lxn-go

lxn-go is an lxn client library for the Go programming language.

Translating Text

To translate text, a dictionary has to be loaded:

func ReadDictionary(r io.Reader) (*Dictionary, error)

This function reads a binary dictionary from r and returns the dictionary with all messages and the locale information needed to format these messages. Once a dictionary is obtained, it can be used to translate messages.

A message can contain variable parts which can be replaced during runtime. In order to render a message correctly all of the variables need to be passed into the translation method of the dictionary. The following variable types are currently supported:

• Int for signed integer values
• Uint for unsigned integer values
• Float for floating-point numbers
• String for strings

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	lxn "github.com/liblxn/lxn-go"
)

func main() {
	dic := loadDictionary("en")
	msg := dic.Translate("the-section", "the-message-key", lxn.Context{
		"key1": lxn.Float(3.1415),
		"key2": lxn.Uint(7),
	})

	fmt.Println("message for 'hello.lxn':", msg)
}

func loadDictionary(lang string) *lxn.Dictionary {
	dic, err := lxn.FromFile(lxn.ReadDictionary, fmt.Sprintf("translations/%s.lxnc", lang))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	return dic
}