Template:Localized link

<languages/> [[Special:MyLanguage/{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]][[:{{{1}}}| ]]

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This template is used on approximately 35,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Purpose

</translate> <translate> This helper template can be used to link to [[<tvar name=1>Special:LanguageStats</tvar>|translatable pages]] in the user's language.</translate> <translate> It uses the special page prefix <tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/</tvar>, which checks if there is a translated version of a page in the user's language, and links to it if there is one, and links to a fallback language where available, or the default wiki language version (English in MediaWiki) if there isn't.</translate>

<translate> It should be used in translated pages, so that they link to the right page even if there is no translated page in that language.

Usage

</translate> Template:Localized link/doc

<translate> If the "<tvar name=1>nsp</tvar>" parameter is not defined, as link text this displays the full pagename (including the namespace); otherwise — if the "<tvar name=1>nsp</tvar>" parameter is defined to any value the link text displays the short pagename (without the namespace).

Examples of simple usage

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<translate> Use</translate>	<translate> Becomes</translate>
`{{ll\|Communication}}`	Communication
`{{ll\|Communication\|コミュニケーション}}`	コミュニケーション
`{{ll\|Project:About}}`	Project:About
`{{ll\|Project:About\|nsp=0}}`	About

Usage in translatable pages

On pages prepared for translation with the <tvar name=1>Extension:Translate </tvar> extension, this template may be used in three ways. </translate>

<translate> Substitute this template, then embed the wikilink target in a <tvar name=1>[[:Template:^(]]tvar name=id[[:Template:)^]]...[[:Template:^(]]/tvar[[:Template:)^]]</tvar>, separate from the translatable text of the link.</translate>
<translate> For example, instead of <tvar name=1>{{ll|Communication|About communication}}</tvar>, the translation markup in the translatable page will be <tvar name=2>[[[[:Template:^(]]tvar name=1[[:Template:)^]]Special:MyLanguage/Communication[[:Template:^(]]/tvar[[:Template:)^]]|About communication]]</tvar>.</translate>
<translate> Alternatively, exclude this code from the translatable section.</translate>
<translate> For example, for <tvar name=1>some text {{ll|Communication|About communication}} some text</tvar>, the translation markup in the translatable page will be:</translate>

[[:Template:^(]]translate[[:Template:)^]]some text[[:Template:^(]]/translate[[:Template:)^]] {{ll|Communication|2=[[:Template:^(]]translate[[:Template:)^]]About communication[[:Template:^(]]/translate[[:Template:)^]]}} [[:Template:^(]]translate[[:Template:)^]]some text[[:Template:^(]]/translate[[:Template:)^]]

<translate> This is useful for bulleted lists of links, e.g. in the "See also:" sections.</translate>
<translate> If link text is the same as the name of the target page, all of the code could also be embedded into <tvar name=1><tvar></tvar>.</translate>
<translate> For example, instead of <tvar name=1>{{ll|Communication}}</tvar>, the wikicode in the translatable page will be <tvar name=2>[[:Template:^(]]tvar name=1[[:Template:)^]]{{ll|Communication}}[[:Template:^(]]/tvar[[:Template:)^]]</tvar>.</translate>

Test cases

Template:Localized link/testcases