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Quick and dirty translation helper
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gistfile1.js
currentLocale = 'en';
locales = {
en: {
'common.between': 'less than __ but more than __'
}
};
t = function(key, ...insertions) {
let translatedString = locales[currentLocale][key];
return translatedString.replace(/__/g, () => insertions.shift());
}
t('common.between', 5, 10); //= 'less than 5 but more than 10'
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codeincontext commented Jul 6, 2015

This is probably slower than the previous revision but it's neater so that counts for something right

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codeincontext commented Jul 6, 2015

Things this doesn't do:

  • Pluralisation
  • Ordered insertions
  • default language on missing keys
  • logging missing keys
  • exporting all used keys

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