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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="Translation" inherits="Resource" version="4.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
	<brief_description>
		Language Translation.
	</brief_description>
	<description>
		Translations are resources that can be loaded and unloaded on demand. They map a string to another string.
	</description>
	<tutorials>
		<link title="Internationalizing games">$DOCS_URL/tutorials/i18n/internationalizing_games.html</link>
		<link title="Locales">$DOCS_URL/tutorials/i18n/locales.html</link>
	</tutorials>
	<methods>
		<method name="_get_message" qualifiers="virtual const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Virtual method to override [method get_message].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="_get_plural_message" qualifiers="virtual const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="src_plural_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="n" type="int" />
			<param index="3" name="context" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Virtual method to override [method get_plural_message].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="add_message">
			<return type="void" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="xlated_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="context" type="StringName" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Adds a message if nonexistent, followed by its translation.
				An additional context could be used to specify the translation context or differentiate polysemic words.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="add_plural_message">
			<return type="void" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="xlated_messages" type="PackedStringArray" />
			<param index="2" name="context" type="StringName" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Adds a message involving plural translation if nonexistent, followed by its translation.
				An additional context could be used to specify the translation context or differentiate polysemic words.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="erase_message">
			<return type="void" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Erases a message.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_message" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Returns a message's translation.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_message_count" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="int" />
			<description>
				Returns the number of existing messages.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_message_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<description>
				Returns all the messages (keys).
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_plural_message" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="src_plural_message" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="n" type="int" />
			<param index="3" name="context" type="StringName" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Returns a message's translation involving plurals.
				The number [param n] is the number or quantity of the plural object. It will be used to guide the translation system to fetch the correct plural form for the selected language.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_translated_message_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<description>
				Returns all the messages (translated text).
			</description>
		</method>
	</methods>
	<members>
		<member name="locale" type="String" setter="set_locale" getter="get_locale" default="&quot;en&quot;">
			The locale of the translation.
		</member>
	</members>
</class>