feat: enhance translation handling by adding fallback mechanism and loading translations dynamically

src/App.jsx

@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ const App = () => {
 
   useAppSetup();
 
-  const languagecode = localStorage.getItem('language') || 'en_GB';
+  const languagecode = variables.languagecode || localStorage.getItem('language') || 'en_GB';
 
   return (
-    <TranslationProvider initialLanguage={languagecode}>
+    <TranslationProvider
+      initialLanguage={languagecode}
+      initialTranslations={variables.language?.messages || {}}
+    >
       {showBackground && <Background />}
       <CustomWidgets />
       <ToastContainer

src/ErrorBoundary.jsx

@@ -27,21 +27,35 @@ class ErrorBoundary extends PureComponent {
 
   render() {
     if (this.state.error) {
+      const title = variables.getMessage
+        ? variables.getMessage('error_boundary.title')
+        : 'An error occurred';
+      const message = variables.getMessage
+        ? variables.getMessage('error_boundary.message')
+        : 'Something went wrong. Please try refreshing the page.';
+      const reportButton = variables.getMessage
+        ? variables.getMessage('error_boundary.report_button')
+        : 'Report Error';
+      const sentSuccessfully = variables.getMessage
+        ? variables.getMessage('error_boundary.sent_successfully')
+        : 'Report sent successfully';
+      const supportDiscord = variables.getMessage
+        ? variables.getMessage('error_boundary.support_discord')
+        : 'Get Support on Discord';
+
       return (
         <div className="criticalError">
           <div className="criticalError-message">
-            <h1>{variables.getMessage('error_boundary.title')}</h1>
+            <h1>{title}</h1>
-            <p>{variables.getMessage('error_boundary.message')}</p>
+            <p>{message}</p>
             <div className="criticalError-actions">
               {this.state.showReport ? (
-                <button onClick={() => this.reportError()}>
+                <button onClick={() => this.reportError()}>{reportButton}</button>
-                  {variables.getMessage('error_boundary.report_button')}
-                </button>
               ) : (
-                <p>{variables.getMessage('error_boundary.sent_successfully')}</p>
+                <p>{sentSuccessfully}</p>
               )}
               <a href="https://discord.gg/zv8C9F8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
-                {variables.getMessage('error_boundary.support_discord')}
+                {supportDiscord}
               </a>
             </div>
           </div>

src/config/variables.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Stats from 'features/stats/api/stats';
 const variables = {
   language: {},
   languagecode: '',
+  getMessage: (key) => key,
   stats: Stats,
   constants,
 };

src/contexts/TranslationContext.jsx

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import {
   useMemo,
   useRef,
 } from 'react';
-import { initTranslations, translations } from 'lib/translations';
+import {
+  initTranslations,
+  loadTranslationWithFallback,
+  getLoadedTranslation,
+} from 'lib/translations';
 import variables from 'config/variables';
 import EventBus from 'utils/eventbus';
 
@@ -16,45 +20,51 @@ const isRTLLanguage = (lang) => RTL_LANGUAGES.includes(lang.split('_')[0]);
 
 const TranslationContext = createContext();
 
-export function TranslationProvider({ children, initialLanguage }) {
+export function TranslationProvider({ children, initialLanguage, initialTranslations }) {
   const [currentLanguage, setCurrentLanguage] = useState(initialLanguage);
-  const i18nInstance = useRef(initTranslations(initialLanguage));
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const i18nInstance = useRef(initTranslations(initialLanguage, initialTranslations));
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (currentLanguage !== initialLanguage) {
-      i18nInstance.current = initTranslations(currentLanguage);
-    }
     variables.language = i18nInstance.current;
     variables.languagecode = currentLanguage;
     document.documentElement.lang = currentLanguage.replace('_', '-');
     document.documentElement.dir = isRTLLanguage(currentLanguage) ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
-  }, [currentLanguage, initialLanguage]);
+  }, [currentLanguage]);
 
   const changeLanguage = useCallback(
-    (newLanguage) => {
+    async (newLanguage) => {
-      i18nInstance.current = initTranslations(newLanguage);
+      setIsLoading(true);
-      variables.language = i18nInstance.current;
+      try {
-      variables.languagecode = newLanguage;
+        const translations = await loadTranslationWithFallback(newLanguage);
-      document.documentElement.lang = newLanguage.replace('_', '-');
+        const newI18n = initTranslations(newLanguage, translations);
-      document.documentElement.dir = isRTLLanguage(newLanguage) ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
 
