function getText(text, lang) {
    var text = text || '';
    var lang = lang || '';
  // Builds regex based on supplied language
  var re = new RegExp("<!--:" + lang + "-->(.*?)<!--:-->");
  // Returns first backreference
    var control = text.match(re);
    if (control !== null) { control = control[1] } else { control = null;}
    return control;
}