How to mock angular translate filter in unit tests for directives

Question

In my directive templates, I need to use the angular translate filter as such:

Answer 1

Below is a simple example of how you can mock the filter.

var mockTranslateFilter;

beforeEach(function() {
  module(function($provide) {
    $provide.value('translateFilter', mockTranslateFilter);
  });

  mockTranslateFilter = function(value) {
    return value;
  };
});