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Localization

Text is translated using GlotPress but the process of getting original strings into GlotPress and the translations back into the app is somewhat manual at the moment.

Supported Languages

We currently support the magnificent 16 languages defined in src/lib/locale.ts. If you want to add support for another language you will need to add it to the supportedLocales array.

Translation Process

  1. Extract Strings Run npm run make-pot to get the text out of the source files. This will create a *.pot file for each module, as well as a bundle of all translatable strings in out/pots/bundle-strings.pot.

  2. GlotPress Import

    1. Open our project in GlotPress.
    2. Click the Project actions menu.
    3. Click Import Originals.
    4. Import out/pots/bundle-strings.pot (auto-detecting the file format is fine).

  3. Export Translations We will export the translations as Jed-formatted JSON, which is a format @wordpress/i18n can understand. It's ok if some translations are missing, they will be left as English in the app.

    1. Open our project in GlotPress.
    2. Click the Project actions menu.
    3. Click Bulk Export.
    4. Click Select WP.Com Priority Languages to only the magnificent 16 languages.
    5. Select Polish too.
    6. Change the format to Jed 1.x (.json).
    7. Leave the other fields as default and click Export.

  4. Add to Project Unzip the exported strings and add them to the src/translations. Overwrite the files in there with your new files.