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jsonplus/qtranslate
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an JSONplus extension to provide i18n support to human-readable strings like markdown based upon the qTranslate syntax

v1.0.2(5y ago)0231apache-2.0PHP

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qTranslate
==========

[](#qtranslate)

```
$q = new \JSONplus\qTranslate();
```

Syntax of qTranslate texts
--------------------------

[](#syntax-of-qtranslate-texts)

A translation starts for a section — a block.

```
[:en]English[:nl]Nederlands[:es]Espagnol[:]

```

With `[:en]` you start the English-variant of this block. By `[:nl]` or `[:es]` you start the other-language-variants. With `[:]` the current block will be closed.

This structure provides blocks which are translated, an blocks which are literal.

Added flags can be insert postfixed to the language-code like `[:en*~]`. Use the flag:

- `*` to assign the *default* language.
- `!` to assign this language to be used in this block. All other language-alternates are being ignored.
- `?` notes this translation is a *concept*.
- `~` notes this translation was generated by a tool like [Google Translate](https://translate.google.com/).

You could also use references for *gettext* or other `::pointer()`-methods by: `[#reference]` (shortest) or `[:][:#]reference[:]` (where the `[:]` can be optional). A reference has to comply to the pattern `[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{1,32}`.

History
-------

[](#history)

More then 5 years ago I used an [Wordpress](https://wordpress.org/)-extension for i18n. It was called *qTranslate*. These days it has become discontinued, even its successors. But I really liked its simplicity, of its syntax. By using `[:en]English text[:]` or `\English text` it could denote which *blocks* are language specific (and having multiple translated blocks) or non-specific.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~179 days

Total

2

Last Release

2061d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

i18n

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