Template:Language with name/for/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Language with name/for.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

The template {{Language with name/for/doc}} (shortcut {{Langnf}}) provides a translation into English of a non-English term or phrase, and optionally links to the article on the foreign language.

Parameters

There are five parameters, three numbered:

passed as the language name only when rtl is selected
the foreign-language name
the English translation of the term or phrase in question

and two named:

links set to no when the language is not to be wiki-linked
rtl which indicates a right-to-left script

It should generally be placed after the non-English term or phrase, and contain the English translation of the term or phrase.

Example

Edit

Weimar is located in the federal state of Thüringen ({{Language with name/for||German|Thuringia}}).
Weimar is located in the federal state of Thüringen ({{Language with name/for|2=German|3=[[Thuringia]]}}).

Resulting text

Weimar is located in the federal state of Thüringen (German for Thuringia).
Weimar is located in the federal state of Thüringen (German for Thuringia).

Related templates

{{Lang}}
{{Lang-x}}, the opposite