Templet:Transl

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Purpose

This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates (like {IAST}, {ISOtranslit}, {ArabDIN}. These templates are still usable, but they just transclude this one (e.g. {IAST|saṃskṛtam} is a shortcut for {transl|sa|IAST|saṃskṛtam}), and {ArabDIN|...} for {transl|ar|DIN|...}.

The transliteration is marked as belonging in the "latinx" class of MediaWiki:Common.css (note, this renders obsolete the "IAST" class formerly used by {IAST}).

This template is kept separate from {lang} to address formatting issues (via css classes) and identification of transliteration schemes used. Ultimately, if these concerns are smartly addressed in the css file and/or in {lang}, using {transl|xx|...} should be equivalent to using {lang|xx-Latn|...}, viz. stating that the string is a Romanization by adding "-Latn" to the language code.

Usage

There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:

  • two parameters, with ISO 639 language code: {transl|ar|al-Khwarizmi} means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme.
  • two parameters, with ISO 15924 script code: {transl|Ogam|MAQI} means that "MAQI" transliterates an Ogham inscription without specifying the language. Potentially useful when writing systems themselves are under discussion, e.g. {transl|Cyrl|š}, not {transl|cu|š} or {transl|ru|š} when discussing the letter Templet:Script.
  • three parameters, with ISO 639 language code: {transl|ar|DIN|al-Ḫuwārizmī} / {transl|ar|ALA|al-Khwārizmī} the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA).
  • three parameters, with ISO 15924 script code: {transl|Arab|DIN|Ḫ} vs {transl|Arab|ALA|Kh} for Templet:Script.

Examples

  • al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫuwārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱uwārizmī / ALA: al-Khwārizmī
  • RTGST: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
  • Templet:Cuneiform EME.GIR15 / Templet:Cuneiform ne-ši-li

ISO:

  • русский {transl|ru|ISO|russkij}: russkij
  • Аҧсуа {transl|ab|ISO|aṗsua}: aṗsua
  • عربي {transl|ar|ISO|ʿarabī}: ʿarabī
  • தமிழ் {transl|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}: tamiḻ
  • বাংলা {transl|bn|ISO|baṅla}: baṅla
  • ελληνικά {transl|el|ISO|ellēniká}: ellēniká
  • ქართული {transl|ka|ISO|k'art'uli}: k'art'uli
  • 漢語拼音 {transl|zh|ISO|hànyǔ pīnyīn}: hànyǔ pīnyīn; compare: {lang|pny|hànyǔ pīnyīn}: hànyǔ pīnyīn
  • ภาษาไทย {transl|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy

See also

  • {lang}
  • {latinx}
  • {script}
    • {BMP}
    • {SMP}
    • {runic}
    • {cuneiform}
  • Romanization
  • List of ISO transliterations

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