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Managing translations

A person using the Zulip app can choose from a large number of languages for the app to present its UI in.

Within the running app, we use the library i18n to get the appropriate translation for a given string ("message") used in the UI.

To manage the set of UI messages and translations for them, and provide a nice workflow for people to contribute translations, we use (along with the rest of the Zulip project) a service called Weblate.

Updating the languages supported in the code

Sometimes when downloading translated strings we get a file for a new language. This happens when we've opened up a new language for people to contribute translations into in the Zulip project on Weblate, which we do when someone expresses interest in contributing them.

The locales for supported languages are stored in public/translations/supported-locales.json

So, when a new language is added, update the supported-locales module.

Updating the languages offered in the UI

The supported-locales.json module is also responsible for the language dropsdown ont he settings page. Maintainers/contributors only need to add the locale to the new language which would result in addition of it to the dropdown automatically.