Translate

Family: Studio · 2 forms

What it does

Returns the text of a translation key in the game's current language.

Syntax

Translate(textKey string) → string

Translate(textKey string, varsJson string) → string

Parameters

Name	Type	In forms	Meaning
textKey	string	all	The key in the scene's localization table, such as `menu.start`.
varsJson	string	2	Optional JSON object whose values fill the `{{name}}` placeholders of the text.

Every form returns

string

The translated text. A key missing in the current language uses the fallback language; a key missing everywhere returns the key itself.

Good to know

Seeing the raw key on screen is the visible sign that a translation is missing.

Example · generated

Form 1, the short one

DO  Print(Translate("score"))  Sync()LOOP

Form 2, with every argument

DO  Print(Translate("score", "{}"))  Sync()LOOP

Translate is called and its answer is printed every frame. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.

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