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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Builds placeholder replacement tokens for content types.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_token_info().
+ */
+function i18n_node_token_info() {
+  $content_type['i18n-name'] = array(
+    'name' => t("Name (localized)"),
+    'description' => t("The name of the content type."),
+  );
+  $content_type['i18n-description'] = array(
+    'name' => t("Description (localized)"),
+    'description' => t("The optional description of the content type."),
+  );
+
+  return array(
+    'tokens' => array(
+      'content-type' => $content_type,
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_tokens().
+ */
+function i18n_node_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options = array()) {
+  $replacements = array();
+  $sanitize = !empty($options['sanitize']) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+  $langcode = isset($options['language']) ? $options['language']->language : i18n_langcode();
+
+  if ($type == 'content-type' && !empty($data['node_type'])) {
+
+    $node_type = $data['node_type'];
+
+    foreach ($tokens as $name => $original) {
+      switch ($name) {
+
+        case 'i18n-name':
+          $name = array('node', 'type', $node_type->type, 'name');
+          $options = array('sanitize' => $sanitize, 'langcode' => $langcode);
+          $name = i18n_string_translate($name, $node_type->name, $options);
+          $replacements[$original] = $name;
+          break;
+
+        case 'i18n-description':
+          $description = array('node', 'type', $node_type->type, 'description');
+          $options = array('sanitize' => $sanitize, 'langcode' => $langcode);
+          $description = i18n_string_translate($description, $node_type->description, $options);
+          $replacements[$original] = $description;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $replacements;
+}