Translation

A package that handles translations using JSON files.

Installation

To include the translation package in your Go project, run the following command:

go get git.apihub24.de/admin/translation

Usage

You must have a folder containing JSON files. Each file should hold an object with key-value pairs where the value is a string.

• translations/de.json

{
  "SOME_KEY": "ein Wert"
}

• translations/en.json

{
  "SOME_KEY": "a Value"
}

Next, you can create a Go file that embeds these JSON files using fs.Files.

• translations/files.go

package translations

import "embed"

//go:embed *.json
var Files embed.FS

Now, use the translation package to set up and retrieve translations on demand:

package main

import (
  "git.apihub24.de/admin/translation"
  translations "{link to your translations folder}"
)

func main() {
  // give the Init Function the translations fs.Files
  translation.Init(translations.Files)
  // Optional you can change the Fallback Language
  translation.SetDefaultCulture("de")

  // get the Translation Values
  translation.Get("SOME_KEY", "de")
}

Error Handling & Fallback Behavior

• If a translation key is not found for the requested language, the package will attempt to retrieve the translation from the default culture (set via SetDefaultCulture).
• If the key is not found even in the default culture, or if the specified language file does not exist, translation.Get will return the following string 'no value for key {key} found in source {culture}'. This helps in identifying missing translations directly in your application.

Features

Translation Keys

You can use any translation key you want. The only thing to keep in mind is that your translation files must have the translation key as part of their filename.

For example, if you want to split your translation files into modules, you can name them like this:

• translations/global_de.json
• translations/global_en.json
• translations/mod1_de.json
• translations/mod1_en.json
• translations/mod2_de.json
• translations/mod2_en.json

And the translation call would look like this:

translation.Get("SOME_KEY", "global_de")

Parameters

You can use placeholders to create dynamic translation values.

For example:

{
  "DYNAMIC": "Preis: %[1]s %[1]s"
}

translation.Get("DYNAMIC", "de", "12,50", "€")