable
 * piece of text in the translatable text, such as variable or plural syntax, that does not require changing in the translations; the pieces that the system recognizes varies per message group; in the translation interface a button to insert them quickly is shown


 * language code
 * the ISO 639 code of the language, like for English


 * mark as reviewed (review)
 * the act of marking a message (a translation) as good, in the translation review feature


 * mark for translation (re-mark for translation)
 * the action of making a page available for translation (i.e. a translatable page) for the first time or to propagate updates after the translatable page source has been updated; happens after the tagging


 * message
 * the smallest translation unit; each translation of a message has its own page in the wiki


 * message collection
 * collection of messages of one message group in one language.


 * 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 a message group


 * message group description
 * long wikitext snippet shown in Special:Translate and other places


 * message group id
 * identifier of the message group; every message group must have one and it must be unique within the wiki; for translatable pages (groups and aggregate groups), it includes a prefix, e.g.


 * message group label
 * short human readable name of the message group


 * message handle
 * in the code, the MessageHandle class wraps around title class with useful functions


 * message index
 * the mapping from translation unit identifiers to the 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, "mainpage" for 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


 * optional message
 * a message which normally is not translated, but can be translated if the language needs it; it's normally ignored by the special pages (not counted as untranslated) and can be included/listed by selecting the appropriate options


 * outdated translation
 * translation which needs updating because its source text has changed


 * primary message group
 * technical name of the "normal" message groups. The primary message groups all together constitute a partition of the set of all messages: in other words, each message belongs to one and only one primary message group.


 * priority languages
 * the most wanted translations provided by the translation administrator


 * qqq
 * see message documentation


 * secondary message group
 * a message group which is just a collection of messages of other groups (can be an aggregate group or not); technically, any group which is not primary


 * 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 (original page)
 * the page under which the translatable page source resides (the base page all the translation pages are subpages of)


 * stash (translation stash)
 * A place of temporary storage of translations which will then be automatically discarded. Can be translated similar to "sandbox" or similar.


 * state
 * the current condition of the message group, as defined in the workflow


 * tagging
 * the act of placing translation tags in the translatable page source; part of the preparation for page translation


 * task
 * option in Special:Translate (whether in a dropdown, radio button or tab selection), like view all messages, or review 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 editor 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


 * translation review
 * the feature provided for proofreading translations and marking them as checked; see quality assurance


 * translate tags
 * tags, the most important translation tags


 * 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, translation unit page title)
 * the name of the translation unit, from which the corresponding message identifier derives (since March 2013, can only be an incremental integer)


 * translation unit marker (unit marker)
 * a marker associated to a translation unit in translatable page source, which contains the translation unit identifier


 * translation unit page (unit page)
 * a page which contains the translation of a translation unit to a particular language
 * can be accessed using e.g.:


 * translation unit source (unit source)
 * the text of a translation unit in the source languages


 * workflow
 * the series of passages the translation work for a message group is subject to, implemented with message group states on Translate


 * workflow states (message group workflow states)
 * the states a message group can be in, following the workflow (see)