Language selector for translatable pages is enabled on translatewiki.net and can be seen in action on https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Project:About

Either of the below configuration for PageTranslationLanguageList enables this functionality:

// Display languages as interlanguage links and also in tag if it is present on the page.
$wgPageTranslationLanguageList = 'sidebar-always';
// Display languages as interlanguage links only and ignore the tag even if present on the page.
$wgPageTranslationLanguageList = 'sidebar-only';

There are two things missing in the current implementation that are mentioned in the design details:

• The "add languages" option (T323694) may need adjustments. If there is only one action available, it may be displayed directly. - Where should this redirect? To Special:Translate? If so with which language selected as the target language?
• We need to explore how to communicate the current selected language (especially when it is different from the current UI language) at the page and/or selector level. Note how multilingual pages currently have the currently selected language in bold.

@Pginer-WMF, About this point:

We need to explore how to communicate the current selected language (especially when it is different from the current UI language) at the page and/or selector level. Note how multilingual pages currently have the currently selected language in bold.

Do you think this is a blocker for this task? We've had the language selector enabled on translatewiki.net for a while, and there hasn't been a request to have this feature.

In T353231#9879782, @abi_ wrote:

@Pginer-WMF, About this point:

We need to explore how to communicate the current selected language (especially when it is different from the current UI language) at the page and/or selector level. Note how multilingual pages currently have the currently selected language in bold.

Do you think this is a blocker for this task? We've had the language selector enabled on translatewiki.net for a while, and there hasn't been a request to have this feature.

I don't see it as a blocker. I was mainly highlighting an existing cue that would be lost. Users can always look for the language they want, even if it is the current one. That case is not the most efficient, and we may want to observe if it is an actual problem in practice and consider future polishing if needed.

The readers need a way to understand whether they are going to a different website, where there is a different content on the same topic, or staying on the same website and open the same content that was translated.

This requires an additional notice somewhere, I suppose.

In T353231#10074582, @Ata wrote:

The readers need a way to understand whether they are going to a different website, where there is a different content on the same topic, or staying on the same website and open the same content that was translated.

This requires an additional notice somewhere, I suppose.

Thanks! That's a good point.

We started consultation with the community and there is some feedback that we need to review:

1. https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support#Using_the_Language_selector_to_switch_language_of_translatable_pages
2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta_talk:Babylon#Using_the_Language_selector_to_switch_language_of_translatable_pages

@abi_ Hello, as mediawiki.org is also one of the wikis that heavily uses the Translate extension, maybe start a consultation on their Village Pump? Thanks.

In T353231#10100295, @SCP-2000 wrote:

@abi_ Hello, as mediawiki.org is also one of the wikis that heavily uses the Translate extension, maybe start a consultation on their Village Pump? Thanks.

Done: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Yc6jym3fnoioygqb.

Thanks!

I had to hide these links for my account several years ago because of how distracting the content was (to me). Good to see this is being moved to a better place.