Template:LangSwitch/doc

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Provides a method to present a string of text selected from an array of many language translations in the language set in the user's preferences or the most appropiate fallback language (as determined by {{GetFallback}}).

Usage

{{LangSwitch
 |xx =
 |default =
 |lang =
}}

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Examples:

{{LangSwitch
|de=Zeichenkette
|en=text string
|fr=chaîne de caractères
|mk=низа од текст
|zh=字串
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

text string

Examples using parameter lang to default to a specific language:

{{LangSwitch
|lang=de
|de=Zeichenkette nur auf Deutsch
|en=English text
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

Zeichenkette nur auf Deutsch

{{LangSwitch
|lang=en
|en=text only in English
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

text only in English

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
xx	The value is the translated text in language xx (The parameter name xx can be any supported language code, and you can specify as many such parameters as needed for each translated language).		empty	optional
default	Default text in case one of 'xx' languages is not the language of user’s preferences. By default english version will be shown, if provided.		{{{en|}}} (English version)	optional
lang	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent of the user’s preferences).		value of {{int:Lang}} (the preferred language of the visitor viewing the page).	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

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

Relies on:
{{GetFallback}}, {{GetFallback2}}

See also

{{Autotranslate}}