Hello, looking for advise. I have some stock phrases that need to show up in different languages. Looking for the best means to do this.

Language is set with a variable, and then that is used to select which phrase to use at different places to display. There are only about 20 or so phrases that I need, but I keep adding additional languages.

I started out doing it this way (striped down a bit, but you should get the idea):

    my $language = "fr";
        # ar, bs, de, en, es, fr, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, sk, sv, tet, tr,
+ uk, zh

    if ( $language eq "en" ) {
        $windTranslation        = "Wind:";
        $humidityTranslation    = "Humidity:";
    }
    
    if ( $language eq "de" ) {
        $windTranslation        = "Wind:";
        $humidityTranslation    = "Feuchtigkeit:";
    }


    if ( $language eq "es" ) {
        $windTranslation        = "Viento:";
        $humidityTranslation    = "Humedad:";
    }


    if ( $language eq "fr" ) {
        $windTranslation        = "Vent:";
        $humidityTranslation    = "Humidité:";
    }    


    if ( $language eq "nl" ) {
        $windTranslation        = "Wind:";
        $humidityTranslation    = "Vochtigheid:";
    }
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But maybe it would be better to do it like this, as each phrase set would be together and cleaner code:

    my $language = "de";
        # ar, bs, de, en, es, fr, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, sk, sv, tet, tr,
+ uk, zh
    
    my %windTranslation = (
        'en'    => "Wind:",
        'de'    => "Wind:",
        'es'    => "Viento:",
        'fr'    => "Vent:",
        'nl'    => "Wind:",
    );
    
    my %humidityTranslation = (
        'en'    => "Humidity:",
        'de'    => "Feuchtigkeit:",
        'es'    => "Humedad:",
        'fr'    => "Humidité:",
        'nl'    => "Vochtigheid:",
    );
    
    my $windPhrase        = $windTranslation{$language};
    my $humidityPhrase    = $humidityTranslation{$language};
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Or is there maybe a better way, that I am not thinking of?

Please let me know your thoughts?

Thanks!

John