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How to Sync Translations for New Features?
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Area: Translation
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Type:Idea
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Current Issue
Raised in https://github.com/processing/p5.js-web-editor/pull/3656 by @cassiano!
When new features are added, the English text often gets merged before translations are in place. This leads to inconsistencies where:
- Some UI elements remain untranslated until someone notices and adds them later.
- Tests that depend on translation keys may fail or be harder to maintain.
Questions for Discussion
- Should new features be blocked from merging until at least the base translation keys are added?
- How do we want to handle updates when translations for all languages aren’t ready yet? For example, do we want to first merge with English placeholders and track missing translations separately? Or should werequire at least key/value stubs for all supported languages?
- Can we automate parts of this workflow (protentially utilizing https://github.com/processing/p5.js-web-editor/issues/3609)?
Contributor guide
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 reading the discussion in PR 3656 and the related issue 3609. Compare the proposed approaches for base keys, placeholders, supported-language stubs, and automation; the work is done when the project has an agreed translation-sync workflow and its implementation scope is defined.
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Assessment
- Domain
- internationalization, localization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100