From e24b89bba70eb565a979014eaad2df20fcc10eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Karamov <me@kytta.dev>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:43:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix translations

---
 src/i18n/engine.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/i18n/engine.ts b/src/i18n/engine.ts
index e1173c9..df7605d 100644
--- a/src/i18n/engine.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/engine.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,14 @@ export function applyTranslations(language: string) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		const splitTranslated = t(dataset.translate!).split("{}");
+		let splitTranslated = t(dataset.translate!).split("{}");
 		if (splitTranslated.length === 1) {
 			node.innerHTML = t(dataset.translate!);
 			continue;
 		}
+		// XXX: this is needed for the strings where the placholder sits at the very
+		// beginning, which introduces phantom empty strings.
+		splitTranslated = splitTranslated.filter((string) => string !== "");
 
 		for (const child of node.childNodes) {
 			if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {