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I need to develop or find some sort of lightweight gettext-like library in JavaScript for browser-side translations. Preferably the same library could be used by node.js if I'd like to translate server-side instead.



1) But, what are really the pros and cons of using .po files and a JavaScript gettext library?

(As opposed to JSON and jQuery Globalize or similar?)



2) And is there any workflow/service that'll allow crowdsourcing of translations that can be exported to a format (.po/json) that can be used by a JavaScript i18n library (gettext implementation, Globalize.js etc.)?


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1) But, what are really the pros and cons of using .po files and a JavaScript gettext library?
gettext format is rather common:
- so if your serverside is using gettext format already you might share it with client
- translators might feel more comfortable with gettext format (or yaml) than with json format
- there is a lot of tooling around for it



I personally don't like the translation functions build around gettext - feels clumpsy to me, where lightweight javascript libraries (like http://i18next.com) feel better.



Libs you could use:




  • jed comes with pure gettext implementation

  • i18next supports gettext files but uses a json approach for translation functions



2) And is there any workflow/service that'll allow crowdsourcing of translations that can be exported to a format (.po/json) that can be used by a JavaScript i18n library (gettext implementation, Globalize.js etc.)?




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