The phrasebook pattern is a technique to separate expressions in one language (e.g. sql) from the main code that is written in another (e.g. perl). the translations are kept in a separate file - the phrasebook.

data::phrasebook enables the framework for abstracting common or locale data out of your code into a datastore. the default is within a plain text file, but more complex datastores can be intrigrated via the use of other data::pharsebook::loader distributions (eg yaml, xml, ini, dbi).