multilanguage application

[giangiammy]

Hi all,

I need to develope a multilanguage application in javascript:
is there some particular library, or do you have some
pointer to guidelines to follows: the messages should
if possible be keeped in a separate file, one for language.
Is there some standard format?

thanks
giammy

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

giangiammy wrote:

I need to develope a multilanguage application in javascript:
is there some particular library,
I don't know any.
or do you have some pointer to guidelines to follows: the messages
should if possible be keeped in a separate file, one for language.
Using one file per language compared to one file for all messages has
the advantage of quick loading of the application; it has the drawback
of requiring the application to reload (thereby losing all client-side
states unless backed up otherwise before, such as in a cookie or in a
server-side session variable) in order to change the user interface
language.
Is there some standard format?

No. But Object objects are your best bet, for example for a one-language
messages file:

var messages = {
msg_foobar: "This great Foo application frobnicates bar.",
...
}

You can then access the message with

messages.msg_foobar

or

messages["msg_foobar"]

where the latter is required if the property name is not an identifier.
HTH

PointedEars
--
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[petermichaux]

giangiammy wrote:

Hi all,

I need to develope a multilanguage application in javascript:

What is the application? How is it supposed to work? I assume you mean
client-side JavaScript. What are you using on the server side? Can the
server side help implement the many languages? All of these answers
probably will affect your choices.

Peter