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This template exists to help track useful redirects from foreign-language terms. It is not a license to create redirects for arbitrary terms in any language; generally, foreign-language redirects are considered appropriate only when there is a strong connection between the language and the topic. For example, "Wien" to "Vienna" makes sense since German is the official language of Austria, but "維也納", "ویانا", or "Виена" do not as there is no real connection between the city and Western Panjabi, Chinese, or Macedonian.

=== Usage ===
{{hatnote|Use this Rcat template in '''any [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]]'''.}}
* This redirect category (Rcat) template populates [[:Category:Redirects from alternative languages]]. Add this Rcat to a redirect in the following manner:
<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[(Target page name)]] {{R from alternative language}}</nowiki></code>
* Template {{tl|This is a redirect}} may also be used to add this and other appropriate Rcats to a redirect.
* This template takes one optional '''''un'''named'' parameter, the ISO 639 code of the source language. If the language code is recognized, the redirect goes into a more specific category, e.g. [[:Category:Redirects from French-language terms]]; otherwise, the redirect goes into [[:Category:Redirects from non-English-language terms]].
:Example '''<big>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suisse&redirect=no Suisse]</big>''':
<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Switzerland]] {{R from alternative language|fr}}</nowiki></code>
* This template takes one optional ''named'' parameter, {{code|to}}, the ISO 639 code of the target language. If the language code is recognized, the redirect goes into a more specific category, e.g. [[:Category:Redirects to French-language terms]]; otherwise, the redirect goes into [[:Category:Redirects to non-English-language terms]].
:Example '''<big>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Miserable_Ones&redirect=no The Miserable Ones]</big>''':
<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Les Misérables]] {{R from alternative language|to=fr}}</nowiki></code>
* These parameters can be combined. The redirect will go into two categories.
:Example '''<big>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annales_des_empereurs_du_japon&redirect=no Annales des empereurs du japon]</big>''':
<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT Nihon Ōdai Ichiran {{R from alternative language|fr|to=ja}}</nowiki></code>
* Use this Rcat on all redirects from a name in one language to a name in another language.
* When the redirect and its target differ only in use of diacritics, consider {{tl|R from diacritics}} or {{tl|R to diacritics}}.

==== Redirects ====
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:R_from_alternative_language&hidetrans=1&hidelinks=1&limit=500 Click here] for a list of templates that redirect here and that may also be used.

=== See also ===
* {{tl|R template index}}

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{{{Category|[[Category:All redirect templates]]}}}
{{{Category|[[Category:Templates for redirects involving diacritics or language change|Language, alternative]]}}}

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