Extension:Translate

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Translate Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page , Locale , API , Parser function
Description	Enables in-wiki owersetin n pruifreadin
Author(s)	Niklas Laxström, Siebrand Mazeland n ithers
Latest version	Datet snapshots nou n than
Compatibility policy	master
MediaWiki	1.33+
Database changes	Yes
Composer	mediawiki/translate
Tables	revtag translate_groupreviews translate_groupstats translate_messageindex translate_metadata translate_reviews translate_sections translate_stash translate_tms translate_tmt translate_tmf
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Incluidit in the Leid Extension Bundle Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review Uiser documentation Changelog
Example	Translatewiki.net – or try how to translate a page now
Parameters $wgTranslateFuzzyBotName $wgTranslatePageTranslationULS $wgTranslateDocumentationLanguageCode $wgTranslateGroupSynchronizationCache $wgTranslateUserManagerName $wgTranslateSandboxLimit $wgTranslateStatsProviders $wgTranslateGroupAliases $wgTranslateRcFilterDefault $wgTranslateKeepOutdatedTranslations $wgTranslateGroupRoot $wgTranslateCheckBlacklist $wgEnablePageTranslation $wgTranslatePermissionUrl $wgTranslateUsePreSaveTransform $wgTranslateSecondaryPermissionUrl $wgTranslateSupportUrlNamespace $wgTranslateMessageIndex $wgPageTranslationLanguageList $wgTranslateTranslationDefaultService $wgTranslateTranslationServices $wgTranslateGroupFiles $wgTranslateYamlLibrary $wgTranslateMessageNamespaces $wgTranslateSandboxPromotedGroup $wgTranslateUseSandbox $wgTranslateDelayedMessageIndexRebuild $wgTranslateCacheDirectory $wgTranslateBlacklist $wgTranslateLanguageFallbacks $wgTranslateSupportUrl $wgTranslateAuthorBlacklist $wgTranslateWorkflowStates
Added rights translate translate-import translate-manage translate-messagereview translate-groupreview
Hooks used AbortEmailNotification AbuseFilter-builder AbuseFilter-computeVariable AbuseFilterAlterVariables AdminLinks AlternateEdit ArticleContentOnDiff ArticleDeleteComplete ArticlePrepareTextForEdit ChangesListSpecialPageQuery ChangesListSpecialPageStructuredFilters DeleteAccount EditFilterMergedContent EditPage::showEditForm:initial GetPreferences LanguageGetTranslatedLanguageNames LinksUpdate LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates MakeGlobalVariablesScript MergeAccountFromTo PageContentLanguage ParserFirstCallInit ParserTestTables ResourceLoaderRegisterModules SkinTemplateNavigation::SpecialPage SpecialRecentChangesPanel SpecialSearchProfileForm SpecialSearchProfiles SpecialSearchSetupEngine TitleIsAlwaysKnown Translate:MessageGroupStats:isIncluded Translate:newTranslation TranslateEventMessageMembershipChange TranslateEventTranslationReview TranslateInitGroupLoaders TranslateSupportedLanguages UserGetReservedNames getUserPermissionsErrorsExpensive
Hooks provided Translate:GettextFFS:headerFields Translate:MessageGroupStats:isIncluded Translate:modifyMessageGroupStates Translate:newTranslation TranslateBeforeAddModules TranslateEventMessageGroupStateChange TranslateEventMessageMembershipChange TranslateEventTranslationReview TranslateGetAPIMessageGroupsParameterList TranslateGetAPIMessageGroupsPropertyDescs TranslateGetBoxes TranslateGetSpecialTranslateOptions TranslateInitGroupLoaders TranslateMessageGroupPathVariables TranslatePostInitGroups TranslatePrefillTranslation TranslateProcessAPIMessageGroupsProperties TranslateSupportedLanguages TranslateTranslationAids
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Extension-Translate

Documentation for Extension:Translate

Translators (main help page )

• How to translate
• Best practices
• Statistics and reporting
• Quality assurance
• Message group states
• Offline translation
• Glossary

Translation administrators

• How to prepare a page for translation
• Page translation administration
• Unstructured element translation
• Group management
• Move translatable page

Sysadmins and developers

• Installation
• Configuration
• Developer guide
• Extending Translate
• Validators
• Insertables

Translate this template

The Translate extension maks MediaWiki ae feckfu tuil tae owerset aw kynd o tex. It's uised especialie tae owerset saffware n tae manage monieleidic wikis in ae sensible waa.

