[Web-erp-developers] Translation of sentence with parameters...

[<luc...@pd...>]

Hello all.
As stated in my previous message, I was trying to solve the p=
roblem of sentences with one or more parameters. As an example just consi=
der -"Display ". $ModuleName . " options:"- in www_users.
Here's my prop=
osed solution.
I am using special tags in the tobetranslated and transla=
ted sentence, i.e :
ENGLISH: Display __Parameter1__ options 
ITALIAN: M=
ostra opzioni per il modulo __Parameter1__ 

when I have to translate t=
his sentence I make this call:
translate('Display __Parameter1__ options=
',$ModuleName)

Here's the definition of the function translate:
funct=
ion translate($idOfLabelToBeTranslated)
{
   global $lang;
   if ($lan=
g[$idOfLabelToBeTranslated]!=3Dnull){
      $numargs =3D func_num_args()=
;
      if($numargs >1){
        $arg_list =3D func_get_args();
      =
  $returnString=3D$lang[$idOfLabelToBeTranslated];
        for ($i =3D 0=
; $i < $numargs; $i++) {
          //echo "Argument $i is: " . $arg_list=
[$i] . "<br />\n";
          $returnString =3D str_replace('__Parameter'=
.$i.'__',$arg_list[$i],$returnString);
        }
        return $return=
String;
      }
      else //number of arguments is 1
         return =
$lang[$idOfLabelToBeTranslated];
   }
   else //there is no translated =
label in the array
     return $idOfLabelToBeTranslated;
}

As you ca=
n see it takes a variable number of arguments. If we have more than 1 arg=
umentes, i.e. some parameters have to be inserted in the sentence, it sim=
ply gets the translated label, which contains the varios strings __Parame=
ter1__ ... __ParameterN__. Then it substitutes the parameter string with =
the values passed as arguments.

The main concern I still have on this =
solution is:
"__ParameterN__" as the tobereplaced string is cabled, thus=
 every translator has to keep in mind to strictly use this formalism. Of =
course any suggestion on how to choose a formalism wich can be surely not=
 confused with any real life word, will be appreciated.