# Class: `Translation`

[@jupyterlite/translation](../modules/jupyterlite_translation.md).Translation

A class to handle requests to /api/translations


## Constructors

### `constructor`

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> **`new Translation`**()

## Properties

### `_prevLocale`

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> `Private` **`_prevLocale`**: `string` = `''`

#### Defined in

[packages/translation/src/translation.ts:56](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/c78cc8d/packages/translation/src/translation.ts#L56)

## Methods

### `get`

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> **`get`**(`locale`): `Promise`<`JSONObject`\>

Get the translation data for the given locale

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| :------ | :------ | :------ |
| `locale` | `string` | The locale |

#### Returns

`Promise`<`JSONObject`\>

#### Defined in

[packages/translation/src/translation.ts:19](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/c78cc8d/packages/translation/src/translation.ts#L19)