Localization and internationalization of string assets

[flaque]

Localization and internationalization of string assets

[shouhuori]

I use this method https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/sdk/localization/

[RincewindWizzard]

Ich could provide german translations.

[smonsays]

I would also want to stress the importance of localization for mental health apps. A proper understanding of the technical terms involved as well as the ability to identify the same terms used by your therapist are very important to properly apply the three column technique. Many available apps don't have proper localizations so this is a great opportunity for an open source app like quirk.

I can also help to translate to German and optionally French.

[Flaque]

Hmmm that's an interesting idea. To be honest I hadn't given much thought to localization. But I definitely would be interested in it.

Questions:

1. If we have a new feature that doesn't have a lot of translations yet, do we fall back to English? Or do we not show the feature?
2. How do we do bolded, italicized, or colored text? Do we have "bolded section" of the text in the localization strings?

[Nebu1eto]

1. That items should be shown in English. (Already many apps adopted this policy.)
2. I think bold or italic can be covered with markdown text, but we have to think more about colored or more complicate styled texts.

[martijndeb]

I'm no react dev, but there is react-intl and react-i18next.
This is a small guide for react-intl; https://medium.freecodecamp.org/setting-up-internationalization-in-react-from-start-to-finish-6cb94a7af725

Your strings can just contain tags, so bold is possible. I can help translate to Dutch and optionally German.

[Flaque]

I would also want to stress the importance of localization for mental health apps. A proper understanding of the technical terms involved as well as the ability to identify the same terms used by your therapist are very important to properly apply the three column technique.

@smonsays this is a really good point. Cool. This is the next thing on the road map.

Merging this into #42