mediawiki/translate
The only standard solution to translate any kind of text with an avant-garde web interface within MediaWiki, including your documentation and software
Maintainers
Package info
github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Translate
Type:mediawiki-extension
pkg:composer/mediawiki/translate
2026.02
2026-03-16 04:50 UTC
Requires
- composer/installers: >=1.0.1
- mustangostang/spyc: ^0.6.3
Requires (Dev)
Suggests
- mediawiki/babel: Users can easily indicate their language proficiency on their user page
- mediawiki/translation-notifications: Manage communication with translators
- romaricdrigon/metayaml: If you want to validate message group configurations
Provides
None
Conflicts
None
Replaces
None
GPL-2.0-or-later a25ffda7544d8cbb1e322fac105254fed53116a5
- Niklas Laxström <niklas.laxstrom.woop@gmail.com>
- Siebrand Mazeland <siebrand.woop@kitano.nl>
- Santhosh Thottingal <santhosh.thottingal.woop@gmail.com>
- Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni.woop@mail.huji.ac.il>
- Abijeet Patro <abijeetpatro.woop@gmail.com>
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This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2026-06-23 05:12:17 UTC
README
The Translate extension makes MediaWiki a powerful tool to translate every kind of text. It's used especially to translate software user interfaces and to manage multilingual wikis in a sensible way. ## Copying See <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl2.html> ## Installation For a very very quick start add the following to LocalSettings.php: ```php wfLoadExtension( 'Translate' ); $wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate-messagereview'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['pagetranslation'] = true; ``` More documentation is at * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Installation> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Configuration> ## Contributing To translate this extension go to https://translatewiki.net and sign up. To contribute features, fixes and code maintenance, please see * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Code_of_Conduct> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Getting_started_with_development> There is also a dedicated Translate and translatewiki.net development environment, see * <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/translatewiki/+/refs/heads/master/puppet/README> Known bugs and feature requests are collected and reported at * <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-extensions-translate/> You can chat with the developers at #wikimedia-language on Libera Chat IRC.