Mismatch Finder should be translatable
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	Nikki
	Nov 23 2022, 10:02 AM

Description

As a Mismatch Finder reviewer I want to review mismatches in my own (non-English) language in order to more easily contribute

Problem:
The Mismatch Finder is only available in English. This is an issue for non-English speakers to review mismatches in their language.

The Mismatch Finder should be accessible in languages other than English. This means the following should be translated or translable

User interface
Items and Properties labels if available

Language fallbacks should be observed where possible.

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WHEN
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THEN
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Acceptance criteria:

The Mismatch Finder is accessible in a language other than English
TBD based on questions

Open questions:
How do we determine which language to display? e.g. URL parameters, browser language, dropdown language picker UI

Notes:

See also T289426

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Arian_Bozorg	T323683 Mismatch Finder should be translatable
		Resolved		Arian_Bozorg	T324653 investigate language switching in the UI for our single page applications

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Nikki created this task.Nov 23 2022, 10:02 AM

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Lydia_Pintscher triaged this task as Medium priority.Nov 23 2022, 11:57 AM

Lydia_Pintscher moved this task from Backlog to Needs work on the Mismatch Finder board.

Arian_Bozorg updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 25 2022, 1:47 PM

Arian_Bozorg updated the task description. (Show Details)

How do we determine which language to display? e.g. URL parameters, browser language, dropdown language picker UI

Input-wise, using browser language and URL parameter is pretty easy. Dropdown language picker UI would be more effort.

The other big challenge is: how do we handle language fallback? That is, we have to determine if a message is available in a given language, and if that is not the case, show it in a fallback language. This should be a non-issue for Item labels, etc., but it is a problem that we need to solve for Mismatch-Finder UI copy.

In T323683#8424479, @Michael wrote:

The other big challenge is: how do we handle language fallback? That is, we have to determine if a message is available in a given language, and if that is not the case, show it in a fallback language. This should be a non-issue for Item labels, etc., but it is a problem that we need to solve for Mismatch-Finder UI copy.

That being said, this is not a new problem. Maybe there is already a PHP library out there that we can use? Or maybe Laravel already has some fancy built-in magic to solve that?

Localization of the user interface is already implemented, we need to add translation files in other languages. For more information please refer to the Mismatch Finder docs.

Lydia_Pintscher mentioned this in T289426: make it possible to switch the language of the Query Builder.Dec 5 2022, 10:28 AM

Lydia_Pintscher updated the task description. (Show Details)

Lydia_Pintscher mentioned this in T324653: investigate language switching in the UI for our single page applications.Dec 7 2022, 9:18 AM

Lydia_Pintscher added a subtask: T324653: investigate language switching in the UI for our single page applications.

Arian_Bozorg closed subtask T324653: investigate language switching in the UI for our single page applications as Resolved.Jan 25 2023, 10:24 AM