Fallback translations

[FallenRiteMonk]

Fallback translations

[NetanelBasal]

We are working on a powerful CLI tool that one of his options is to analyze your code and base on your translation files will inform you if you are missing certain keys. (In all languages)

[NetanelBasal]

Due to the obvious reasons, this cannot be done when using a structural directive. Ok, it's not entirely accurate as we could probably get it done by using Proxies, but we prefer to avoid it for now.

The missing handler functionality is a "nice to have" one. We don't expect applications to be deployed with missing translation keys.

The structural directive comes with this disadvantage, but with many advantages such as DRY, efficiency, the read property, etc.

Regarding your second point, It seems unusual to me that the whole app will be in English, and one section that doesn't have a translation will be in another language. I would call it a bug.

[FallenRiteMonk]

I understand all the things you say and it also makes sense to say it is a bug if one translation is missing in a language. But with the current moment being, that it is possible that a text is missing or showing some weird key to the user, seems like a but as well.

The CLI tool sounds amazing and I'm looking forward to it.

Do you have any timeline on when its going to be ready for use?

[NetanelBasal]

@shaharkazaz is working on it. I guess something like two weeks.

[NetanelBasal]

I'm closing this issue for now. We'll keep you updated when the tool is ready. Thanks.

[Dschuli]

Hi,
I could thing of two use cases where a fallback translation on a missing key in one language would be helpful:

• Similar languages with a few differences (e.g. French & Belgian), where only the deltas would be needed to get translated in one of the translation files

• Applications where only parts need to be translated - e.g. the end user part needs translation, while the administrator part does not.

So a feature request as above does make sense to me and has my support.
Assuming that loading two language files is not too much of a downside (needs verification) should be a relatively small (optional) addition to the transpiler.

[NetanelBasal]

@Dschuli, we support this feature.

[Dschuli]

Sorry - I'm a new to Transloco. Just found out in the docs that I just have to set the useFallbackTranslation to use it. Was about to remove my comment ...... too late. damn.
Cudos anyhow for Transloco. So far I really like what I see.....