Question Turn dictionary into manageable code

In my code I have this long dictionary:

Code (CSharp):

1. static Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> Translations = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>() {
2.     ["English"] = new Dictionary<string, string>() {
3.         ["date0"] = "Tuesday, 22nd January 2019",
4.         ["time0"] = "8:38 PM",
5.         ["date1"] = "Saturday, 14th September 2019",
6.         ["time1"] = "5:26 PM",
7.         ["date2"] = "Saturday, 28th March 2020",
8.         ["time2"] = "7:52 AM",
9.         ["date3"] = "Saturday, 28th March 2020",
10.         ["time3"] = "1:03 PM",
11.         ...
12.     },
13.     ["Italian"] = new Dictionary<string, string>() {
14.         ["date0"] = "Martedì, 22 gennaio 2019",
15.         ["time0"] = "20:38",
16.         ["date1"] = "Sabato, 14 settembre 2019",
17.         ["time1"] = "17:26",
18.         ["date2"] = "Sabato, 28 marzo 2020",
19.         ["time2"] = "7:52",
20.         ["date3"] = "Sabato, 28 marzo 2020",
21.         ["time3"] = "13:03",
22.         ...
23.     }
24. }

As a workaround to a Unity bug (https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/is...lding-a-project-with-a-large-array-of-strings), I have to load data from an external file or encode it as a stream of bytes.

You can then read the data into an array (or a dictionary, in my case) yourself and avoid the time/memory expended by the C++ compiler.​

How do I accomplish this task?

 

Use JSON or GRFON format.

 

I think I need more guidance. Do I make a JSON external file that I would then use to create my dictionary? If so, how do I go from JSON to dictionary? Or should I use JSON in the code? If so, how?

 

Ok, I got it now. I was able to read from an external JSON file and deserialize it to a dictionary using JSON .NET