Template:Hylian Translate/Documentation

Purpose
This template is used to display Hylian text and its translations into real world languages.

Usage
The template is extremely generic, allowing for customizable tables when used in conjunction with its header and footer templates. Images, other templates, and text can all be used within it.

Example
Using the following code, including the header and footer templates, will produce the table at the bottom of the page.

If the fifth parameter is omitted, then the Transliteration and Meaning columns will be merged. This is useful for instances that translate directly into English.

For tables where all of the instances translate directly into English, using the alternate header template  will combine the Transliteration and Meaning columns to have the same width as the Hylian column.

To create a custom layout using  or , you will need to use regular table notation (including   to start a new row) instead of the   template. Note that you will need to use  to manually merge the Transliteration and Meaning columns.

|- |Wooden NaN Signs || |rowspan="2"|Good Luck |rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Good Luck |- |NaN Signs in ALBW: |

|- |Wooden NaN Signs || |rowspan="2"|Good Luck |rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Good Luck |- |NaN Signs in ALBW: |

Style recommendations
Though the objective is to make each table look as legible and intuitive as possible for each case, we recommend the following style guidelines to keep consistent with existing Hylian translation tables.

When a single image contains more than one instance of Hylian text, a guide such as "(Top to bottom)", "(Left to right)", or "(Clockwise from top)" should go underneath the image.

When the image's layout makes this unfeasible, place the texts' locations underneath the Hylian lettering instead.

Whenever spelling errors appear in the Hylian text, those errors should be retained in the Hylian column. If the correct spelling is easy to determine, you can include it in the translated text using a  template.

Typos in Japanese-based Hylian text can be more complicated. The error should be retained in the Hylian column, optionally with the correct Hylian text appearing using Template:List Note.

Because any small typo in the Japanese text could end up completely changing the English meaning, we simply put the corrected text in the Transliteration and Meaning columns. Cases involving, such as Mappu (map) being written in-game as Mabbu (Mab), can usually be treated like an English typo and displayed with a  template.

Also note that several Hylian characters in this instance are obscured by the folds of the map; since we can be reasonably sure that it's meant to say "Dungeon", we can add the missing letters to the Meaning column using [square brackets].

|- |rowspan="3"|TMC: artwork |rowspan="3"| |ジヨン マツブ | |[Dun]geon |- |１. トラツプ オオシ ２. テキスクナメ ３. ユダンハキンモツ |  |1. Traps are numerous 2. Enemies are somewhat sparse 3. Carelessness is unconscionable |- |シンノユウシヤニ コウウンヲ | |Good luck to the true hero