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Make URLs replaceable with their counterparts in the translated language

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Description

Some sites have translated content versions available through different URLs. It is quite time-consuming to copy the URLs from the source, paste it into a browser, search for a translation option and then paste its "translated URL" into the translated text.

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX -> https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX
But: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface -> https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_binária_de_aplicação
So by no means it is sufficient to simply replace parts of the URL.

I suggest a phased approach, each of them adding value for the translator:
- make untranslated URLs easily available,
- make entering "translated URLs" easily available,
- automatize opening them in a browser
- try to switch the language on the target site. This could be a hard step and therefore possibly implemented for prominent pages like Wikipedia or f-droid.org as plugins.
- replace the source URL with the "translated URL" in the target text upon confirmation.

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