{{/*
  Return the authors data map for the current language.

  For multilingual sites, language-specific author data from data/<lang>/authors/
  is merged on top of the default data/authors/ files. This allows translating
  fields like name, bio, role, etc., while inheriting non-translated fields.

  Usage:
    {{ $authors := partialCached "functions/get_authors_data" . site.Language.Lang }}

  Returns: map of slug → author data (same shape as hugo.Data.authors)
*/}}

{{- $authors := hugo.Data.authors -}}
{{- if not $authors -}}
  {{- $authors = dict -}}
{{- end -}}

{{/* Check for language-specific author overrides */}}
{{- $lang := site.Language.Lang -}}
{{- $langData := index hugo.Data $lang -}}
{{- if $langData -}}
  {{- $langAuthors := index $langData "authors" -}}
  {{- if $langAuthors -}}
    {{/* Merge each language-specific author data on top of the default */}}
    {{- $merged := dict -}}
    {{/* Start with all default authors */}}
    {{- range $slug, $data := $authors -}}
      {{- $langAuthor := index $langAuthors $slug -}}
      {{- if $langAuthor -}}
        {{/* Language data overrides default; merge gives $langAuthor priority */}}
        {{- $mergedAuthor := merge $data $langAuthor -}}
        {{/* Deep-merge the 'name' submap if both have it */}}
        {{- $baseName := index $data "name" -}}
        {{- $langName := index $langAuthor "name" -}}
        {{- if and (reflect.IsMap $baseName) (reflect.IsMap $langName) -}}
          {{- $mergedAuthor = merge $mergedAuthor (dict "name" (merge $baseName $langName)) -}}
        {{- end -}}
        {{- $merged = merge $merged (dict $slug $mergedAuthor) -}}
      {{- else -}}
        {{- $merged = merge $merged (dict $slug $data) -}}
      {{- end -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{/* Add any authors that only exist in the language data */}}
    {{- range $slug, $data := $langAuthors -}}
      {{- if not (index $authors $slug) -}}
        {{- $merged = merge $merged (dict $slug $data) -}}
      {{- end -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{- $authors = $merged -}}
  {{- end -}}
{{- end -}}

{{- return $authors -}}