Translation improvements

[lukas-frey]

Unite trans and trans_choice

Is there a reason why the trans and trans_choice methods are separated? Wouldn't it be easier and more laravel-like to have a simple trans($key = null, $number = 1, array $replace = [], $locale = null) method that would work for both?

When no number is provided (by default 1) it will just return the translation or the singular version of it, if a number is provided it will return the pluralized version of the string?

It always bugs me to have to use different methods when using localization.

Simple switch

Another improvement could be to add simple "switches" based on a property. Some languages (like czech) have a slightly different word-endings based on the gender you are talking to.

So for example for the sentence "You have been added to the team :team." in czech, it would be:
For males: "Byl jsi přidán do týmu :team".
For females: "Byla jsi přidána do týmu :team".

Even in an english sentence, for example if you would localize the greeting in a formal e-mail: "Hello Mr. :name" / "Hello Mrs. :name" it would make sense to have the ability to define it inside a single localization string instead of having to create two separete strings. The localization strings might look like this:

"greeting" => "Hello {Mr|Mrs}. :name",
"added_to_team" => "{Byl|Byla} jsi {přidán|přidána} do týmu."