Featurs

The Translate extension haes monie featurs specifically tairgetit tae owerseters, while makin back-end integration wi the actual soorce code aes easie aes possible. Meanwhile, awthing rins inside MediaWiki, this allous uisers aen awmaist endless degree o freedom fer communication n sel-organisation.

Featurs incluid:

• Structurt wiki content page owersetin.
• In-wiki localisation n exportin o saffware interface messages (or juist aboot oniething).

• AJAX enabled wab-based owersetin n pruifreadin in supportit brousers (new "TUX" interface sin Mairch 2013), aes weel aes gettext based export n import fer aff-line owersetin.

• Sindrie aids tae mak the job o owerseters easier:
  • displey o owersets in globalie defined ither leids, optionlie expaundit wi uiser defined leids;
  • collaborateeve eeditin o documentation o the uiss n contex o messages;
  • owersetin memrie n machine owersetin wi ootby tuils (Apertium, Microsoft Translator, Yandex.Translate);
  • displey o the hainmaist chynge in the soorce message;
  • wairnishmants aneatt common mistaks lik boundins that'r no uised.
• Pre-makit modules fer sindrie apen soorce waurks that ye can uise aes aen example.
  • Support fer sindrie formats incluidin: PHP, Java properties, Gettext, YAML n AndroidXml (see full FFS list n File format support).
• Ae versatile plug-in system tae mak it easie tae eik new waurks aes ae message groop.
• Sindrie stateestics (needs PHPlot fer grapheecs):
  • owersetment compleation percentages fer aw message groops in aw supportit leids;
  • owersetment compleation percentages in aw supportit leids fer onie supportit message groop;
  • tuil fer makin acteevitie graphs fer spans o time. Can display either number of edits or active users daily or hourly and includes many filters;
  • clood luikower o acteeve leids n owerseters.

Translate extension, cause o its muckle uiser base, is confirmed tae be compatible wi aw reasonablie recynt brousers, except fer some wee (style) glitches that ar quicklie fixt.

• Makin Monieleidic Wikis ae Realitie: this presentation shaws hou the Translate extension can mak ae wiki trulie monileidic, based oan the experience o KDE UserBase wiki.

• Niklas Laxström, Owersetin the wiki waa: Simple, fast, fun, Wikimania 2012 (slides available).

Support n documentation

• See Instawation
• See Confeeguration
• See Uiser documentation — incluids teachin material
• Live support at #mediawiki-i18n IRC channel at Freenode (the best times ar at European days n gloamins)
• Please report aw issues n featur requests in the eessue tracker

Translate extension wis oreegonlie deveelopt bi User:Nikerabbit; monie ither uisers, lik User:Raymond, User:SPQRobin n the Wikimedia Leid team, hae contreebutit tae its code n documentation. It's maintained bi User:Nikerabbit n User:Siebrand.

Prominant uisers o the Translate extension

• https://translatewiki.net — The mucklest wiki-based steid n communitie fer the owersetin o the interface o apen soorce saffware.

• https://userbase.kde.org — Documentation wiki fer KDE waurk that uises the page owersetin featur quite ae bit.
• https://meta.wikimedia.org — Owersets wiki content n uises the groop states featur. Owrsetin n owersetin luikower is enabled fer awmaist aw uisers o the wiki.

See mair at Wikipedia:translatewiki.net#Notable uses.

Testimonials

Tom Hutchison o Joomla:

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Relatit pages

• Extension:TranslationNotifications – aen extension tae faceelitate communication wi owerseters.

Not to be confused with:

• Extension:ContentTranslation – used for one-off translation of wiki pages from one language to another.
• Extension:TranslateWiki

Hou tae contreebute

• Owerset this extension at translatewiki.net
• Apen bugs n featur requests
• Mair apen bugs n featur requests at translatewiki.net
• Pruifread n owerset the documentation o Translate extension