Lunch talk: Multilingual wiki[edit | edit source]
Supporting a multilingual wiki[edit | edit source]
"Smart" language switchers[edit | edit source]
User language support[edit | edit source]
Category system[edit | edit source]
Further considerations[edit | edit source]
Documentation[edit | edit source]
Lunch talk: Multilingual wiki
Supporting 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
