Template:Translatable template name

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This template is used to return the name of translatable templates in the language of the current page. Templates, like all other MediaWiki pages, can be translated using the Translate extension, which creates subpages with the form “pagename/language code”. The template first checks if the name of the current page contains a language code. If it does, it then checks if the template name given as a first parameter has a translation in that language. If the page name does not contain a language code, or if the navigation template doesn’t exist in that language, it will display the English template.

Usage

{{Translatable template name |1= }}

Or use the shorthand

{{TNTN}}, {{Tntn}}

• {{ {{Translatable template name|name of navigation template}}|parameters....}}
• {{ {{TNTN|name of navigation template}}|parameters....}}
• {{ {{tntn|name of navigation template}}|parameters....}}

Example (from translatable Template:Meta, used in translatable page Meta:About):

{{Translatable template name|Tnavbar}} or {{TNTN|Tnavbar}}

which returns the translated versions of {{Tnavbar}} if it exists, or the English version if translations don't exist.

Template parameters

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<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template is used to return the name of translatable templates in the language of the current page. Templates, like all other MediaWiki pages, can be translated using the Translate extension, which creates subpages with the form “pagename/language code”. The template first checks if the name of the current page contains a language code. If it does, it then checks if the template name given as a first parameter has a translation in that language. If the page name does not contain a language code, or if the navigation template doesn’t exist in that language, it will display the English template.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
template name	1	The name of the template to get translations for. Required unless “noshift” parameter is used, in which case it’s ignored.	Template	suggested
namespace	namespace	Namespace to get translations for. Default Template	Line	optional
no shift	noshift	Use “template” parameter for template name instead of unnamed parameter 1. It’s used in {{TNT}} to avoid shifting all unnamed parameters, and included here for the sake of consistency. It doesn’t make much sense in this template, though.	Line	deprecated
template name (no shift)	template	The name of the template to get translations for. Required if “noshift” parameter is used, otherwise ignored.	Template	deprecated
desired language	uselang	The language the template should be translated into, by default the language of the current page. If this template doesn’t exist, the template falls back to use English.	Line	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Relies on:

• Module:Template translation (standard version)
• Module:Template translation/sandbox (used when this template is called with optional parameter sandbox=/sandbox, for testing modifications only)

See also

• {{Translatable template}}, alias {{TNT}} or {{Tnt}}
• {{Multilingual link}} – choose link to Wikipedia article in the user interface language

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.