i18n internationalization functionality in thinbasic / thinair

[ErosOlmi]

Inside
<Sentence text="Good_Morning" lang="en-GB" >Good Morning</Sentence>
can we assume that
"Good_Morning" text
is unique over a language, whatever node it is present?
In this way I can have an internal hash table key\data where key can be LANG + \ + TEXT like "en-GB\Good_Morning"
Setting the Locale would set the main part of the key

I mean I'm trying to find a way to define something like to below example.
It would be possible to have up to 3 levels of nodes but such nodes are only a way to keep translations organized and not part of the key to search for.
Otherwise things like i18n("Good_Morning") would not be possible.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<i18n>


	<Main_Script>
		<Globals>
			<Sentence text="Good_Morning" lang="en-GB" >Good Morning</Sentence>
			<Sentence text="Good_Morning" lang="fr-FR" >Bonjour</Sentence>
			<Sentence text="What_Is_Your_Name" lang="en-GB" >What is your name?</Sentence>
			<Sentence text="What_Is_Your_Name" lang="fr-FR" >Quel est votre nom?</Sentence>
		</Globals>
		<!-- <some comment to translators> -->
		<Sentence text="{1}_Is_My_Name" lang="en-GB" >{1} is my name.</Sentence>
		<Sentence text="{1}_Is_My_Name" lang="fr-FR" >Je m'appelle {1}.</Sentence>
	</Main_Script>
	
	<Include_myIncludedFile>
		<Dialogs>
			<Sentence text="Dialog_Title" lang="en-GB" >Dialog title</Sentence>
			<Sentence text="Dialog_Title" lang="en-GB" >Titre de la fenêtre</Sentence>
		</Dialogs>
		<Menu>
			<Sentence text="Close_all_files" lang="fr-FR" >Close all files.</Sentence>
			<Sentence text="Close_all_files" lang="fr-FR" >Fermer tous les fichiers.</Sentence>
		</Menu>
	</Include_myIncludedFile>
	
</i18n>

Also trying to figure out how to interact between the editor, thinAir, and translations in order to find a way thinAir is aware of the need of some translations.
Also to have the possibility to automatically create translations

Will read back all previous suggestions

Thinking ...
Any idea is welcome.

[DirectuX]

Will read back all previous suggestions

Yep' , as some questions were already discussed.

Otherwise things like i18n("Good_Morning") would not be possible.

(as in previous suggestions) Maybe not i18n("Good_Morning") but i18n("Good morning") as in plain english.
then, the xml building script convert the string to a unique escaped tag (lang/text) and this is transparent to the programmer and less human-error prone and provides a fallback.

can we assume that
"Good_Morning" text
is unique over a language, whatever node it is present?

I think so, and the xml automated building can insure this is the case.

Thinking ...
Any idea is welcome.

I wish to know if we go with <tags> and "attributes" or only <tags> ? I'm not sure to understand what you decided so far.

[DirectuX]

considering my last question just above, if you choose the <tag> only version , xml might look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<i18n>
	<Main_Script>
		<Globals>
			<Good_Morning>
				<en-GB>Good Morning</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Bonjour</fr-FR>
			</Good_Morning>
			<What_Is_Your_Name>
				<en-GB>What is your name?</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Quel est votre nom?</fr-FR>
			</What_Is_Your_Name>
		</Globals>
		<!-- <some comment to translators> -->
		<#1#_Is_My_Name>
			<en-GB>{1} is my name.</en-GB>
			<fr-FR>Je m'appelle {1}.</fr-FR>
		</#1#_Is_My_Name>
	</Main_Script>
	<Include_myIncludedFile>
		<Dialogs>
			<Dialog_Title>
				<en-GB>Dialog title</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Titre de la fenêtre</fr-FR>
			</Dialog_Title>
		</Dialogs>
		<Menu>
			<Close_all_files>
				<en-GB>Close all files.</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Fermer tous les fichiers.</fr-FR>
			</Close_all_files>
		</Menu>
	</Include_myIncludedFile>
</i18n>		

or if we keep a symmetry list between xml's tags and the string passed to i18n it could even be simplier:

' Symmetry list
' syntax : [tag] [i18n submitted string] 
' * tag could be zero padded to keep alignment
'
1 "Good Morning"
2 "What is your name?"
3 "{1} is my name."
4 "Dialog title"
5 "Close all files."

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<i18n>
	<Main_Script>
		<Globals>
			<1>
				<en-GB>Good Morning</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Bonjour</fr-FR>
			</1>
			<2>
				<en-GB>What is your name?</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Quel est votre nom?</fr-FR>
			</2>
		</Globals>
		<!-- <some comment to translators> -->
		<3>
			<en-GB>{1} is my name.</en-GB>
			<fr-FR>Je m'appelle {1}.</fr-FR>
		</3>
	</Main_Script>
	<Include_myIncludedFile>
		<Dialogs>
			<4>
				<en-GB>Dialog title</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Titre de la fenêtre</fr-FR>
			</4>
		</Dialogs>
		<Menu>
			<5>
				<en-GB>Close all files.</en-GB>
				<fr-FR>Fermer tous les fichiers.</fr-FR>
			</5>
		</Menu>
	</Include_myIncludedFile>
</i18n>

XML files attached : v3.zip
memo:the built xml can be written to be human readable and contain script-unused informations.

[DirectuX]

or if we keep a symmetry list between xml's tags and the string passed to i18n it could even be simplier:

' Symmetry list
' syntax : [tag] [i18n submitted string] 
' * tag could be zero padded to keep alignment
'
1 "Good Morning"
2 "What is your name?"
3 "{1} is my name."
4 "Dialog title"
5 "Close all files."

as a reminder (mostly for myself) I found that the INI module can manage that.