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David Baker 5356eab159 Correct docs 
Change array.push guideline to not using _t at class-load time
which was probably the actual problem. Update guidelines to
include punctuation.
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How to translate riot-web (Dev Guide)

Requirements

  • A working Development Setup
  • Be able to understand English
  • Be able to understand the language you want to translate riot-web into

Adding new strings

  1. Check if the import import _t from 'counterpart-riot' is present. If not add it to the other import statements.
  2. Add _t() to your string. (Don't forget curly braces when you assign an expression to JSX attributes in the render method)
  3. Add the String to the en_EN.json file in src/i18n or if you are working in matrix-react-sdk you can find the json file in src/i18n/strings

Adding variables inside a string.

  1. Extend your _t() call. Instead of _t(STRING) use _t(STRING, {})
  2. Decide how to name it. Please think about if the person who has to translate it can understand what it does.
  3. Add it to the array in _t for example _t(STRING, {variable: this.variable})
  4. Add the variable inside the string. The syntax for variables is %(variable)s. Please note the s at the end. The name of the variable has to match the previous used name.

Things to know/Style Guides

  • Do not use it inside getDefaultProps at the point where getDefaultProps is initialized the translations aren't loaded yet and it causes missing translations.
  • If using translated strings as constants, translated strings can't be in constants loaded at class-load time since the translations won't be loaded.
  • If a string is presented in the UI with punctuation like a full stop, include this in the translation strings, since punctuation varies between languages too.