easy-translate

Description

A very simple translation library in commonjs format. It uses almost the same approach as Yii 1 and Drupal. Can be used in node.js as well as in a browser.

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install easy-translate

Usage

var t       = require('easy-translate');
var package = require('./package.json');
 
t.language('ru');
 
console.log(t('Hello!'));
// → Привет
 
console.log(t('It\'s {0} v{1}', package.name, package.version));
// → Это easy-translate v1.0.0
 
console.log(t('This library can be found at {url}.', {
  url: package.homepage
}));
// → Вы можете найти эту библиотеку по адресу https://github.com/mega…
 
var count = Object.keys(package.dependencies).length;
console.log(t('It has {0} {0|dependency|dependencies}.', count));
// → Она содержит 0 зависимостей
 
console.log(t('The current language is {0}.', t.language()));
// Текущий язык - ru

Load translations

// Load built-in plural rules for specified language
var plural = require('easy-translate/langs/ru.js');
 
t.load({
  language: 'ru',
  translations: {
    'Hello!': 'Привет',
    'It has {0} {0|dependency|dependencies}.': 'Она содержит {0} {0|зависимость|зависимости|зависимостей}.',
    'It\'s {0} v{1}': 'Это {0} v{1}',
    'The current language is {0}.': 'Текущий язык - {0}.',
    'This library can be found at {url}.': 'Вы можете найти эту библиотеку по адресу {url}'
  },
  plural: plural
});

Methods

t(message: string, params?: any, ...otherParams?: any[]): string

Translate a string

params can be:

• a string, number (template {0} or {n} or {s})
• an array (templates {0}, {1}, …)
• an object (templates {user}, {id}, …), also it has special values:
  • _lang: use this language instead of the current
  • _category: by default, all strings a loaded from category app

otherParams is used for positional templates {0}, {1}, …

t.load(languageData: LanguageData)

Loads translations

languageData is object:

• language: string
• category: string, "app" by default
• translations: object similar to { 'Hello': 'Привет', … }
• plural: function with plural rules for specified language. This library already contains plural rules for 200 languages. See langs folder.

t.language(): string

Get the current language

t.language(language: string)

Set the current language

Template language

t('test') Just returns a translation

t('hi {user}', { 'user': 'Mike' }) Replace '{user}' by 'Mike'

t('It\'s {0} v{1}', name, version) Replace '{0}' by the first argument, {1} by the second

t('{0|dog|dogs}', 2) Choose plural form corresponding to params and a plural rule for the language.

t('{n}', 1) t('{s}', 1) - Aliases for {0}

License

Licensed under MIT.