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@circonian now I see that my example was bad.

Say you use $(language) to include the correct file, and in each locale file you put something simpler, like:

-- EN.lua
STRING_JEWELRY = "Jewelry"

-- DE.lua
STRING_JEWELRY = "Schmuch"

Then in your add-on you simply use:

-- ...
STRING_JEWELRY

Is it worse than the ZO standard of using CreateString and GetString ? And why ?

Thanks

Edit. I ask because the concept I illustrated above is clear enough and seems to work pretty well: you use the same variable name but load different files and bingo it all works. But maybe the localization API provided (GetString, etc.) has more implications than what meets the eye.