Extension:ContentTranslation

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ContentTranslation Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface, Page action
Description	Tool that allows editors to translate an article from one language to another with the help of machine translation and other translation aids.
Author(s)	Language team
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.37+
PHP	7.2+
Database changes	Yes
Composer	mediawiki/content-translation
Tables	cx_translations cx_translators cx_lists cx_suggestions cx_corpora cx_notification_log cx_significant_edits cx_section_translations
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:Extension:ContentTranslation
Parameters $wgContentTranslationEnableSuggestions $wgContentTranslationTargetNamespace $wgContentTranslationContentImportForSectionTranslation $wgContentTranslationDomainCodeMapping $wgContentTranslationCXServerAuth $wgContentTranslationEnableAnonSectionTranslation $wgContentTranslationExcludedNamespaces $wgContentTranslationCluster $wgAutomaticTranslationLanguageSearcherEntrypointEnabledLanguages $wgContentTranslationAsBetaFeature $wgContentTranslationTranslateInTarget $wgContentTranslationDevMode $wgRecommendToolAPIURL $wgDraftMaxAge $wgContentTranslationEnableUnifiedDashboard $wgContentTranslationEnableMT $wgSectionTranslationTargetLanguages $wgContentTranslationEnableSectionTranslation $wgContentTranslationSiteTemplates $wgContentTranslationUnmodifiedMTThresholdForPublish $wgContentTranslationVersion $wgContentTranslationPublishRequirements $wgContentTranslationCampaigns $wgContentTranslationDatabase
Hooks used BeforeCreateEchoEvent BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive ContributeCards EchoGetBundleRules EditPage::showEditForm:initial GetBetaFeaturePreferences GetPreferences ListDefinedTags LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates ResourceLoaderRegisterModules SaveUserOptions SectionTranslationBeforePublish SpecialContributionsBeforeMainOutput
Hooks provided SectionTranslationBeforePublish
Quarterly downloads	22 (Ranked 115th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The ContentTranslation extension is a tool that allows editors to translate an article from one language to another with the help of machine translation and other translation aids. See Content translation for background and additional information. The extension is being developed by the Wikimedia Language Engineering team.

• Download and move the extracted ContentTranslation folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ContentTranslation
• Only when installing from Git, run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing composer install --no-dev in the extension directory. (See task T173141 for potential complications.)
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ContentTranslation' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Vagrant installation:

• If using Vagrant , install with vagrant roles enable contenttranslation --provision

The extension needs the Content Translation server (a.k.a. cxserver) up and running. See Content translation/cxserver/Setup for setting up the Content Translation server. When running Content Translation locally, following can be added to LocalSettings.php to use production cxserver:

$wgContentTranslationSiteTemplates['cx'] = 'https://cxserver.wikimedia.org/v1';

This extension has an optional dashboard feature, which allows translators to see all the translations across all languages. In a multilingual installation of this extension, for example in Wikimedia wikis, a central database is required to serve the dashboard feature. Table definitions for that database are in sql directory in the extension source code; Content translation/Product Definition/Database has more details. Once database is created, set the $wgContentTranslationDatabase global configuration variable as the name of database:

$wgContentTranslationDatabase = 'db_name';

ContentTranslation depends on the following extensions:

This section is currently a draft. Material may not yet be complete, information may presently be omitted, and certain parts of the content may be subject to radical, rapid alteration. More information pertaining to this may be available on the talk page.

For the full list and defaults, see extension.json in the source repository.

ContentTranslationDomainCodeMapping

Used to map between non-standard language codes and actual domains. The default is the same as in Wikipedia codes and domains.

ContentTranslationRESTBase

Configuration of RESTBase URL and connection parameters. The defaults are for Wikipedia.

ContentTranslationDatabase

The name of the database in which the common tables for managing translations across wikis are stored. The default is null, which means that the default database is used.

ContentTranslationCluster

In a Wikipedia-like database configuration, the name of the cluster on which the database is hosted. The default is null, which means that the default cluster is used.

ContentTranslationEventLogging

Whether EventLogging is enabled. The default is false.

ContentTranslationHighMTCategory

A category to which pages that have a high level of machine translation are added upon publishing. The default is null.

ContentTranslationSiteTemplates

Templates for essential URLs. The defaults assume Wikipedia, so this variable must be configured differently for other sites. Where relevant, $1 is replaced by the language code, and $2 is replaced by the page title.

ContentTranslationTranslateInTarget

Whether to open Special:ContentTranslation in the target wiki when clicking the button in the entry point. The domain will be based on $wgContentTranslationSiteTemplates. The default is to open Special:ContentTranslation on the same wiki. (For Wikipedia this is set to true.)

ContentTranslationAsBetaFeature

Whether ContentTranslation is a beta feature.

ContentTranslationTargetNamespace

The default target namespace for published articles. The default is Main.

ContentTranslationCampaigns

Campaigns that are available in the URL as valid values for the campaign parameter in the URL. This allows automatic enabling of the beta feature and event logging.

ContentTranslationCXServerAuth

CXServer connection configuration.

ContentTranslationEnableSuggestions

Whether to use the suggestions tab and automatic suggestions. This needs the GapFinder API. This is false by default, but true in Wikipedia.

RecommendToolAPIURL

The URL for the GapFinder API, needed if ContentTranslationEnableSuggestions is true.

Content Translation mainly works on the special page Special:ContentTranslation. The URL parameters are

• page: source title
• targettitle: target title
• from: source language
• to: target language
• campaign: campaign name
  • In Wikimedia wikis, if content translation is not enabled in the user settings then only links to pre-defined campaign will work. Campaigns are defined in InitialiseSettings.php wmgContentTranslationCampaigns variable.

Example

• https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation?campaign=wiki-for-human-rights&page=Arja_Havakka&from=fi&to=en&targettitle=Arja_Havakka

• Content translation
• Technical specification

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

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