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+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { settings } from '../../config';
+
+export type Messages = { [key: string]: string };
+
+export const defaultLocale = settings.locales.defaultLocale;
+
+/**
+ * Load the translation for the provided locale.
+ *
+ * @param currentLocale - The current locale.
+ * @returns {Promise<Messages>} The translated strings.
+ */
+export async function loadTranslation(
+  currentLocale: string | undefined
+): Promise<Messages> {
+  const locale: string = currentLocale ?? defaultLocale;
+
+  const languagePath = path.join(process.cwd(), `lang/${locale}.json`);
+
+  try {
+    const contents = await readFile(languagePath, 'utf8');
+    return JSON.parse(contents);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(
+      'Error: Could not load compiled language files. Please run `yarn run i18n:compile` first."'
+    );
+    throw error;
+  }
+}