-      const currentTabName = localStorage.getItem('tabName');
+        const currentTabName = localStorage.getItem('tabName');
-      const oldDefaultTabName = i18nInstance.current?.getMessage(currentLanguage, 'tabname');
+        const oldDefaultTabName = i18nInstance.current?.getMessage(currentLanguage, 'tabname');
 
-      if (currentTabName === oldDefaultTabName || !currentTabName) {
+        i18nInstance.current = newI18n;
-        const newTabName =
+        variables.language = newI18n;
-          translations[newLanguage.replace('-', '_')]?.tabname ||
+        variables.languagecode = newLanguage;
-          i18nInstance.current?.getMessage(newLanguage, 'tabname') ||
+        document.documentElement.lang = newLanguage.replace('_', '-');
-          'Mue';
+        document.documentElement.dir = isRTLLanguage(newLanguage) ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
-        localStorage.setItem('tabName', newTabName);
+
-        document.title = newTabName;
+        if (currentTabName === oldDefaultTabName || !currentTabName) {
+          const loadedTranslation = getLoadedTranslation(newLanguage);
+          const newTabName =
+            loadedTranslation?.tabname || newI18n.getMessage(newLanguage, 'tabname') || 'Mue';
+          localStorage.setItem('tabName', newTabName);
+          document.title = newTabName;
+        }
+
+        localStorage.setItem('language', newLanguage);
+        localStorage.removeItem('currentWeather');
+
+        setCurrentLanguage(newLanguage);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Failed to load language:', error);
+      } finally {
+        setIsLoading(false);
       }
-
-      localStorage.setItem('language', newLanguage);
-
-      localStorage.removeItem('currentWeather');
-
-      setCurrentLanguage(newLanguage);
     },
     [currentLanguage],
   );
@@ -92,9 +102,10 @@ export function TranslationProvider({ children, initialLanguage }) {
       language: currentLanguage,
       languagecode: currentLanguage,
       changeLanguage,
+      isLoading,
       t,
     }),
-    [currentLanguage, changeLanguage, t],
+    [currentLanguage, changeLanguage, isLoading, t],
   );
 
   return <TranslationContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</TranslationContext.Provider>;

src/index.jsx

@@ -10,27 +10,39 @@ import { migrateAPIUsersToPhotoPacks } from './utils/migrations';
 import './scss/index.scss';
 import 'react-toastify/dist/ReactToastify.css';
 
-import { initTranslations } from 'lib/translations';
+import { initTranslations, loadTranslationWithFallback } from 'lib/translations';
-
-const languagecode = localStorage.getItem('language') || 'en_GB';
-variables.language = initTranslations(languagecode);
-variables.languagecode = languagecode;
-document.documentElement.lang = languagecode.replace('_', '-');
-
-window.t = (text, optional) => variables.language.getMessage(variables.languagecode, text, optional || {});
-
-migrateAPIUsersToPhotoPacks();
-
-Sentry.init({
-  dsn: variables.constants.SENTRY_DSN,
-  defaultIntegrations: false,
-  autoSessionTracking: false,
-});
 
 const container = document.getElementById('root');
 const root = createRoot(container);
-root.render(
+
-  <ErrorBoundary>
+(async () => {
-    <App />
+  try {
-  </ErrorBoundary>,
+    const languagecode = localStorage.getItem('language') || 'en_GB';
-);
+
+    const translations = await loadTranslationWithFallback(languagecode);
+    variables.language = initTranslations(languagecode, translations);
+    variables.languagecode = languagecode;
+
+    document.documentElement.lang = languagecode.replace('_', '-');
+
+    window.t = (text, optional) =>
+      variables.language.getMessage(variables.languagecode, text, optional || {});
+
+    migrateAPIUsersToPhotoPacks();
+
+    Sentry.init({
+      dsn: variables.constants.SENTRY_DSN,
+      defaultIntegrations: false,
+      autoSessionTracking: false,
+    });
+
+    root.render(
+      <ErrorBoundary>
+        <App />
+      </ErrorBoundary>,
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to initialize translations:', error);
+    root.render(<div>Failed to load application. Please refresh.</div>);
+  }
+})();

src/lib/translations.js

@@ -1,117 +1,55 @@
 import I18n from '@eartharoid/i18n';
 
