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Lobe i18n

Lobe i18n is a CLI workflow tool that uses ChatGPT for automated i18n.

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✨ Features

  • 🤖 Utilize ChatGPT for automated i18n translation
  • ✂️ Support automatic splitting of large files without worrying about ChatGPT token limits.
  • ♻️ Support incremental i18n updates, automatically extract new content based on entry files.
  • 🗂️ Support single file mode en_US.json and folder mode en_US/common.json to work perfectly with i18next.
  • 🌲 Support flat and tree structure for locale files.
  • 🛠️ Support customizing OpenAI models, API proxies, temperature and topP.
  • 📝 Support automated i18n translation of Markdown files.

📦 Installation

To install Lobe i18n, run the following command:

npm install -g @lobehub/i18n-cli

Important

Please make sure you have Node.js version >= 18.

🤯 Usage

To initialize the Lobe i18n configuration, run the following command:

$ lobe-i18n -o # or use the full flag --option

Important

To use AI auto-generation, you need to fill in the OpenAI Token in the settings.

# Translate Locale files
$ lobe-i18n # or $ lobe-i18n locale

# Translate Markdown files
$ lobe-i18n md

# Run i18n translation and markdown translation simultaneously
$ lobe-i18n --with-md

# Specify the configuration file
$ lobe-i18n -c './custom-config.js' # or use the full flag --config

Configuration

You can choose any configuration method in cosmiconfig format

  • i18n property in package.json
  • .i18nrc file in JSON or YAML format
  • .i18nrc.json, .i18nrc.yaml, .i18nrc.yml, .i18nrc.js, .i18nrc.cjs
  • defineConfig provides a secure definition method that can be imported from @lobehub/i18n-cli

Tip

This project provides a secure definition method defineConfig that can be imported from @lobehub/i18n-cli


Environment Variable

This project provides some additional configuration items set with environment variables:

Environment Variable Required Description Example
OPENAI_API_KEY Yes This is the API key you apply on the OpenAI account page sk-xxxxxx...xxxxxx
OPENAI_PROXY_URL No If you manually configure the OpenAI interface proxy, you can use this configuration item to override the default OpenAI API request base URL https://api.chatanywhere.cn/v1
The default value is
https://api.openai.com/v1

🌏 Locale Configuration

Property Name Required Type Default Value Description
entry * string - Entry file or folder
entryLocale * string - Language to use as translation reference
modelName string gpt-3.5-turbo Model to use
output * string - Location to store localized files
outputLocales * string[] [] All the languages to be translated
reference string - Provide some context for more accurate translations
splitToken number - Split the localized JSON file by tokens, automatically calculated by default
temperature number 0 Sampling temperature to use
topP number 1 Nucleus sampling threshold, controls the diversity of generated text
concurrency number 5 Number of concurrently pending promises returned
experimental experimental {} Experimental features, see below
markdown markdown {} See markdown configuration below

experimental

Property Name Required Type Default Value Description
jsonMode boolean false Enable gpt force JSON output for stability (only supported by new models after November 2023)

Example 1 .i18nrc.js

const { defineConfig } = require('@lobehub/i18n-cli');

module.exports = defineConfig({
  entry: 'locales/en_US.json',
  entryLocale: 'en_US',
  output: 'locales',
  outputLocales: ['zh_CN', 'ja_JP'],
});

Example 2 .i18nrc.json

{
  "entry": "locales/en_US.json",
  "entryLocale": "en_US",
  "output": "locales",
  "outputLocales": ["zh_CN", "ja_JP"]
}

Example 3 package.json

{
  "...": "...",
  "i18n": {
    "entry": "locales/en_US.json",
    "entryLocale": "en_US",
    "output": "locales",
    "outputLocales": ["zh_CN", "ja_JP"]
  }
}

File Structure Selection

There are two types of file structures supported: flat and tree.

Flat Structure

A flat structure means that all translations for different languages are stored in a single file, as shown below:

- locales
  - en_US.json
  - ja_JP.json
  - zh_CN.json
  - ...

