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Translation of units into different languages
Hi, first of all thanks for this. Is super helpful and looks super complete!
I was reading the issues and search in all repo but I didn't see any references to localization. Is there something related with the translation of the units?
Could be a translations
folder. And people could initialize like formatter
import enLocale from 'qt/translations/en.json'
import esLocale from 'qt/translations/es.json'
const LOCALES = {
en: enLocale,
es: esLocale
}
function init (locale: string) {
Qty.translations = LOCALES[locale] || LOCALES.en
}
Then you can pass the type of format. We could have long/short format. And also take into account plurals. 1 meter vs 2 meters
I would introduce a new method to
new Qty(1, 'm').localizedFormat({ format: 'long' })
// 1 meter
// Change to Spanish
Qty.translations = LOCALES.es
new Qty(2, 'm').localizedFormat({ format: 'long' }) // you can omit "targetUnit" if you want the same
// 2 metros
new Qty(2, 'm').localizedFormat({ targetUnit: 'cm', format: 'long' })
// 200 centímetros
// Short version by default
new Qty(2, 'm').localizedFormat({ targetUnit: 'cm' })
// 200 cm
I realize maybe what I want is doable by myself with Qty.formatter
but I think could be nice to have these translations in the repo shared and maintained by the community.
What do you think? : )