TYPO3: Translate string in PHP code

Keywords: typo3 php translate languages locallang

Load from Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf (and language-specific files like de.locallang.xlf):

$degree = \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\LocalizationUtility::translate(
    'teammember.degree.', 'myextname'
);