A multilingual George?

[Jeremy Richard]

Could a George script be internationalized natively?

Using "tv_version", something like this can be done to translate a text:

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tv_version
PARSE RESULT software_name software_version language
//tv_warn language

IF CMP(language, fr)
	 my_translated_string = "Bonjour"
END

IF CMP(language, en)
	 my_translated_string = "Hello"
END

IF CMP(language, ja)
	 my_translated_string = "こんにちは"
END

IF CMP(language, zh)
	 my_translated_string = "你好"
END

PRINT my_translated_string

But for things like:

• date format (22/10/2024 OR 10/22/2024 etc )
• number (1.000 OR 1,000 etc)

could we have something like this:

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uk_time_format = I18N(DATE, 'en-GB')
usa_time_format = I18N(DATE, 'en-US')
japan_time_format = I18N(DATE, 'ja-JP')
china_time_format = I18N(DATE, 'zh-CN')

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EDIT from 16/11/2024

It is also possible to do the following to translate a text using tv_getlanguage:

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tv_getlanguage
language = RESULT
// tv_warn language

IF CMP(language, french)
	 my_translated_string = "Bonjour"
END

IF CMP(language, english)
	 my_translated_string = "Hello"
END

IF CMP(language, japanese)
	 my_translated_string = "こんにちは"
END

IF CMP(language, chinese)
	 my_translated_string = "你好"
END

PRINT my_translated_string

[Thierry]

Hello,

We could maybe add this, but to be honest I don't really see what it would accomplish.

[Jeremy Richard]

Yes, I don't think I have compelling examples. Maybe when naming files using dates and the local convention, without having to parse and placing the year, month and day in the right order. I can't come up with better than this for now.

I do like the idea though, specially for messages or instructions shown in dialog boxes, so one can share its panel and have it better understood by a wider audience.

Something like this:

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tv_translate 'fr' 'Indiquez le dossier de destination' 'en' 'Select the destination folder'
message = RESULT

tv_reqfile message

Where the right translation shows up according to the language of the software, and could fall back to English when the current language is not available.

But, indeed, it might have very limited use and could be achieved by other means, like using conditions and tv_version for example.