i18n4v's Introduction

i18n for Virtual DOM (`i18n4v`)

$ npm install i18n4v --save

i18n4v is an internationalization helper library for browsers and node.js.

It has the following features:

It supports standard internatinalization features:
- Replacing words by key (original words can be used as keys too)
- Pluralisation
- Formatting
- Selecting translations from context (like gender)
Small runtime:
- Runtime is written in ES3 and just 1.8kb (minified and gzipped)
- Runtime library doesn't have any dependencies.
- It is compatible with common.js and AMD and global reading with <script> tag.
It can run on browser:
- With virtual DOM (in JavaScript)
- With static HTML text
It can run on node.js:
- To make off-line unittesting easy
- To support server side rendering and CLI tools
It provides CLI tool to maintain translations

Core part of i18n is derived from roddeh-i18n. Thank you roddeh.

Document

https://i18n4v.js.org/

Example

Use with JavaScript:

// This sample uses with Mithril.
// You can use any virtual DOM framework.
const m = require('mithril');
const i18n = require('i18n4v');

var mithrilComponent = {
    view(ctrl) {
        return m("div", i18n("hello world"));
    }
};

i18n.translator.add({
    values: {
        "hello world": "こんにちわ世界"
    }
});

Use with static HTML:

<article>
   <h1 data-i18n>Monty Python</h1>
</artice>
    
<script>
i18n.translator.add({
    values: {
        "Monty Python": "モンティ・パイソン"
    }
});
i18n.translator.applyToHTML();
</script>