spacedrive/interface/locales/README.md

# Locales

This directory contains the translations for the application.

## Adding a new language

To add a new language, create a new directory with the language code (e.g. `es` for Spanish) and copy the `en` directory into it. Then, translate the strings in the new directory.

To display the new language as an option in the application, add the language code to the `LANGUAGE_OPTIONS` array in `interface/app/$libraryId/settings/client/appearance.tsx`.

```ts
export const LANGUAGE_OPTIONS = [
  { value: 'en', label: 'English' },
  { value: 'es', label: 'Español' },
  // The rest of the languages
];
```
Finally, add the new language code to the `dayjsLocales` object in `interface/locales/index.ts`. list of dayjs locales can be found [here](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dayjs@1/locale.json)

```ts
const dayjsLocales: Record<string, any> = {
  // Add the new language code and import statement here
  // Example:
  // es: () => import('dayjs/locale/es.js'),
  en: () => import('dayjs/locale/en.js'),
  de: () => import('dayjs/locale/de.js'),
  // The rest of the languages
};
```

## Syncing locales

This command will help you sync locales with the source language (en) and find missing keys.

`npx i18next-locales-sync -p en -s it -l ./interface/locales`

replace `it` with the language you want to sync with the source language.

If you want to sync all locales with the source language (en), run:

`pnpm i18n:sync`