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diff --git a/doc/development/i18n/externalization.md b/doc/development/i18n/externalization.md index f493ad4ae66..c0a325a83e9 100644 --- a/doc/development/i18n/externalization.md +++ b/doc/development/i18n/externalization.md @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ You can mark that content for translation with: In JavaScript we added the `__()` (double underscore parenthesis) function for translations. +In order to test JavaScript translations you have to change the GitLab localization to other language than English and you have to generate JSON files using `bundle exec rake gettext:po_to_json` or `bundle exec rake gettext:compile`. + ## Updating the PO files with the new content Now that the new content is marked for translation, we need to update the PO @@ -124,6 +126,9 @@ strings and remove any strings that aren't used anymore. You should check this file in. Once the changes are on master, they will be picked up by [Crowdin](http://translate.gitlab.com) and be presented for translation. +If there are merge conflicts in the `gitlab.pot` file, you can delete the file +and regenerate it using the same command. Confirm that you are not deleting any strings accidentally by looking over the diff. + The command also updates the translation files for each language: `locale/*/gitlab.po` These changes can be discarded, the languange files will be updated by Crowdin automatically. |