[libreoffice-website] Wiki module created to save time for Calc function article translators

Hello,

during LibreOffice conference 2022 I had a conversation with an Italian 
translator. He said it would be nice to import Calc function name 
translations into the translation memory of the wiki to speed things up. 
I started thinking that it would be even better to automatically get the 
correct translated name using a template or a widget. I quickly 
understood a template would not be practical. A widget would require 
modifying the page content with Javascript, which is always a bit 
awkward and also slows down the page load.

While researching the topic, I ran into an extension that enables the 
use of Lua programming language to have essentially a much nicer 
template syntax: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto

I set up a local MediaWiki instance to develop the Calc function name 
module and now Guilhem kindly enabled the extension in TDF wiki.

The module is called in wiki content like so:

{{#invoke:Calc_fn_name|get|IF|{{#translation:}}}}

It calls the module, a function inside it and passes arguments for the 
Calc function name and the language code. Conveniently the 
{{#translation:}} magic word allows us to automatically pass the correct 
language code.

The module code can be examined here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Module:Calc_fn_name

I will gradually put the module to use in the coming weeks. I have a 
Firefox Greasemonkey script to automate replacing the names in content 
when editing an article.

Using the module will allow removing many repeating strings from 
translation. These function strings which occur on their own are usually 
in the beginning and end of the Calc function articles as well as within 
tables showing examples.

When a function name occurs inside a paragraph, any existing 
translations will be marked as outdated. It is not necessary to copy & 
paste the module invocation syntax to the existing translations in this 
case. It is enough to just confirm the already translated paragraph.

Steve is working on updating articles, but he does not need to worry 
about the module syntax. I will take care of everything when I 
eventually mark the new articles for translation.

As the first tries, I changed these pages:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Calc_Functions/List_of_Functions
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Calc_Functions/ABS

As mentioned, when you see outdated translations in your language for 
the ABS article, just confirm them, no need to copy the module syntax.

I will wait for a bit before continuing, so let me know if there are any 
issues. I will also reach out to individual translators, who already 
worked on the articles.

Ilmari

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