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steelywing/translation
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PHP Translation

1.1.0(8y ago)119MITPHP

Since Apr 7Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Translation
===========

[](#translation)

PHP Translator, Simple, Lightweight

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

Run `composer require steelywing/translation`

### Manually

[](#manually)

Clone this repo, run `composer dump-autoload` on root directory to generate `autoload.php`.

Feature
-------

[](#feature)

- Support CSV, and PHP Array
- Support fallback language

```
use SteelyWing\Translation\Dictionary\DictionaryArray;
use SteelyWing\Translation\Dictionary\DictionaryCSV;
use SteelyWing\Translation\Translator;

$translator = new Translator();

// Use array as dictionary
//$dict = new DictionaryArray(include('dictionary.php'));

// Use CSV as dictionary
$dict = new DictionaryCSV('dictionary.csv');

$translator->addDictionary($dict);

$translator->setLocale('en');

// Hello World!
echo $translator->translate('hello world');
echo "\n\n";

// Hello, Steely Wing!
echo $translator->translate('hello', [':user' => 'Steely Wing']);
echo "\n\n";

// 你好，Steely Wing！
echo $translator->translate('hello', [':user' => 'Steely Wing'], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";

// I love programming!
echo $translator->translate('i love programming');
echo "\n\n";

// 我喜爱编程！
echo $translator->translate('i love programming', [], 'zh_cn');
echo "\n\n";

// 世界，你好！
echo $translator->translate('hello world', [], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";

// Echo empty, no fallback locale set
echo $translator->translate('english only', [], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";

// Return the key if key not found
$translator->setFallbackToKey(true);
echo $translator->translate('english only', [], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";

// Fallback to "en", echo "English Only"
$translator->setFallback('en');
echo $translator->translate('english only', [], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";
```

Chinese conversion 繁簡轉換
-----------------------

[](#chinese-conversion-繁簡轉換)

```
use SteelyWing\Translation\Dictionary\DictionaryChinese;

$chinese = new DictionaryChinese($dict);
$translator->addDictionary($chinese);

// Auto translate "繁體轉簡體中文測試" to "繁体转简体中文測試"
echo $translator->translate('simplified chinese testing', [], 'zh_cn');
echo "\n\n";

// Auto translate "简体转繁体中文测试" to "簡體轉繁體中文測試"
echo $translator->translate('traditional chinese testing', [], 'zh_tw');
echo "\n\n";
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~43 days

Total

5

Last Release

3154d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.1 → v1.0.02017-09-22

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a9ad22318911e5698f29a1a59ab2758bf481fc7c999e6f8f9cfc1361ddeb9390?d=identicon)[steely.wing](/maintainers/steely.wing)

---

Top Contributors

[![steelywing](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2720049?v=4)](https://github.com/steelywing "steelywing (13 commits)")

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Tags

i18nl10nphptranslationtranslator

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