Module:MyTranslationModule/sandbox

This is the module sandbox page for Module:MyTranslationModule (diff).
local p = {}

-- Languages written right-to-left (used if you want Langx in future)
local rtl_langs = {
    ar = true, he = true, fa = true, ur = true,
    ps = true, prs = true, syr = true, ckb = true,
}

-- Determine if language code is RTL
local function is_rtl(code)
    if not code then return false end
    code = mw.ustring.lower(mw.text.trim(code))
    return rtl_langs[code] or false
end

-- Build one cell using {{Lang|code|text}}
local function lang_cell(code, text)
    code = code or ""
    text = text or ""
    if code ~= "" then
        return "| " .. frame:preprocess("{{Lang|" .. code .. "|" .. text .. "}}")
    else
        return "| " .. text
    end
end

function p.render(frame)
    local args = frame:getParent().args

    -- Language codes are required
    local code1 = args["lang1code"]
    local code2 = args["lang2code"]

    if not code1 or not code2 then
        return "Error: Please provide both lang1code and lang2code."
    end

    -- Get human-readable names using {{ISO 639 name|code}}
    local lang1 = frame:expandTemplate{ title = "ISO 639 name", args = { code1 } }
    local lang2 = frame:expandTemplate{ title = "ISO 639 name", args = { code2 } }

    local output = {}
    table.insert(output, '{| class="wikitable sortable"')
    table.insert(output, string.format("! %s !! %s", lang1, lang2))

    -- Named pairs first
    local i = 1
    while true do
        local text = args["text" .. i]
        local trans = args["trans" .. i]
        if not text and not trans then break end
        table.insert(output, "|-")
        table.insert(output, lang_cell(frame, code1, text))
		table.insert(output, lang_cell(frame, code2, trans))
        i = i + 1
    end

    -- Then positional fallback (start at param 1 if lang1/lang2 are omitted)
    local index = 1
    while true do
        local text = args[index]
        local trans = args[index + 1]
        if not text and not trans then break end
        table.insert(output, "|-")
		table.insert(output, lang_cell(frame, code1, text))
		table.insert(output, lang_cell(frame, code2, trans))
        index = index + 2
    end

    table.insert(output, "|}")
    return table.concat(output, "\n")
end

return p