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is for translation tables, it shouldn't be used anywhere else.

The difference between and  is only in the way the parameters are specified: the former takes the entry to be linked to as the first parameter and the language with , while the latter takes the language as the first parameter and the entry as the second. takes the same parameters as, in other words; that's why many people prefer it. But there is still some disagreement over which one of the two to use, so everyone just uses whichever they prefer. My own preference is for.