Difference between revisions of "Module:Template translation"

Module:Template translation (view source)

894 bytes added , 16:23, 24 May 2013

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 local p = {}
-function p.hello(frame)
-     return 'Hello'
+function p.renderTranslatedTemplate(frame, template)
+    --[[ If on a translation subpage (like Foobar/de), this function renders
+        a given template in the same language, if the translation is available.
+        Otherwise, the template is rendered in its default language, without
+        modification.]]
+    local langcode = ''
+    -- Get the last subpage
+    local subpage = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText
+    --[[ If the subpage is a valid language code, check if a translation of the
+        template exists in that language; if so, put it in langcode ]]
+    if ( mw.language.isValidCode( subpage ) )
+    then
+        local translation = mw.title.new( template..'/'..subpage, 'Template' )
+        if ( translation.id ~= 0)
+        then
+            langcode='/'..subpage
+        end
+    end
+    -- Render the template
+    frame:expandTemplate{ title = template..langcode, args = frame.args }
 end
 return p