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resources/[core]/es_extended/locale.lua

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+Locales = {}
+
+function Translate(str, ...) -- Translate string
+    if not str then
+        error(("Resource ^5%s^1 You did not specify a parameter for the Translate function or the value is nil!"):format(GetInvokingResource() or GetCurrentResourceName()))
+    end
+
+    --- Load the locale file if it hasn't been loaded yet
+    if Locales[Config.Locale] == nil then
+        local success, result = pcall(function()
+            return assert(load(LoadResourceFile(GetCurrentResourceName(), ("locales/%s.lua"):format(Config.Locale))))()
+        end)
+
+        Locales[Config.Locale] = success and result or false
+    end
+
+    local translations = Locales[Config.Locale]
+    if not translations then
+        if Config.Locale == "en" then
+            return "Locale [en] does not exist"
+        end
+
+        -- Fall back to English translation if the current locale is not found
+        Config.Locale = "en"
+        return Translate(str, ...)
+    end
+
+    if translations[str] then
+        return translations[str]:format(...)
+    end
+
+    return ("Translation [%s][%s] does not exist"):format(Config.Locale, str)
+end
+
+function TranslateCap(str, ...) -- Translate string first char uppercase
+    return _(str, ...):gsub("^%l", string.upper)
+end
+
+_ = Translate
+-- luacheck: ignore _U
+_U = TranslateCap