translated.js

Internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library.

This library uses ECMAScript Internationalization API and industry standards ICU Message Format and Unicode CLDR locale data. It is build on top of intl-messageformat and intl-relativeformat packages from Yahoo Inc..

This is a light weight open source package for use on server or in browser (using module bundler). The source code is available on GitHub where you can also find our issue tracker.

Related Projects

• vue-translated: Internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library for Vue.js v2.

Installation

Run the command below to install the package.

$ npm install --save translated

Usage Example

import {I18n} from 'translated';

let i18n = new I18n({
  locale: 'en-US',
  messages: {
    hello: 'Hello, {name}!'
  },
  formats : {
    number: {}, // custom number formats for Intl.NumberFormat
    date: {}, // custom date formats for Intl.DateTimeFormat
    time: {} // custom time formats for Intl.DateTimeFormat
  }
});

i18n.formatMessage('hello', {name: 'John'}); // -> Hello, John!
i18n.formatNumber(1231, {format: 'decimal'}); // -> 1,231.00
i18n.formatNumber(0.81, {format: 'percent'}); // -> 80 %
i18n.formatNumber(1234, {format: 'currency'}); // -> 1,234.00 USD
i18n.formatDate(new Date(), {format: 'short'}); // -> 8. 2. 11
i18n.formatRelativeTime(new Date()); // -> 1 month ago

API

I18n({locale, messages, formats})

Core class for internationalization and localization.

import {I18n} from 'translated';

let i18n = new I18n({
  locale: 'en-US',
  messages: {
    hello: 'Hello, {name}!'
  },
  formats : {
    number: {}, // custom number formats for Intl.NumberFormat
    date: {}, // custom date formats for Intl.DateTimeFormat
    time: {} // custom time formats for Intl.DateTimeFormat
  }
});

I18n.prototype.formatDate(value, options)

Converts a value into formatted date string.

i18n.formatDate(Date.now(), {month: 'numeric', year: 'numeric'}); // -> 2/1974

Note that a format option is also supported and can be set to short, medium, long or full.

i18n.formatDate(Date.now(), {format: 'short'}); // -> 12/16/16

I18n.prototype.formatMessage(key, vars)

Compiles ICU message into string.

You can use a plural argument to select sub-messages based on a numeric value, together with the plural rules for the specified language.

i18n.formatMessage(`
  You have {num, plural,
  =0 {no photos.}
  =1 {one photo.}
  other {# photos.}
}`, {num: 3}); // -> You have 3 photos.

You can use a select argument to select sub-messages via a fixed set of keywords.

i18n.formatMessage(`
  It's {gender, select,
  male {him.}
  female {her.}
  other {something.}
}`, {gender: 'female'}); // -> It's her.

You can use a date or a time argument to convert a date variable into a date/time string. The available built-in date formats are short, medium, long and full.

i18n.formatMessage(`{val, date, short}`, {val: new Date()}); // -> 12/16/16
i18n.formatMessage(`{val, time, short}`, {val: new Date()}); // -> 4:11 PM

You can use a number argument to format a number. The available built-in number formats are integer, decimal, currency and percent.

i18n.formatMessage(`{val, number, integer}`, {val: 1234.56}); // -> 1,234

I18n.prototype.formatNumber(value, options)

Converts a value into formatted string.

i18n.formatNumber(1234.56, {maximumFractionDigits: 0}); // -> 1,234

Note that a format option is also supported and can be set to integer, decimal, currency and percent.

i18n.formatNumber(0.1891, {format: 'percent'}); // -> 19%

I18n.prototype.formatRelativeTime(value, options)

Converts a value into relative time (e.g. 3 days ago).

i18n.formatRelativeTime(Date.now()); // -> yesterday

By default, the relative time is computed to the best fit unit, but you can explicitly call it to force units to be displayed in second, minute, hour, day, month or year.

i18n.formatRelativeTime(Date.now(), {units: 'day'}); // -> 2 days ago

By default, the relative time is computed as best fit, which means that instead of 1 day ago, it will display yesterday, or in 1 year will be next year, etc. But you can force to always use the numeric alternative:

i18n.formatRelativeTime(Date.now(), {style: 'numeric'}); // -> 2 days ago

I18n.prototype.formatTime(value, options)

Converts a value into formatted time string.

i18n.formatTime(Date.now(), {hour: 'numeric'}); // -> 4 PM

Note that a format option is also supported and can be set to short, medium, long or full.

i18n.formatTime(Date.now(), {format: 'short'}); // -> 4:11 PM

Support

Browsers

If you need to support old browsers with no support for Intl then you need to include a polyfill. The easiest way is to use FT Polyfill Service.

<script src="https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features=Intl.~locale.en"></script>

Node.js

Node.js has the Intl APIs built-in, but only includes the English locale data by default. To support other languages download the latest ICU data file and then run our scripts with the --icu-data-dir option.

The easiest way to get ICU data is by installing the icu4c-data package (v0.58.2 or higher).

$ npm install —save icu4c-data

Now you can run your scripts like this (Node v7+):

$ node --icu-data-dir=node_modules/icu4c-data index.js

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Kristijan Sedlak <[email protected]>

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