Beginner Qs: Nav structure and internationalization

[eluser]rufisgumbo[/eluser]
My website has 3 levels of hierarchy so at present I've created a view file for each level (nav, sub_nav...)

The view files then contain arrays of links like this:


nav_view.php

Code:

<?
$links = array(    
            'home'        => 'Home',
            'general'        => 'General Information',
            'about'        => 'About Acme Co',
            'contact'        => 'Contact Us'
    );
?>

<nav>
    <ul>
        &lt;?php foreach($links as $link=>$linkName){ ?&gt;
        <li class="&lt;?php echo $link ?&gt;&lt;?php if($sectionName == $link){ ?&gt; on&lt;? } ?&gt;"><a href="&lt;?php echo base_url() . $link ?&gt;/">&lt;?php echo $linkName ?&gt;</a></li>
        &lt;?php } ?&gt;
    </ul>
</nav>

And I use the URI class to determine active links for highlighting.


1. Would I be better combining all of these arrays into one controller file or defining them in a config file?, keeping just the output loop in the view.

2. I want to add translations for the nav items, what would be the best way to do that? in terms of structuring it and where best to define.