An internationalization framework that enables full support of many languages in any R application. Detect text to translate within a project. Import and manage translations with a user-friendly interface. Easily export source text that requires translation to a plain text format that fosters collaboration with other non-technical and external collaborators.
Trying to extend base::gettext() to functions other than stop(),
warning(), and message() usually leads to fragile and incomplete ad-hoc
implementations.
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Uses Markdown files instead of PO (Portable Object) files for translations.
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Markdown files are easily sharable, maintainable, and modifiable, even by non-technical collaborators such as professional translators.
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Easier API compared to
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Can be used within any context and functions (unlike
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Uses carefully chosen dependencies:
digest,R6, andyaml. -
Fast speed.
The plan is to submit transltr to CRAN before December 2024 once it
reaches a more mature stage. Until further notice, please do not attempt to
use it. It should be considered as being in a pre-alpha stage until further
notice.
Write your application as you normally would. Whenever you require a piece
of text to be translated at runtime, wrap it with transltr::translate().
More to come later. See the proposed architecture below. You may also read
Rd files in man/.
This diagram gives an overview of how the package will work once completed.
Submit them here. Thank you for your collaboration.