From 872e352ea582a77a27c810c3d3461413c5b37dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Lee <alee14498@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:51:28 -0500
Subject: Added a fallback when there is empty strings

---
 Utilities/i18n.js | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Utilities/i18n.js b/Utilities/i18n.js
index 9b431a1..e9614ea 100644
--- a/Utilities/i18n.js
+++ b/Utilities/i18n.js
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import i18next from 'i18next';
 import fsBackend from 'i18next-fs-backend';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 const { locale } = JSON.parse(readFileSync('./config.json', 'utf-8'));
+const fallbackLanguage = 'en';
 
 i18next.use(fsBackend).init({
   lng: locale, // if you're using a language detector, do not define the lng option
   debug: false,
-  fallbackLng: 'en',
+  fallbackLng: fallbackLanguage,
   backend: {
     loadPath: './Locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json'
   }
@@ -34,7 +35,15 @@ i18next.use(fsBackend).init({
 
 export default {
   i18next,
-  t(key, option) {
-    return i18next.t(key, option);
+  t(key, options) {
+    let translation = i18next.t(key, options);
+    if (translation === '') {
+      // Change language to fallback language, translate the key, then change back to original language
+      const originalLanguage = i18next.language;
+      i18next.changeLanguage(fallbackLanguage);
+      translation = i18next.t(key, options);
+      i18next.changeLanguage(originalLanguage);
+    }
+    return translation;
   }
 };
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