Drupal - Build a localized menu programmatically using i18n menu

i18n_get_menu.php

<?php
function i18n_get_menu_get_localized_menu($menu_name) {
  // Get the menu tree
  $menu_links = menu_tree($menu_name);
  // reform the array to be i18n_menu compatible
  $l_menu_links = array();
  foreach ($menu_links as $key => $value) {
    $l_menu_links[$key]['link'] = $value['#original_link'];
  }
  // localize the menu
  if (function_exists('i18n_menu_localize_tree')) {
    $l_menu_links = i18n_menu_localize_tree($l_menu_links);
  }
  return $l_menu_links;
}
?>