Add romanize function

lib/i18n-util/index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ const i18n = require('i18n')
 const YAML = require('yaml')
 const path = require("path")
 
+const { transliterate } = require("transliteration")
+
+const nonLatinPattern = /[^\u0000-\u007F]+/;
+
+const needsRomanization = (text) => {
+    // Regex pattern to match non-Latin characters
+    return nonLatinPattern.test(text);
+}
+
 module.exports.baseLocale = "en"
 module.exports.missingKeys = []
 i18n.configure({
@@ -33,13 +42,20 @@ BaseLocaleKeys.forEach(baseLocaleKey => {
     i18n.__h(baseLocaleKey)
 })
 
+module.exports.romanize = (text) => {
+    return needsRomanization(text)  ? transliterate(text) : text;
+}
+
 module.exports.getText = (locale, key, substitution = null) => {
     if (BaseLocaleKeys.includes(key)) {
         // Check if substitions need to be made...
-        return i18n.__({
-            phrase: key,
-            locale: locale
-        }, substitution)
+        return i18n.__(
+            {
+                phrase: key,
+                locale: locale
+            }, 
+            substitution
+        );
     } else {
         // User requested a phrase we don't know
         return `+404-${key}-${locale}`