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I don't see a bunch of variable definitions on one line as an improvement, just reads less easily and only feels justified in the case of some low numbers like

    var x = 0, y = 1, z = 0;
    // Some looping or similar here

I do agree with your using of `english` variable to assign `currentLanguage`.

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Personally, I like doing all the declarations on their own line as well. But anytime I've used JSLint in the past, I seem to recall it complaining about that. Perhaps I'm mistaken?

I expect JSLint was whining about using multiple `var` statements.

Using a single var and putting each declaration on its line is not incompatible:

    var foo = 4,
        bar = 5,
        baz = 6,
        qux = 'quux;

That feels like a situation that could easily end up (copy pasting something, someone adding another var, ...) in an unexpected global variable declaration.

    var foo = 4,
        bar = 5,
        baz = 6,
        sprinkles = 'wee';
        qux = 'quux';

Making `qux` global.

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