-import ar from 'translations/ar.json';
+const localeLoaders = import.meta.glob('../i18n/locales/*.json');
-import arz from 'translations/arz.json';
-import az from 'translations/az.json';
-import azb from 'translations/azb.json';
-import bn from 'translations/bn.json';
-import de_DE from 'translations/de_DE.json';
-import el from 'translations/el.json';
-import en_GB from 'translations/en_GB.json';
-import en_US from 'translations/en_US.json';
-import es from 'translations/es.json';
-import es_419 from 'translations/es_419.json';
-import et from 'translations/et.json';
-import fa from 'translations/fa.json';
-import fr from 'translations/fr.json';
-import hu from 'translations/hu.json';
-import id_ID from 'translations/id_ID.json';
-import ja from 'translations/ja.json';
-import lt from 'translations/lt.json';
-import lv from 'translations/lv.json';
-import nl from 'translations/nl.json';
-import no from 'translations/no.json';
-import peo from 'translations/peo.json';
-import pt from 'translations/pt.json';
-import pt_BR from 'translations/pt_BR.json';
-import ru from 'translations/ru.json';
-import sl from 'translations/sl.json';
-import sv from 'translations/sv.json';
-import ta from 'translations/ta.json';
-import tr_TR from 'translations/tr_TR.json';
-import uk from 'translations/uk.json';
-import vi from 'translations/vi.json';
-import zh_CN from 'translations/zh_CN.json';
-import zh_Hant from 'translations/zh_Hant.json';
 
-/**
+const loadedTranslations = {};
- * Initialise the i18n object.
- * The i18n object is then returned.
- * @param locale _ The locale to use.
- * @returns The i18n object.
- */
-export function initTranslations(locale) {
-  const i18n = new I18n('en_GB', {
-    ar,
-    arz,
-    az,
-    azb,
-    bn,
-    de_DE,
-    el,
-    en_GB,
-    en_US,
-    es,
-    es_419,
-    et,
-    fa,
-    fr,
-    hu,
-    id_ID,
-    ja,
-    lt,
-    lv,
-    nl,
-    no,
-    peo,
-    pt,
-    pt_BR,
-    ru,
-    sl,
-    sv,
-    ta,
-    tr_TR,
-    uk,
-    vi,
-    zh_CN,
-    zh_Hant,
-  });
 
+export async function loadTranslation(locale) {
+  if (loadedTranslations[locale]) {
+    return loadedTranslations[locale];
+  }
+
+  const path = `../i18n/locales/${locale}.json`;
+  const loader = localeLoaders[path];
+
+  if (!loader) {
+    throw new Error(`Translation file not found for locale: ${locale}`);
+  }
+
+  const module = await loader();
+  const data = module.default;
+  loadedTranslations[locale] = data;
+
+  return data;
+}
+
+export async function loadTranslationWithFallback(locale) {
+  const enGB = await loadTranslation('en_GB');
+
+  if (locale === 'en_GB') {
+    return { en_GB: enGB };
+  }
+
+  const targetLocale = await loadTranslation(locale);
+
+  return {
+    en_GB: enGB,
+    [locale]: targetLocale,
+  };
+}
+
+export function initTranslations(locale, translations) {
+  const i18n = new I18n('en_GB', translations);
   return i18n;
 }
 
-export const translations = {
+export function getAvailableLocales() {
-  ar,
+  return Object.keys(localeLoaders).map((path) => {
-  arz,
+    const match = path.match(/locales\/(.+)\.json/);
-  az,
+    return match ? match[1] : null;
-  azb,
+  }).filter(Boolean);
-  bn,
+}
-  de_DE,
+
-  el,
+export function getLoadedTranslation(locale) {
-  en_GB,
+  return loadedTranslations[locale];
-  en_US,
+}
-  es,
-  es_419,
-  et,
-  fa,
-  fr,
-  hu,
-  id_ID,
-  ja,
-  lt,
-  lv,
-  nl,
-  no,
-  peo,
-  pt,
-  pt_BR,
-  ru,
-  sl,
-  sv,
-  ta,
-  tr_TR,
-  uk,
-  vi,
-  zh_CN,
-  zh_Hant,
-};