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+{
+  "name": "@digicomp/flow-translation-endpoint",
+  "description": "Connect to Flow's merged and parsed xliff contents",
+  "main": "translate.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "i18n"
+  ],
+  "author": "Ferdinand Kuhl",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Private/JavaScriptModules/flow-translation-endpoint/translate.js b/Resources/Private/JavaScriptModules/flow-translation-endpoint/translate.js
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+// storage for promises with the same ids so the same request is not issued twice
+const translations = {};
+
+export function translateIdPatterns(idPatterns)
+{
+    if (!translations[idPatterns.join(',')]) {
+        translations[idPatterns.join(',')] = getJSON(idPatterns);
+    }
+    return translations[idPatterns.join(',')];
+}
+
+export function arrayFromPaths(units)
+{
+    const result = {};
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(units)) {
+        let cur = result;
+        const parts = key.split('.'),
+            lastPart = parts.pop();
+
+        parts.forEach(function(elem){
+            cur[elem] = cur[elem] || {};
+            cur = cur[elem];
+        });
+        cur[lastPart] = value;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+async function getJSON(idPatterns)
+{
+    const uri = new URL(document.documentElement.dataset.xliffUri, document.location);
+    uri.searchParams.set(document.documentElement.dataset.xliffParameter, idPatterns);
+    const response = await fetch(uri, {headers: {
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+            'Accept-Language': document.documentElement.lang,
+        }});
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        return Promise.reject('Unexpected server response');
+    }
+    return await response.json();
+}