using loaded language file inside controller, possible?

[eluser]moonbeetle[/eluser]
In my constructor I load the language file according to the user's preference like this:

Code:

// Load language file
$this->lang->load('products', $this->db_session->userdata('lang'));

in the language file I'm loading I have an entry:

Code:

$lang['next_link'] = 'Volgende';

("Volgende" means "Next" in Dutch)

This works fine and when I load a view file I can use data from my loaded language file. So the controller is perfectly capable of loading the language file and passing the data to the view file. However, what I can't do or can't figure out is how to use the loaded language data directly inside the controller. Why would I want to do this? For setting the config values for pagination where language dependancy is needed for instance.

This works (obviously):

Code:

$config['next_link'] = 'Next'

But this doesn't:

Code:

$config['next_link'] = $this->lang->line('next_link');

nor will this:

Code:

$config['next_link'] = $lang['next_link'];

Does anyone have a solution for this?