Template:Language with name/for

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Usage

This template provides a translation into English of a non-English term or phrase, and optionally links to the article on the foreign language.

Parameters

{{Language with name/for|<language tag>|<non-English text>|<term or phase>}} – note blank second positional parameter

There are three positional parameters:

1. the ISO 639 or IETF language tag of the language of <non-English text> (positional parameter {{{2}}}). See note.
2. <{{var|non-English text}}> – {{lang}} will apply proper html markup for this text using the language tag specified in {{{1}}}
3. the English translation of <non-English text>. Do not include quote marks; those are provided automatically by the template.

and several named parameters:

• |term1= – alias of {{{3}}} (<term or phase>)
• |term2= .. |termn= – additional 'or'-like translations; each rendered in single quotes; quoted terms separated by '<space>/<space>'
• |italic-term= – yes or no; default is no; useful for multi-term translations when all should be italicized
• |lang-name= – for those cases where ISO 639 does not have a language tag; {{{1}}} (<language tag>) is ignored; {{lang}} wraps {{{2}}} (<non-English text>) with html using mis (uncoded language) tag. See note.
• |break= – yes or no; default is no; inserts <br /> between the non-English text and the language name
• |paren= – accepts one of two values:

  none; omits parens around '<language-name> for <term or phase>'

  left; template provides the left parenthesis only; the right is omitted

This template also accepts all parameters supported by {{lang}} except |code= and |text=.

Note: When there is an ISO 639 language tag for the non-English text's language, use that tag; do not use |lang-name=. When ISO 639 does not have a language that applies to the non-English text use |lang-name= for the non-English language name. This template applies proper html markup to the non-English text only when given a proper language tag. When language name is provided by |lang-name= this template sets the html lang= attribute to mis (uncoded language).

Do this:

{{langnf|es|Casa|house}}

Casa (Spanish for 'house')

<span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Casa</i></span> ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for &#39;house&#39;)

Do not do this:

{{langnf||Casa|house|lang-name=Spanish}}

Casa (Spanish for 'house')

<span title="uncoded-language text"><i lang="mis">Casa</i></span> ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for &#39;house&#39;)

Examples

Basic use:

{{langnf|es|Casa|house}}

Casa (Spanish for 'house')

Using |lang-name=Massachusett:

{{langnf||kuncannowet|breast|lang-name=Massachusett}} – note empty {{{1}}}

kuncannowet (Massachusett for 'breast')

Using |break=yes:

{{langnf|es|Casa|house|break=yes}}

Casa
(Spanish for 'house')

Using |paren=none:

{{langnf|es|Casa|house|paren=none}}

Casa Spanish for 'house'

Using |paren=left:

{{langnf|fr|'''L'Aurore'''|The Dawn|paren=left}}; {{IPA|fr|loʁɔʁ|IPA}})

L'Aurore (French for 'The Dawn'; IPA: [loʁɔʁ])

Using |term1=house, |term2=hut, |term3=mansion:

{{langnf|es|Casa|term1=house|term2=hut|term3=mansion}}

Casa (Spanish for 'house' / 'hut' / 'mansion')

Using |term1=house, |term2=hut, |term3=mansion, and |italic-term=yes:

{{langnf|es|Casa|term1=house|term2=hut|term3=mansion|italic-term=yes}}

Casa (Spanish for 'house' / 'hut' / 'mansion')

Errors

This template detects errors. Those articles that have {{language with name/for}} errors are added to Category:Language with name/for errors (0). When errors are detected, this template emits error messages:

• missing language tag or language name – this template requires one of positional parameter 1 ({{{1}}}) or |lang-name=. To resolve this error, provide an appropriate language tag in {{{1}}} or an appropriate language name in |lang-name=. See template documentation for specific requirements for these parameters.
• only one of {{{1}}} and |lang-name= allowed – because a template with both of positional parameter 1 ({{{1}}}) and |lang-name= may be conflicting, only one of these is allowed; use the most appropriate. See template documentation for specific requirements for these parameters.
• missing English translation – an English-language translation in {{{3}}} or |term1= of the non-English text is required. To resolve this error, provide an appropriate translation.

See also

• {{Lang}}
• {{Lang-x}}, the opposite

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