Generating Localised Price Tables From a Single JSON Source

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Pricing pages translated into several languages often end up with inconsistent price tables when updates are applied to some versions but not others. The recommended fix is to store prices as structured data and render every language version from that single source. Currency amounts are set explicitly per currency instead of being converted with live exchange rates, which keeps tables stable and intentional-looking. Intl.NumberFormat is used to handle locale-specific symbol placement, separators and spacing. A test loops over every locale and plan to fail the build when a price or translation key is missing, preventing half-updated tables from shipping.

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