Tip

The flat structure requires configuring the entry property in the configuration file to the corresponding JSON file Example

{
  "entry": "locales/en.json",
  "entryLocale": "en_US",
  "output": "locales",
  "outputLocales": ["zh_CN", "ja_JP"]
}

Tree Structure

A tree structure means that the translations for each language are stored in separate language folders, as shown below:

- locales
  - en_US
    - common.json
    - header.json
    - subfolder
      - ...
  - ja_JP
    - common.json
    - header.json
    - subfolder
      - ...
  - zh_CN
    - common.json
    - header.json
    - subfolder
      - ...

Tip

The tree structure requires configuring the entry property in the configuration file to the corresponding folder Example

{
  "entry": "locales/en_US",
  "entryLocale": "en_US",
  "output": "locales",
  "outputLocales": ["zh_CN", "ja_JP"]
}

Running

Use the lobe-i18n command to generate i18n files automatically:

$ lobe-i18n

📝 Markdown Configuration

Property Name Required Type Default Description
entry * string[] [] Entry file or folder, supports glob
entryLocale string Inherit parent locale Reference language for translation
entryExtension string .md Entry file extension
exclude string[] [] Files to be filtered, supports glob
outputLocales string[] Inherit parent locale All languages to be translated
outputExtensions function (locale) => '.{locale}.md' Output file extension generation
mode string,mdast,function string Translation mode selection, explained below
translateCode boolean false Whether to translate code blocks under mdast, other modes are invalid
includeMatter boolean false Whether to include front matter in the translation

outputExtensions

By default, the translated file names are generated as .{locale}.md. You can customize the output file extensions with outputExtensions.

Note

In the example below, the entry file extension is .zh-CN.md, but we want the output file extension for the en-US translation to be .md, while other languages keep the default extensions.

module.exports = {
  markdown: {
    entry: ['./README.zh-CN.md', './docs/**/*.zh-CN.md'],
    entryLocale: 'zh-CN',
    entryExtension: '.zh-CN.md',
    outputLocales: ['en-US', 'ja-JP'],
    outputExtensions: (locale, { getDefaultExtension }) => {
      if (locale === 'en-US') return '.md';
      return getDefaultExtension(locale);
    },
  },
};

outputExtensions supports the following props:

interface OutputExtensionsProps {
  /**
   * @description The locale of the translated file to output
   */
  locale: string;
  config: {
    /**
     * @description The content of the translated file to input
     */
    fileContent: string;
    /**
     * @description The path of the translated file to input
     */
    filePath: string;
    /**
     * @description The default method for generating extensions
     */
    getDefaultExtension: (locale: string) => string;
  };
}

mode

mode is used to specify the translation mode, which supports two modes and custom generation modes.

  • string - Translates the complete markdown content.
  • mdast - Parses the text with mdast structure and translates the text value content. To translate code blocks, you need to enable translateCode.

Warning

In mdast mode, the content to be translated will be reduced to a minimum, removing most markdown syntax structures and links. This mode can greatly reduce token consumption, but it may result in inaccurate translation results.

File Structure

The translated files will be generated in the same directory as the entry file, with the corresponding language suffix added to the extension:

- README.md
- README.zh-CN.md
	- docs
		- usage.md
		- usage.zh-CN.md
		- subfolder
            - ...

Tip

Example

Running

Use the lobe-i18n md command to automate the generation of i18n files:

$ lobe-i18n md

⌨️ Local Development

You can use Github Codespaces for online development:

Alternatively, you can clone the repository and run the following command for local development:

$ git clone https://github.com/lobehub/lobe-cli-toolbox.git
$ cd lobe-cli-toolbox
$ bun install
$ cd packages/lobe-i18n
$ bun dev

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions in all forms. If you're interested in contributing code, you can check our GitHub Issues, show off your skills, and demonstrate your ideas.

🔗 Links

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📝 License

Copyright © 2023 LobeHub.
This project is licensed under the MIT license.