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I18N
The apps UI allows all strings to be translated. Additionally it has a basic UI that allows for the creation of the required translation files, which will give an overview on the progress for a specific language.
Updating translations
To update translations, the following process is required.
- launch the apps UI, either locally or via https://polkadot.js.org/apps
- explicitly navigate to the i18n page, https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/i18n
Here you will find a dropdown of all the available languages and all the modules that maps to the UI. On a single screen you will be able to see all the available strings for a specific module.
- adjust any strings as required
- once completed with the changes, click the
Generate translation.jsonbutton to download the translation file - this file can now be added to the repo with a PR to https://github.com/polkadot-js/apps/tree/master/packages/apps/public/locales
Adding a new language
The process is similar for the above, but does require a new folder with the language identifier to be added, with an empty translation.json (containing only {}) & index.json file (containing only [])