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Make translation to languages with a converter more user-friendly in the Translate extension
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Description

Currently, when selecting a language that has a converter, Special:Translate requires the user to select something else. It is just a plain-text error message. Here's an example from Kazakh:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazakh_translatewiki_error_asking_to_translate_into_kk-cyrl.jpg

It could be more user-friendly. Some immediate ideas:

  • Don't allow selecting languages that can't be targets in ULS.
  • Change the plain-text message to direct links to translating in the variants.
  • Redirect the user to the default variant.

There could be some more improvements.