a while back, i put together a little script with some serious help from some people i know. its gone through a lot of maturing since i posted it to the monastery. i think it still has a ways to go, however a good deal of people out there have written in appreciation of its existance. the funny thing is, most of them are outside of the english-speaking world.
i'm working at putting in some basic multi-language support. its not much verbage, and i was hoping that some of the community of monks could lend a hand.
my spanish is so/so and my french is mediocre. i'm trying for english/french/german/portuguese/spanish support. there is really no more than 70 words translation, so if you could take a minute to look at what i have below, i'd appreciate it.

oh, there's some perl in there as well, which i dont think i'd mind hearing some comments on as well :-)

The code below is how i am allowing users to select a language. i'm not sure if its the best manner, but i figured creating only one instance of a language hash is better than creating one for each language.

For translation, I know some of the single word translations would be difficult without seeing how they are used in context. after the code, i'm including a full list of in context sentences...

my $language    = "";           # your native language
                                # "de" "es" "fr" "pt" "uk"

## create hash of various language specific output
my %lang = ();

  ## set the elected language to lowercase
  $language = lc($language);

  ## deutsch
  if ($language eq "de") {

  ## español
  } elsif ($language eq "es") {

    $lang{flag_req}     = "Se requiere al menos una opción.";
    $lang{run_help}     = "Si se necesita ayuda, corre $0 --help";
    $lang{no_open}      = "No se puede abrir el archivo especificado c
+on --list";
    $lang{chk_path}     = "";
    $lang{no_nodes}     = "";
    $lang{no_snmp}      = "";
    $lang{no_tftp}      = "";
    $lang{exp_tftp}     = "";
    $lang{no_file}      = "";
    $lang{no_updown}    = "";
    $lang{version}      = "";
    $lang{no_log}       = "";
    $lang{exp_path}     = "";
    $lang{copy_start}   = "";
    $lang{no_catos}     = "";
    $lang{no_depmib}    = "";
    $lang{cp_success}   = "";
    $lang{on}           = "";
    $lang{from}         = "";
    $lang{to}           = "";
    $lang{by}           = "";
    $lang{cp_from}      = "";
    $lang{cp_to}        = "";
    $lang{to_nvram}     = "";
    $lang{cp_nvram}     = "";
    $lang{from_nvram}   = "";
    $lang{wr_success}   = "";
    $lang{rel_success}  = "";
    $lang{init}         = "";

  ## français
  } elsif ($language eq "fr") {

  ## portugues
  } elsif ($language eq "pt") {

  ## english
  } else {
    $lang{flag_req}     = "Pancho requires some flags to be specified.
+";
    $lang{run_help}     = "Please try running $0 --help";
    $lang{no_open}      = "Can't open external file specified with --l
+ist.";
    $lang{chk_path}     = "Please check the path and ensure file exist
+s.";
    $lang{no_nodes}     = "You have not specified a node or a list of 
+nodes to act upon!";
    $lang{no_snmp}      = "You have not specified an SNMP community.";
    $lang{no_tftp}      = "You have not specified a tftp server.";
    $lang{exp_tftp}     = "In order to tftp a configuration to a remot
+e device";
    $lang{no_file}      = "you must indicate a specific filename using
+ -f.";
    $lang{no_updown}    = "You cannot upload and download at the same 
+time.";
    $lang{version}      = "This is Pancho version";
    $lang{no_log}       = "Can't open file specified for logging.";
    $lang{exp_path}     = "Please check the path specified.";
    $lang{copy_start}   = "Copying configurations to and from startup-
+config";
    $lang{no_catos}     = "is not possible using the CatOS.";
    $lang{no_depmib}    = "is not possible using deprecated mibs.";
    $lang{cp_success}   = "Successfully copied config to";
    $lang{on}           = "on";
    $lang{from}         = "from";
    $lang{to}           = "to";
    $lang{by}           = "by";
    $lang{cp_from}      = "copied from";
    $lang{cp_to}        = "copied to";
    $lang{to_nvram}     = "to nvram on";
    $lang{cp_nvram}     = "copied to nvram on";
    $lang{from_nvram}   = "from nvram on";
    $lang{wr_success}   = "Successfully wrote config to memory on";
    $lang{rel_success}  = "Successfully initialized a reload of";
    $lang{init}         = "initialization of reload on";

  }
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Context

"\nPancho requires some flags to be specified.\nPlease try running $0 --help\n\n"

"\nCant open external file specified with --list.\nPlease check the path and ensure file exists.\n\n"

"\nYou have not specified a node or list of nodes to act upon!\n\n"

"\nYou have not specified an SNMP community.\n\n"

"\nYou have not specified a tftp server.\n\n"

"\nIn order to tftp a configuration to a remote device\nyou must indicate a specific filename using -f.\n\n"

"\nYou cannot upload and download at the same time.\n\n"

"\n This is Pancho version $rcs\n\n"

"\nCant open file specified for logging.\nPlease check the path specified.\n\n"

"\nThe following hosts could not be resolved: @failed\n\n"

"\nCopying configurations to and from startup-config\nis not possible using the CatOS.\n\n"

"\nCopying configurations to and from startup-config\nis not possible using deprecated mibs.\n\n"

"\nSuccessfully copied config to $args->{h} from $tftpserver\n\n"

"$format config <$filename> copied from $tftpserver to $args->{h} by $user\n"

"\nSuccessfully copied config to nvram on $args->{h} from $tftpserver\n\n"

"$format config <$filename> copied from $tftpserver to nvram on $args->{h} by $user\n"

"\nSuccessfully copied config to $tftpserver from $args->{h}.\n\n"

"$format config copied to $tftpserver from $args->{h} by $user\n"

"\nSuccessfully copied config to $tftpserver from nvram on $args->{h}.\n\n"

"$format config copied to $tftpserver from nvram on $args->{h} by $user\n"

"\nSuccessfully wrote config to memory on $args->{h}.\n\n"

"$format config copied to nvram on $args->{h} by $user\n"

"\nSuccessfully initialized a reload of $args->{h}.\n\n"

"$format initialization of reload on $args->{h} by $user\n"

humbly -c

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