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Fallback to default language for word-counter
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Description
Currently most menu items and buttons display default language (English) when translation is not available. However, as @shankerwangmiao pointed out in #889, the word counter does not fallback correctly to English. Screenshot:


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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the word-counter localization path and compare its missing-translation behavior with menu items and buttons that already fall back to English. Done means the word counter displays English when the selected translation is unavailable; verify against the two screenshots or equivalent language settings.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, localization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100