Multi-Language Data

I created a generic class that uses a parameter type, to create multilingual data, that is, which change according to the language selected in the application interface.

I rated 88 languages, all I found.

Typically, this is done with matrices or some routine that changes one by one the variable text, sound, or otherwise.

But with the generic class MultiLanguage <T> is not necessary to directly access these variables, it automatically changes its value depending on the selected language.

To create a variable Multilanguage assign an identification number ID (unique). The name and ID must be annotated separately in a paper or document (Table ...) For example:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class script1 : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public Rect rect1;
7.     public Rect rect2;
8.  
9.     MultiLanguage<string> affirmative = 0; //Type string, ID 0
10.     MultiLanguage<string> salutation = 1; //Type string, ID 1
11.  
12.  
13.     void OnGUI(){
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15.         GUI.Label(this.rect1, affirmative);
16.         GUI.Label(this.rect2, salutation);
17.  
18.     }
19.  
20. }

In the script1 we have declared two private multilingual string variables with a unique ID . In this class they can be used by name: affirmative and salutation.

These multilanguage variables can be declared locally, and be used globally because they are stored in a Dictionary by unique ID (an integer).

For example, the class script2 uses a multilingual AudioClip and Texture has been declared in another class, thanks to the unique ID we have assigned:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class script2 : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public Rect rect1;
7.     public Rect rect2;
8.     public AudioSource audioSource;
9.  
10.     void OnGUI(){
11.      
12.         if(GUI.Button(this.rect1, "AudioClip")) this.audioSource.PlayOneShot(MultiLanguage<AudioClip>.GetID(0));
13.         GUI.DrawTexture(this.rect2,MultiLanguage<Texture>.GetID(0));
14.      
15.     }
16.  
17. }

In the example I created a AssetBundle per language. The LoadLanguage.cs script is responsible for reading data from these AssetBundle.

For the text, I use a .txt file where I keep all text strings in order of ID separated by newline. That is, the string 0 in .txt file is affirmative (ID 0), and the string 1 corresponds to salutation (ID 1).

To store other data such as sound and textures, I keep the assets separately, and the name of the asset is composed of the type (Sound, Texture, ...) plus the ID number, ie, Sound0, Sound1, .... or Texture0, Texture1 ...

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