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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
| + | The main purpose of this template is to keep translations and template code together in one single template. So when the coding is updated, consistency is kept across all language translations. | ||
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* Using {{tl|lang}} will switch translations based on the value of <code><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></code>. | * Using {{tl|lang}} will switch translations based on the value of <code><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
| + | * To define an English translation, you can use <code><nowiki>{{lang|en=Welcome}}</nowiki></code> or simply <code><nowiki>{{lang|Welcome}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
| + | ;Example: | ||
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Revision as of 23:56, 6 August 2010
Usage
The main purpose of this template is to keep translations and template code together in one single template. So when the coding is updated, consistency is kept across all language translations.
- Using
{{lang}}will switch translations based on the value of{{SUBPAGENAME}}. - To define an English translation, you can use
{{lang|en=Welcome}}or simply{{lang|Welcome}}.
- Example
{{Ambox
| contents = {{ambox/message
| 1 = {{lang|de=Sprache|ja=言語|pl=Język}}
| 2 = {{lang|de=Willkommen|ja=Irashaimasu|pl=Witaj}}
}}
}}
