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Language Naming Conventions#

This page contains general rules for naming language items and for their values. API-specific rules are listed on the relevant API page:

Forms#

Fields#

If you have an application foo and a database object foo\data\bar\Bar with a property baz that can be set via a form field, the name of the corresponding language item has to be foo.bar.baz. If you want to add an additional description below the field, use the language item foo.bar.baz.description.

Error Texts#

If an error of type {error type} for the previously mentioned form field occurs during validation, you have to use the language item foo.bar.baz.error.{error type} for the language item describing the error.

Exception to this rule: There are several general error messages like wcf.global.form.error.empty that have to be used for general errors like an empty field that may not be empty to avoid duplication of the same error message text over and over again in different language items.

Naming Conventions#

  • If the entered text does not conform to some special rules, i.e. if the text is invalid, use invalid as error type.
  • If the entered text is required to be unique but is already used for another object, use notUnique as error type.

Confirmation messages#

If the language item for an action is foo.bar.action, the language item for the confirmation message has to be foo.bar.action.confirmMessage instead of foo.bar.action.sure which is still used by some older language items.

Type-Specific Deletion Confirmation Message#

German#

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{if LANGUAGE_USE_INFORMAL_VARIANT}Willst du{else}Wollen Sie{/if} {element type} wirklich löschen?

Example:

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{if LANGUAGE_USE_INFORMAL_VARIANT}Willst du{else}Wollen Sie{/if} das Icon wirklich löschen?

English#

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Do you really want delete the {element type}?

Example:

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Do you really want delete the icon?

Object-Specific Deletion Confirmation Message#

German#

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{if LANGUAGE_USE_INFORMAL_VARIANT}Willst du{else}Wollen Sie{/if} {element type} <span class="confirmationObject">{object name}</span> wirklich löschen?

Example:

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{if LANGUAGE_USE_INFORMAL_VARIANT}Willst du{else}Wollen Sie{/if} den Artikel <span class="confirmationObject">{$article->getTitle()}</span> wirklich löschen?

English#

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Do you really want to delete the {element type} <span class="confirmationObject">{object name}</span>?

Example:

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Do you really want to delete the article <span class="confirmationObject">{$article->getTitle()}</span>?

User Group Options#

Comments#

German#

group type action example permission name language item
user adding user.foo.canAddComment Kann Kommentare erstellen
user deleting user.foo.canDeleteComment Kann eigene Kommentare löschen
user editing user.foo.canEditComment Kann eigene Kommentare bearbeiten
moderator deleting mod.foo.canDeleteComment Kann Kommentare löschen
moderator editing mod.foo.canEditComment Kann Kommentare bearbeiten
moderator moderating mod.foo.canModerateComment Kann Kommentare moderieren

English#

group type action example permission name language item
user adding user.foo.canAddComment Can create comments
user deleting user.foo.canDeleteComment Can delete their comments
user editing user.foo.canEditComment Can edit their comments
moderator deleting mod.foo.canDeleteComment Can delete comments
moderator editing mod.foo.canEditComment Can edit comments
moderator moderating mod.foo.canModerateComment Can moderate comments
Last update: 2021-01-08