Add a variable text, right behind a localized label

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1

Hello all,

my aim is actually quite simple. I want to show the following information:

"Speed: X"

Where Speed should be a localized label and X is obviously a dynamic value.

Without localization I would have choosen this approach:

currentSpeed.text = "Speed: " + tmpSpeed.ToString("0");

But now I would like to add the localization here.
I have just installed the localization package and played around a bit.

My idea: Can I somehow use a reference to the key words I defined within the localization table?

Somehow like this:

currentSpeed.text = LocalizationKeyWord + tmpSpeed.ToString("0");

Or is there another meaningful approach?

2

Hi,

You would make your localized string include a placeholder for the score value
e.g

English would look like

“Speed {0}”

you would then call localizedString.GetStringAsync(tmpSpeed.ToString(“0”));
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@0.11/manual/Scripting.html#localizedstring

If the speed is something thats global and not specific to one area then you could also use a global variable and store the speed using that. When the value changes any text that uses it will automatically update.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@0.11/manual/GlobalVariables.html

3

Thanks for your response.

It is probably simply too late, but I do not get how the connection between the localization tables and the localizedString is created…

That is my entry in the localization table:
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And I have a script which updates a UI Text object:

txt_CurrentSpeed.text = "Speed: " + tmpSpeed.ToString("0")

Please give me another hint how I have to use the localizedString method here.

4

I was missing many central information in the official documentation in order to understand how I get all the loose ends together but fortunately I found a very useful tutorial which explains in detail many different options the Localization Package offers:

Maybe it helps others too.

Search for “Accessing Localized Strings from Scripts” if you had the same question like me, but there are also many other very useful options described.