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multilang-builder

v2.0.0

Published

Generate a multilang website

Downloads

12

Readme

multilang-builder

Summary

A powerful tool for generating multilingual websites, managing texts, and translating content easily.

Installation

Make sure you have Node.js and a package manager (npm or yarn) installed on your system.

  1. Initialize a Node.js project (if not done already):

    npm init -y
  2. Install multilang-builder as a development dependency:

    npm install multilang-builder --save-dev

Commands

Generate Website

Use the buildLang command to generate pages for different languages based on your templates and texts.

npx buildLang

Extract Texts and Generate Templates

Use the extractTexts command to automatically create text files from your source pages and generate corresponding template pages.

npx extractTexts

Translate Texts

Use the translateTexts command to translate texts from one language to multiple others.

npx translateTexts

Configuration

The configuration file for multilang-builder needs to be named multilang.config.js and should be at the root of your Node.js project.

// multilang.config.js
module.exports = {
  // Generate Website Configuration
  generateWebsiteConfig: {
    // Root path of the page templates
    src: "./templates",
    // Ignored files or folders
    ignored: ["ignored.php", "ignored"],
    // Destination for the multilang website
    dest: "./dist",
    // Output languages
    languages: ["en", "fr"],
    // Root path of the texts files
    textsSrc: "./texts",
    // Text separator for the templates pages
    textSeparator: "@@@",
  },
  // Extract Texts and Generate Templates Configuration
  extractTextsAndGenerateTemplateConfig: {
    // Root path of the pages you want to extract the texts from
    src: "./app",
    // Ignored files or folders
    ignored: ["ignored.php", "ignored"],
    // Destination of the texts files
    textsDest: "./texts",
    // Destination of the templates
    templatesDest: "./templates",
    // Language of the extracted texts
    language: "en",
    // Text separator for the templates pages
    textSeparator: "@@@",
  },
  // Translate Texts Configuration
  translatingTextsConfig: {
    // Root path of the texts files
    src: "./texts",
    // Ignored files or folders
    ignored: ["ignored.js", "ignored"],
    // Input language
    inputLanguage: "en",
    // Output languages
    outputLanguages: ["fr", "de"],
    // Deepl API Key
    deeplApiKey: "your-deepl-api-key",
  },
};

Example

Extract Texts, Translate, and Generate Pages

1. Project files :

example
│   multilang.config.js
│   package.json
│   package-lock.json
└── src
    └── index.html
// multilang.config.js
module.exports = {
  extractTextsAndGenerateTemplateConfig: {
    src: "./src",
    ignored: [],
    textsDest: "./texts",
    templatesDest: "./templates",
    language: "en",
    textSeparator: "@@@",
  },
  translatingTextsConfig: {
    src: "./texts",
    ignored: [],
    inputLanguage: "en",
    outputLanguages: ["fr"],
    deeplApiKey: "your-random-api-key-placeholder",
  },
  generateWebsiteConfig: {
    src: "./templates",
    ignored: [],
    dest: "./dist",
    languages: ["en", "fr"],
    textsSrc: "./texts",
    textSeparator: "@@@",
  },
};
<!-- src/index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Multilang Builder</title>
</head>
<body>
    <header>
        <h1>Welcome to Multilang Builder</h1>
        <h2>Your Multilingual Solution</h2>
    </header>
    <main>
        <p>Generate pages in multiple languages easily.</p>
    </main>
</body>
</html>

2. Extract texts and generate templates

Extract command :

npx extractTexts

New files :

example
│   multilang.config.js
│   package.json
│   package-lock.json
│   templates
│   └── index.html
│   texts
│   └── index.js
└── src
    └── index.html
<!-- templates/index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>@@@0@@@</title>
</head>
<body>
    <header>
        <h1>@@@1@@@</h1>
        <h2>@@@2@@@</h2>
    </header>
    <main>
        <p>@@@3@@@</p>
    </main>
</body>
</html>
// texts/index.js
module.exports = {
  "en": {
    "0": "Multilang Builder",
    "1": "Welcome to Multilang Builder",
    "2": "Your Multilingual Solution",
    "3": "Generate pages in multiple languages easily."
  }
};

3. Translate texts

Translate command :

npx translateTexts

New text file :

// texts/index.js
module.exports = {
  "en": {
    "0": "Multilang Builder",
    "1": "Welcome to Multilang Builder",
    "2": "Your Multilingual Solution",
    "3": "Generate pages in multiple languages easily."
  },
  "fr": {
    "0": "Multilang Builder",
    "1": "Bienvenue dans Multilang Builder",
    "2": "Votre solution multilingue",
    "3": "Générez des pages dans plusieurs langues facilement.",
  }
};

4. Generate website

Generate website command :

npx buildLang

New files :

example
│   multilang.config.js
│   package.json
│   package-lock.json
│   templates
│   └── index.html
│   dist
│   └── en
│       └── index.html
│   └── fr
│       └── index.html
│   texts
│   └── index.js
└── src
    └── index.html
<!-- dist/en/index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Multilang Builder</title>
</head>
<body>
    <header>
        <h1>Welcome to Multilang Builder</h1>
        <h2>Your Multilingual Solution</h2>
    </header>
    <main>
        <p>Generate pages in multiple languages easily.</p>
    </main>
</body>
</html>
<!-- dist/fr/index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Multilang Builder</title>
</head>
<body>
    <header>
        <h1>Bienvenue dans Multilang Builder</h1>
        <h2>Votre solution multilingue</h2>
    </header>
    <main>
        <p>Générez des pages dans plusieurs langues facilement</p>
    </main>
</body>
</html>