Translation with arguments.

jarey

Just want to ask how do you deal with the following type of translations:

"tag": "Topics tagged under "%1"",

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GitHub (github.com)

I know they're supported on Nodebb, but i can not find an example of how the translator manage the arguments during translation, or the way they're processed after the translation itself (if the translator doesn't manage that itself).

I know it should be quite simple to find and example, but after checking the docs, the translator.js tests and a couple of plugins, i can not see how it is done

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(docs.nodebb.org)

Just want to translate a string with arguments client side.

Thanks in advance.

yariplus

Here is one, looks like it's just comment-separated values.
https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-theme-persona/blob/master/templates/register.tpl#L32

In the client, use strings instead of the template variables.

require(['translator'], function(translator){
  var foo = "FOO";
  var bar = "BAR";
                       // v Dont put this space here.
  translator.translate('[[ register:help.username_restrictions, '+foo+', '+bar+']]', function(msg){
    console.log(msg);
    // Output: "A unique username between FOO and BAR characters."
  });
});

jarey

@yariplus as always thank you very much.

marcelo-lopes

Hi @yariplus
and if the foo variable has comma on its text? like :

require(['translator'], function(translator){
  var foo = "FOO, FOO2";
  var bar = "BAR";
                       // v Dont put this space here.
  translator.translate('[[ register:help.username_restrictions, '+foo+', '+bar+']]', function(msg){
    console.log(msg);
    // Output: "A unique username between FOO and FOO2 characters."
  });
});

How can I have the output "A unique username between FOO, FOO2 and BAR characters." ?

I have tried many things but no success.

Thanks for your help.

PitaJ

@marcelo-lopes escape the comma as an HTML entity:

text.replace(/,/g, '&#44;')