Latest revision as of 15:42, 17 May 2022

Lunch talk: Multilingual wiki

Supporting a multilingual wiki

Mechanisms to support a multilingual wiki

"Smart" language switchers

Language support

options to define which languages are used in the wiki

Switching pages

a mechanism to automatically switch between the language versions of a page

Tracking

a property that tracks the page language for each page (supported in BlueSpice pro)

fallback: categories track the page language (BlueSpice free)

Support for display title

needed for the subpage-technique

Switcher comparison

Languages: subpages
InterLanguages: unrelated pages

User language support

Based on system messages

imported with language switcher template
needs to be checked for {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}

`{{int:message name}}`

Translates the interface message into the user language
{{int:lang}}

Add or switch content

Switch the entire page content
Show additional content

Support templates/forms

Switch labels

Category system

Further considerations

Ad-hoc on-page translation (DeepL) -> duplicate page to make translation permanent
Improvements to sidebar regarding language support
MediaWiki translation extension

Documentation

Helpdesk EN: Multilingual wiki

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+=<span class="fas fa-pizza-slice" style="color:#ffcba4; margin-right:0.2em; font-size:2em"></span>Lunch talk: Multilingual wiki=
+<div class="collapsers">
 ==<span class="mw-customtoggle-graphic">Supporting a multilingual wiki</span>==
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-graphic">[[File:Multilingual wiki.drawio.png|alt=Mechanisms to support a multilingual wiki |center|706x706px]]</div>
-==<span class="mw-customtoggle-LanguageSwitcher">Language switchers</span>==
+==<span class="mw-customtoggle-LanguageSwitcher">"Smart" language switchers</span>==
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-LanguageSwitcher">
-"Smart" language switcher
+<div class="sectionflex col2 background">
-* '''language support''': options to define which languages are used in the wiki
+<div>
-* '''navigation:''' a mechanism to automatically switch between the language versions of a page
+=== Language support===
-* '''tracking:''' a property that tracks the  page language for each page (supported in ''BlueSpice pro'')
+options to define which languages are used in the wiki
-* '''fall-back mechanism:'''  an automatic category assignment system that can track the page language (BlueSpice free)
-* '''support for display title'''
 </div>
-==<span class="mw-customtoggle-useLang">User language</span>==
+<div>
-<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-useLang">text</div>
+===Switching pages===
+a mechanism to automatically switch between the language versions of a page
+</div>
+<div>
+===Tracking ===
+a property that tracks the  page language for each page (supported in BlueSpice pro)
+fallback: categories track the page language (BlueSpice free)
+</div>
+<div>
+===Support for display title===
+needed for the subpage-technique
+</div>
+</div>
+=== Switcher comparison ===
+* '''Languages:''' subpages
+* '''InterLanguages:''' unrelated pages
+</div>
+==<span class="mw-customtoggle-useLang">User language support</span>==
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  id="mw-customcollapsible-useLang">
+<div class="sectionflex col2 background">
+<div>
+===Based on system messages===
+*imported with language switcher template
+*needs to be checked for <nowiki> {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} </nowiki>
+</div>
+<div>
+===<code><nowiki>{{int:</nowiki>''message name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>===
+*Translates the '''int'''erface message into the user language
+*<nowiki>{{int:lang}}</nowiki>
+</div>
+<div>
+===Add or switch content===
+*Switch the entire page content
+*Show additional content
+</div>
+<div>
+===Support templates/forms===
+Switch labels
+</div>
+</div></div>
 ==<span class="mw-customtoggle-cats">Category system</span>==
-<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-cats">text</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  id="mw-customcollapsible-cats">
-==<span class="mw-customtoggle-ideas">Further ideas</span>==
+[[File:multilingual-categories.png|alt=Multilingual categories|center]]</div>
-<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-ideas">text</div>
+==<span class="mw-customtoggle-ideas">Further considerations</span>==
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  id="mw-customcollapsible-ideas">
+*Ad-hoc on-page translation (DeepL) -> duplicate page to make translation permanent
+*Improvements  to sidebar regarding language support
+*MediaWiki translation extension
+</div>
+==<span class="mw-customtoggle-docu">Documentation</span>==
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  id="mw-customcollapsible-docu">
+Helpdesk EN: [[Multilingual wiki]]
+</div>
+</div>
+__NOTOC__
+__HIDETITLE__

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