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tools/i18n/README.md

i18n tools

This folder contains tools which aid in working with everything related to the internationalization/localization of the extension.

i18n summary

The extension strings are defined in //src/_locales/en/manifest.json, which is the "source file". This file then is translated to multiple languages, each of which has its own subfolder at //src/_locales.

In order to streamline translation efforts, the translation is done in a Crowdin project (because translators aren't always developers, and they might not know about git), which is synced to this git repository via the tools offered in this folder.

Tools

  • upload-sources.bash: used to upload the manifest.json source file to Crowdin, in order to sync it.
  • bump-translations.bash: used to download updated translations from Crowdin and create a new commit with the new updates.
  • generate-i18n-credits.go (should not be called directly): used by the build script to generate the list of translators which are displayed in the credits dialog in the extension. The list of translators is retrieved from Crowdin, and users listed in blocked-users.txt are removed from the list (some translators who contributed before Crowdin was set up are also manually added to the list by the script).

Crowdin settings file

In order to use these tools, the crowdin settings file must be created and set up:

  1. Create a copy of crowdin.template.yml called crowdin.yml.
  2. Edit crowdin.yml replacing {{API_TOKEN}} by the actual API token.