# Translation

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## Format

### Variables

Words between brackets are variables that meant to be replaced by dynamic values.

For example the string:

```
Hello {collectiveName}!
```

Will render as **`Hello Webpack!`** if the collective name is Webpack. You must never change the variable names.

### Select

`select` is a special command that let us render different texts conditionally. The base pattern is:

```
{myVariable, select, value1 {Rendered if myVariable=value1} other {Otherwise this}}
```

A classic example for that is the interval select:

```
{amount} {interval, select, month {monthly} year {yearly}}
```

Here `interval` is the variable with `month` and `year` as possible values. If amount is equal to `$5` and interval to `year`, the template above will be rendered to:

```
$5 yearly
```

Here again, don't change the variable name or the `select` keyword, only the replaced strings (`monthly` and `yearly` if we take the example above).