Question

I use this code to get the country name,

Mage::getModel('directory/country')->loadByCode('DE')->getName();

in this sample I get “Germany”. How can I get the translation of the country name to show for example “Deutschland” for the german language ?

Note: I don’t use the code in a frontendend Module (it must be independant from the Frontend language of the customer).

Thanks a lot for help.

Answer 1

Of course Magento translation engine can be used in your external script:

Mage::getSingleton('core/translate')->init('de_DE', true);
$country_name = Mage::getModel('directory/country')->loadByCode('DE')->getName();
echo Mage::helper('core')->__($country_name);

Or you can use Zend_Locale class ar an alternative:

$locale = new Zend_Locale('de_DE');
$countries = $locale->getTranslationList('Territory', $locale->getLanguage(), 2);
echo $countries['DE'];