Probably the thinnest library to end all Vue i18n solution within 1kb
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or
npm install vue-simple-i18n
then
import vI18n from 'vue-simple-i18n'
HTML:
<div id="app">
<select v-model="v_locale">
<option v-for="(locale, key) in locales" :value="key">{{locale.__name__}}</option>
</select>
<input type="text" v-model="name">
<h1>{{welcome}}</h1>
</div>JS:
import vI18n from 'vue-simple-i18n'
const i18n = new vI18n({
base: 'en-us', // The base fallback when specified language not exists, defaults to 'en-us'
locale: 'zh-cn', // Global language, defaults to browser language
locales: {
'en-us': {
__name__: 'English', // Specify a display name for each language is highly recommended
welcome: 'Welcome {{name}} to the Wonderland!' // Translation, default template supported is vue-like without expressions
},
'zh-cn': {
__name__: '简体中文',
welcome: '{{name}}，欢迎来到幻境！'
}
} // Where you put all your translations
})
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
name: 'Yukino', // Value used by translation template
v_locale: i18n.locale, // Specify 'v_locale' could change locale component-wide
locales: i18n.locales
},
computed: {
...i18n.map(['welcome']) // Map the translation!
}
})Use case: singular/plural, grammatical gender etc.
Usage: Use a function that returns a string as the translation. The first argument passes to the function is the current Vue vm instance.
Example:
const i18n = new vI18n({
locales: {
'en-us': {
problemsSolved: vm => `Total ${vm.count} problem${vm.count > 1 ? 's' : ''} solved.`
}
}
})You can add a new locale or modify existing ones as you wish.
Example:
// Now we have English as default but we don't have a Chinese translation
// But the users specifies Chinese as their locale
const i18n = new vI18n({
base: 'en-us',
locale: 'zh-cn',
locales: {
'en-us': {
welcome: 'Welcome {{name}} to the Wonderland!'
}
}
})
// Create the Vue instance
// Now all displayed locales are shown in English
const vm = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
name: 'Yukino'
},
computed: {
...i18n.map(['welcome'])
}
})
// Now some how we get the Chinese translation
const ChineseTranslation = {
welcome: '{{name}}，欢迎来到幻境!'
}
i18n.locales['zh-cn'] = ChineseTranslation
// Don't forget to refresh the Vue instance for this gadget is not embeded into Vue's life cycle
// Note that vm.$forceUpdate does not work on computed properties
// We should trigger re-compute by modifying one of the property on the instance
// Here we choose 'name'
let name = vm.name
vm.name = ''
vm.name = name