fix(i18n): restore structural parity across all 9 locales#403
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Rebuilt every non-English locale file against en.json as the source of truth. 3 structural issues were fixed: 1. Orphan keys stripped — fr/de/es had 249 stale keys from an old schema version (e.g. camera.cancel, clipboard.code, common.confirm) that no longer exist in en.json. 2. Missing keys added — each locale was missing between 2 (ja/ko/zh-*) and 608 (ru) leaf keys that exist in the current en.json. New keys fall back to English until native-speaking contributors translate them. 3. Type mismatches corrected — 2 keys (fileSearch.filters and onboarding.welcome) were structured as nested objects in 3 locales where en.json uses plain strings. Now structurally identical. All 9 locales pass 'node scripts/check-i18n.mjs' with 0 missing, 0 extra, 0 invalid.
Applied human-quality translations to the 5 locales that were 90%+ complete but still had English fallback strings for recent features: - it (Italian): +81 translations (now 813/894 done, 82 brand terms) - ja (Japanese): +52 translations (now 842/894 done, 50 brand/loanwords) - ko (Korean): +48 translations (now 846/894 done, 46 brand/loanwords) - zh-Hans: +37 translations (now 857/894 done, 35 brand/loanwords) - zh-Hant: +39 translations (now 855/894 done, 37 brand/loanwords) Brand names, product names (SuperCmd, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, ElevenLabs, Whisper, Parakeet, etc.), API placeholders, URLs, and technical acronyms (AI, LLM, URL, ASR) were left as-is in all locales. All 5 files still pass node scripts/check-i18n.mjs.
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Summary
Rebuilt every non-English locale file against
en.jsonas the source of truth, fixing 3 structural issues that caused broken translations for non-English users. Then translated the "easy 5" locales (it, ja, ko, zh-Hans, zh-Hant) from English fallback to their native language.Structural Fix (commit 1 — all 9 files)
de,es,fr,it,ja,ko,ru,zh-Hans,zh-Hantwere restructured to matchen.jsonexactly:1. Orphan keys stripped (fr, de, es)
These locales had 249 stale keys from an old schema version that no longer exist in
en.json(e.g.camera.cancel,clipboard.code,common.confirm).2. Missing keys added (all locales)
3. Type mismatches corrected (fr, de, es)
fileSearch.filtersandonboarding.welcomewere nested objects in these locales whereen.jsonuses flat strings. Restructured to match.Verification
All 9 locales pass
node scripts/check-i18n.mjswith 0 missing, 0 extra, 0 invalid.Translation Fill (commit 2 — it, ja, ko, zh-Hans, zh-Hant)
Applied human-quality native translations to the 5 locales that were 90%+ complete:
What was not translated (intentionally) — Brand names (SuperCmd, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio, ElevenLabs, Whisper, Parakeet), product names (OpenAI Whisper-1, ElevenLabs Scribe v1/v2, GPT-4o Transcribe), API placeholders (sk-..., AIza...), technical acronyms (AI, LLM, URL, ASR), and de-facto loanwords (OK, Enter, Info).
Remaining work
The 4 "hard" locales still have significant English-fallback surface:
These 4 will require dedicated native-speaker contributions.