added fallback en for missing translations

client/coral-framework/services/i18n.js

@@ -113,17 +113,22 @@ export function timeago(time) {
  * any extra parameters are optional and replace a variable marked by {0}, {1}, etc in the translation.
  */
 export function t(key, ...replacements) {
-  const fullKey = `${lang}.${key}`;
-  if (has(translations, fullKey)) {
-    let translation = get(translations, fullKey);
+  let translation;
+  if (has(translations[lang], key)) {
+    translation = get(translations[lang], key);
+  } else if (has(translations['en'], key)) {
+    translation = get(translations['en'], key);
+    console.warn(`${lang}.${key} language key not set`);
+  }
 
+  if (translation) {
     // replace any {n} with the arguments passed to this method
     replacements.forEach((str, i) => {
       translation = translation.replace(new RegExp(`\\{${i}\\}`, 'g'), str);
     });
     return translation;
   } else {
-    console.warn(`${fullKey} language key not set`);
+    console.warn(`${lang}.${key} and en.${key} language key not set`);
     return key;
   }
 }

services/i18n.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const debug = require('debug')('talk:services:i18n');
 const accepts = require('accepts');
-const _ = require('lodash');
+const { get, has } = require('lodash');
 const yaml = require('yamljs');
 const plugins = require('./plugins');
 const { DEFAULT_LANG } = require('../config');
@@ -67,9 +67,14 @@ const t = language => (key, ...replacements) => {
   loadPluginTranslations();
 
   // Check if the translation exists on the object.
-  if (_.has(translations[language], key)) {
+  if (has(translations[language], key) || has(translations['en'], key)) {
     // Get the translation value.
-    let translation = _.get(translations[language], key);
+    let translation = get(
+      translations[language],
+      key,
+      // Fallback to english if the desired key does not exist.
+      get(translations['en'], key)
+    );
 
     // Replace any {n} with the arguments passed to this method.
     replacements.forEach((str, n) => {