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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+OnionShare | https://onionshare.org/
+
+Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Micah Lee, et al. <micah@micahflee.com>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+
+strings = {}
+translations = {}
+
+
+def load_strings(common, locale_dir):
+    """
+    Loads translated strings and fallback to English
+    if the translation does not exist.
+    """
+    global strings, translations
+
+    # Load all translations
+    translations = {}
+    for locale in common.settings.available_locales:
+        filename = os.path.join(locale_dir, f"{locale}.json")
+        with open(filename, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            translations[locale] = json.load(f)
+
+    # Build strings
+    default_locale = "en"
+    current_locale = common.settings.get("locale")
+    strings = {}
+    for s in translations[default_locale]:
+        if (
+            current_locale in translations
+            and s in translations[current_locale]
+            and translations[current_locale][s] != ""
+        ):
+            strings[s] = translations[current_locale][s]
+        else:
+            strings[s] = translations[default_locale][s]
+
+
+def translated(k):
+    """
+    Returns a translated string.
+    """
+    return strings[k]
+
+
+_ = translated