Added language (aka i18n, aka locale) support.

* Use $.timeago.settings.strings to override the default english verbiage

jquery.timeago.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * timeago: a jQuery plugin, version: 0.4 (08/05/2008)
+ * timeago: a jQuery plugin, version: 0.5 (08/19/2008)
  * @requires jQuery v1.2 or later
  *
  * Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically
@@ -19,16 +19,33 @@
     else if (typeof timestamp == "string") return inWords($.timeago.parse(timestamp));
     else return inWords($.timeago.parse($(timestamp).attr("title")));
   };
+  var $t = $.timeago;
 
   $.extend($.timeago, {
     settings: {
       refreshMillis: 60000,
-      allowFuture: false
+      allowFuture: false,
+      strings: {
+        ago: "ago",
+        fromNow: "from now",
+        seconds: "less than a minute",
+        minute: "about a minute",
+        minutes: "%d minutes",
+        hour: "about an hour",
+        hours: "about %d hours",
+        day: "a day",
+        days: "%d days",
+        month: "about a month",
+        months: "%d months",
+        year: "about a year",
+        years: "%d years"
+      }
     },
     inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
-      var suffix = " ago";
+      var $l = this.settings.strings;
+      var suffix = $l.ago;
       if (this.settings.allowFuture) {
-        if (distanceMillis < 0) suffix = " from now";
+        if (distanceMillis < 0) suffix = $l.fromNow;
         distanceMillis = Math.abs(distanceMillis);
       }
 
@@ -38,19 +55,19 @@
       var days = hours / 24;
       var years = days / 365;
 
-      var words = seconds < 45 && "less than a minute" ||
-        seconds < 90 && "about a minute" ||
-        minutes < 45 && Math.round(minutes) + " minutes" ||
-        minutes < 90 && "about an hour" ||
-        hours < 24 && "about " + Math.round(hours) + " hours" ||
-        hours < 48 && "a day" ||
-        days < 30 && Math.floor(days) + " days" ||
-        days < 60 && "about a month" ||
-        days < 365 && Math.floor(days / 30) + " months" ||
-        years < 2 && "about a year" ||
-        Math.floor(years) + " years";
+      var words = seconds < 45 && sprintf($l.seconds, Math.round(seconds)) ||
+        seconds < 90 && $l.minute ||
+        minutes < 45 && sprintf($l.minutes, Math.round(minutes)) ||
+        minutes < 90 && $l.hour ||
+        hours < 24 && sprintf($l.hours, Math.round(hours)) ||
+        hours < 48 && $l.day ||
+        days < 30 && sprintf($l.days, Math.floor(days)) ||
+        days < 60 && $l.month ||
+        days < 365 && sprintf($l.months, Math.floor(days / 30)) ||
+        years < 2 && $l.year ||
+        sprintf($l.years, Math.floor(years));
 
-      return words + suffix;
+      return words + " " + suffix;
     },
     parse: function(iso8601) {
       var s = $.trim(iso8601);
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@
     var self = this;
     self.each(refresh);
 
-    var $s = $.timeago.settings;
+    var $s = $t.settings;
     if ($s.refreshMillis > 0) {
       setInterval(function() { self.each(refresh); }, $s.refreshMillis);
     }
@@ -73,7 +90,7 @@
   };
 
   function refresh() {
-    var date = $.timeago.parse(this.title);
+    var date = $t.parse(this.title);
     if (!isNaN(date)) {
       $(this).text(inWords(date));
     }
@@ -81,11 +98,15 @@
   }
 
   function inWords(date) {
-    return $.timeago.inWords(distance(date));
+    return $t.inWords(distance(date));
   }
 
   function distance(date) {
     return (new Date().getTime() - date.getTime());
   }
-})(jQuery);
 
+  // lame sprintf implementation
+  function sprintf(string, value) {
+    return string.replace(/%d/i, value);
+  }
+})(jQuery);

test.html

@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@
   <script src="test.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
     jQuery.timeago.settings.allowFuture = true;
+    // jQuery.timeago.settings.strings = {
+    //    ago: "geleden",
+    //    fromNow: "vanaf nu",
+    //    seconds: "iets minder dan een minute",
+    //    minute: "ongeveer een minuut",
+    //    minutes: "%d minuten",
+    //    hour: "ongeveer een uur",
+    //    hours: "ongeveer %d uren",
+    //    day: "een dag",
+    //    days: "%d dagen",
+    //    month: "ongeveer een maand",
+    //    months: "%d maanden",
+    //    year: "ongeveer een jaar",
+    //    years: "%d jaar"
+    // };
+
     jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
       // functional tests
       $('abbr[class*=timeago]').timeago();