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Easy i18n in Angular Apps

10 points by PascalPrecht 13y ago

ch0wn 13y ago
angular-translate is really a pleasure to use. I used it in two separate smallish apps and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Very compact, easy API and great docs.
lelf 13y ago
What's obsession with those TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, SECOND_SENTENSE_FROM_TO_RIGHT_WHERE_THEY_KILLED_THE_RABBIT stupidity? translate("This is a paragraph.") PS and in the real world, please don't translate language names with each language change
- Gigablah 13y ago
  In the "real world", you'll eventually run into cases where you have to translate recurring words/phrases/sentences differently due to context or language peculiarities.
- unfug 13y ago
  Off hand I can think of a few reasons for using the mapping object as they did in angular-translate: - It may make sense to translate the same English sentence to something slightly different in different contexts in German. - JSLint/JSHint should be able to check for usages on an identifier like TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, etc. easier than comparing strings (you'd have to build something custom for that). - Brevity. If you have the same long string of text written twice it may be useful to have a shorter identifier for it. I agree with not translating language names though, in the real world that doesn't really make sense.
  - lelf 13y ago
    > It may make sense to translate the same English sentence to something slightly different in different contexts in German Then obviously you add context. It all has been solved for xx years http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Contexts.html#Contexts http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Context... > JSLint/JSHint should be able to check for usages on an identifier like TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, etc. easier than comparing strings (you'd have to build something custom for that) That's not difficult if you absolutely need it > Brevity. If you have the same long string of text written twice it may be useful to have a shorter identifier for it You don't need them twice. Add attribute telling: this text can be translated. That's all.
greenpizza13 13y ago
We've had a great time with angular-translate in our in house application as well. The partial loader is a great feature that allows us to keep the memory overhead down for folks who will never need certain dictionaries.

10 points by PascalPrecht 13y ago

ch0wn 13y ago

angular-translate is really a pleasure to use. I used it in two separate smallish apps and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Very compact, easy API and great docs.

lelf 13y ago

What's obsession with those TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, SECOND_SENTENSE_FROM_TO_RIGHT_WHERE_THEY_KILLED_THE_RABBIT stupidity? translate("This is a paragraph.") PS and in the real world, please don't translate language names with each language change

Gigablah 13y ago
In the "real world", you'll eventually run into cases where you have to translate recurring words/phrases/sentences differently due to context or language peculiarities.
unfug 13y ago
Off hand I can think of a few reasons for using the mapping object as they did in angular-translate: - It may make sense to translate the same English sentence to something slightly different in different contexts in German. - JSLint/JSHint should be able to check for usages on an identifier like TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, etc. easier than comparing strings (you'd have to build something custom for that). - Brevity. If you have the same long string of text written twice it may be useful to have a shorter identifier for it. I agree with not translating language names though, in the real world that doesn't really make sense.
- lelf 13y ago
  > It may make sense to translate the same English sentence to something slightly different in different contexts in German Then obviously you add context. It all has been solved for xx years http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Contexts.html#Contexts http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Context... > JSLint/JSHint should be able to check for usages on an identifier like TITLE, PARAGRAPH_ABOUT_FOO, etc. easier than comparing strings (you'd have to build something custom for that) That's not difficult if you absolutely need it > Brevity. If you have the same long string of text written twice it may be useful to have a shorter identifier for it You don't need them twice. Add attribute telling: this text can be translated. That's all.

greenpizza13 13y ago

We've had a great time with angular-translate in our in house application as well. The partial loader is a great feature that allows us to keep the memory overhead down for folks who will never need certain dictionaries.