Translations

Interface and content language can be changed in the main menu.

User interface translations are handled by TranslateWiki.net. New translatable items are added to the English master.

It is also possible to view only the article in another language. The article language menu will display the user's available languages and a link to all available languages. See Article.

Languages used

Interface language

• The user may change the interface language of the site

The topic title

• The topic title should exist in the best possible language

Wikipedia article

• The user may decide to show a single article in a chosen language.

Search conditions

• The topic title is used to search for images
• The topic title is used to show a nearby place on the map

Translations

• Translatons are managed in TranslateWiki. It produces json-files in all included languages
• The json files ae put together in wikidocumentaries-ui/src/store/messages.js.
• Menu is created in LanguageMenu.vue.

Fallback logic

Applies to

• Topic title
• Topic description
• Map nearby places

1. Wikidata label in the UI language. The UI language is by default the browser language, but the user may change it.
2. The topic in it's original language.
3. Wikidata label in the best language option in the language fallback chain. The fallback chain is initially a hard-coded list of languages. Later on, the user may construct this list.
4. English
5. Any language that the system encounters.

Wikipedia

• The language options are presented in this fallback order

Search terms for images

• Topic title and aliases
  • in the API service's preferred language
  • in the topic's original language

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