Automatically generating localized names

[Reika]

I have a research that adds turret range upgrades, but to do this it has to effectively clone turrets once per turret type, once per level.

This all works fine, but the problem is that the upgraded turrets (internally named [original name]-rangeboost-[level]") have no corresponding localization. As I cannot foresee all the possible turret types, nor am I willing to hardcode 800 entries for the ones I do know (Bob, 5Dim, DyTech, my Concussion, Plasma, and Cannon...), is there a way to either forcibly set a localized name (English only is fine, as it is still better than "unknown key:blah") or automatically populate the locale files? Ideally I would want the derivative turrets to appear exactly as their base counterparts.

[Nexela]

In locale.cfg

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[turrets]
upgrade=__1__ range_boost __2__

in data*.lua

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myturret.localised_name = {"turrets.upgrade", {"entity-name."..turret_name_from_loop}, level}

[Reika]

In locale.cfg

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[turrets]
upgrade=__1__ range_boost __2__

in data*.lua

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myturret.localised_name = {"turrets.upgrade", {"entity-name."..turret_name_from_loop}, level}

What will that parse into?

[nucleargen]

%turret_name% range_boost %level%
%turret_name% = {"entity-name."..turret_name_from_loop} - entity name from your data loop.
__1__ and __2__ are placeholders.

[Nexela]

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myturret.localised_name =  -- Set the localized name for this prototype  
{ --in most places if something takes a string you can use {} brackets to tell it to look for an entry in the locale table
"turrets.upgrade", --use the localization "turrets.upgradge"
 {"entity-name."..turret_name_from_loop}, --use the localization for "entity-name.turrent-name"  as the first placeholder value
 level -- use the variable level for the third argument.
}