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### Locales and language tags ### Locales and language tags
For the Translatable class, a "locale" consists of a language code plus a region code separated by an underscore, For the `Translatable` class, a "locale" consists of a language code plus a region code separated by an underscore,
for example "de_AT" for German language ("de") in the region Austria ("AT"). for example "de_AT" for German language ("de") in the region Austria ("AT").
See [http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/](http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/) See [http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/](http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/)
for a detailed description. for a detailed description. You can get the locale on any object through the `Locale` property,
e.g. `$myPage->Locale`. For page templates, use `$ContentLocale` instead (it defaults to the locale
of the currently displayed page, and falls back to `i18n::get_locale()`).
Uninstalling/Disabling ### Uninstalling/Disabling
Disabling Translatable after creating translations will lead to all Disabling Translatable after creating translations will lead to all
pages being shown in the default sitetree regardless of their language. pages being shown in the default sitetree regardless of their language.
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### Templates ### Templates
To declare the correct language, use the `lang` attribute on the `<html>` tag (see [W3C recommendation](http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-i18n-html-tech-lang-20070412/#ri20060630.133619987)).
SilverStripe provides `$ContentLocale` for this purpose.
Declaring the language for HTML templates:
:::ss
<html lang="$ContentLocale">...</html>
Declaring the language for HTML templates:
:::ss
<html lang="$ContentLocale" xml:lang="$ContentLocale" xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
As every page has its own unique URL, language selection mostly happens explicitly: A user requests a page, which always As every page has its own unique URL, language selection mostly happens explicitly: A user requests a page, which always
has only one language. But how does a user coming to your English default language know that there's a Japanese version has only one language. But how does a user coming to your English default language know that there's a Japanese version
of this page? of this page?