Help:Extension:Translate/Glossary/ksh

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 * Vörjetrocke (ander Müjjeleschkeite, et ze sahre) — (English): Äkliehrong

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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


 * Schproohcheköözel (Köözel, Köözel för en Schprohch) — (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
 * Täx udder Nohreesch — (message) : the smallest translation 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
 * Nohreschtejropp (Jropp) — (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
 * Kännong för en Nohreschtejropp (Kännong) — (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.
 * Nahme för en Nohreschtejropp (Nahme, Jroppenahme) — (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
 * Överschreff vun enem Täx udder en Nohreesch — (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)
 * Et Appachtemang för de Täxte un Nohreeschte vum Wikki — (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
 * övverhollte Övversäzong — (outdated translation)</i> : translation which needs updating because its source text has changed
 * de kleinste Jropp vun Täxte un Nohreeschte (de kleinste Nohreeschtejropp) — (primary message group)</i> : 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.
 * Zohschtand — (state)</i> : 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
 * Övversäbaa Sigg — (translatable page)</i>: 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
 * Övversäzongsjedääschneß — (translation memory)</i> : 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 (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, 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 Translations:Page/Unit no/Language code eg- Translations:Main Page/1/de


 * 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)