function translate(language, code)
    local translations;
    if language == "javascript" or language == "js" then
        translations = {
            ["var"] = "local",
            ["(%a+)%s*%+%+"] = "%1 = %1 + 1",
            ["(%a+)%s*%+%=%s*(" .. patterns.number .. ")"] = "%1 = %1 + %2",
            ["(%a+)%s*%-%-"] = "%1 = %1 - 1",
            ["function%s+(%a+)%s*%((.+)%)%s*{"] = "function %1(%2)",
            ["while%s*%((.+)%)%s*{"] = "while %1 do",
            ["(function%s+%a+%s*%(.+%).+)}"] = "%1 end",
            ["([while]?[if]?)(.+)([do]?[then]?)(.+)}"] = "%1 %2 %3 %4 end",
            ["console%.log"] = "print"
        }
    end
    for pattern, replace in pairs(translations) do
        code = code:gsub(pattern, replace)
    end
    return code
end