revisions to helper:

@LaurentGoderre, please look over the changes I made. If you're okay with them feel free to merge.  Thanks for doing this!

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**pr**

* changes error messages to mention the name of the helper
* usages `export.i18n` for compatibility with any setup

Also:

* adds tests
* updates metadata to describe Laurent as author
* updates readme/docs
I guess not!. I'm good with this!